Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Qatar’s capital Doha on Wednesday night, days after the Gulf country released eight former Navy personnel in an alleged case of espionage. PM Modi was received by State Minister for Foreign Affairs of Qatar, Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi at the airport. During the two-day visit, the Prime Minister will hold...
Humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said Palestinians in Gaza were already suffering an “assault that is unparalleled in its intensity, brutality and scope”. The consequences of an invasion of Rafah would be “catastrophic”, he said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to defeat Hamas gunmen he says are hiding in the city. In an unusually...
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Tuesday reiterated the Modi Government’s resolve to reach the last mile while joining the nationwide “Gaon Chalo Abhiyaan”. The minister held meetings with public representatives, local residents, and women in Block Barnoti of Panchayat Nagrota in the Kathua district of Jammu. The public interaction was part of Gaon Chalo...
The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud has recommended to the Centre the transfer of three high court judges on their request. In a meeting held on Tuesday, the collegium, also comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose, accepted the request of Calcutta HC judge Justice...
Chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party and former party president Sonia Gandhi will be filing her nomination for the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan on Wednesday. Ms. Gandhi, the MP from Rae Bareli, is currently serving her fifth term in Lok Sabha, and this will be her first stint in the Upper House. Her decision to opt out of Lok Sabha...
Two years after they forced the Modi government to take back three farm laws after a year-long protest at Delhi’s borders, Punjab farmer unions are back with a new set of demands that includes a legal guarantee of minimum support price for crops. The decision to march to Delhi, or Delhi Chalo, was taken after...
In view of the farmers’ march to the national capital, one or more gates at eight stations of the Delhi Metro were shut on Tuesday morning. However, these stations are not closed and entry and exit of passengers is permitted through other gates. Official sources said the gates have been shut for security arrangements on...
Former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan has quit the Congress party and his post as a member of the legislative assembly of the state. His resignation letter to the Congress state committee chief Nana Patole says, simply, “I am resigning from the Congress party.” Chavan met the state’s legislative assembly speaker Rahul Narvekar in the...
A crucial meeting between farmer leaders and Union ministers ended without a resolution late Monday night, prompting farmers to press ahead with their ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest today. Despite hours of dialogue, the two sides failed to reach an agreement on key demands. The government, however, said a consensus was reached on most issues and a...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar won the floor test 130-0 in the Assembly Monday, even as one-time ally Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)– led by Tejashwi Yadav– walked out of the House. The trust vote happened two weeks after Nitish jumped allegiance from the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) — a JD(U), RJD and Congress alliance — to the NDA...