BJP president J P Nadda alleged on Sunday that opposition parties are forming an alliance to “protect” their dynastic politics and that the Congress-led UPA stands for “utpidan, pakshpat and atyachar” — oppression, favouritism and atrocities. The proposed coalition of the opposition parties is not a “Patriotic Democratic Alliance”, but a “Protection of Dynasties Alliance”,...
The BJP mounted attack on Kejriwal and said the Delhi CM left his house on Thursday to get clicked while Delhi people have been forced to leave their houses. A fresh war of words between the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP started as Yamuna flood water entered the city sinking ITO, Civil Lines after...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday described India as a “model of diversity” in his addresses to the Indian diaspora in which he also announced an agreement for the use of UPI in France, opening a huge new market for the Indian innovation in cashless instant payment. In his nearly an hour-long speech to the...
Sriharikota, (AP), Jul 14 (PTI) As the clock ticks for ISRO’s high-profile launch of the year, the Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission, all eyes are on the country’s space agency whose scientists are keen to taste success with a soft landing on lunar surface and put the country in an elite club of nations that have accomplished...
India on Thursday approved proposals for purchasing 26 Naval variant of Rafale jets from France and procuring three French-designed Scorpene class submarines, a day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wide-ranging talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. The two big-ticket procurement projects, expected to cost in the range of Rs 80,000 to Rs...
Top negotiators from the G20 countries on Thursday kick started intense negotiations with a focus on India’s priority of ensuring inclusive global growth and addressing the challenges facing the Global South while keeping aside the contentious issues of the Ukraine conflict. As New Delhi faces the uphill task of building consensus on the outcome documents...
Waters from the raging Yamuna river inundated several parts of Delhi on Thursday, throwing normal life out of gear and prompting authorities to close all schools and colleges till July 16 and ban the entry of heavy goods vehicles engaged in non-essential services. The city is staring at a drinking water shortage as the Delhi...
The upcoming launch of Chandrayaan-3 is set to raise the level of India’s international collaborations, including that between India and the US, Minister of State for Science and Technology Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday. India, with its rapid strides in areas of emerging technologies, has emerged as an “equal”, and its relationship with the US...
In a first, the Centre will start selling tomatoes at discounted rates in retail markets in the national capital and few other cities from Friday to provide relief to the consumers as the price of the kitchen staple is ruling high at over Rs 200 per kilogram in some parts of the country. Announcing the decision, the...
Muslim World League secretary general Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa on Wednesday said the diversity of thought in India has impressed him a lot and asserted that he has not experienced anywhere else the kind of peaceful coexistence he has witnessed in the country. Addressing a gathering at the Vivekananda International Foundation here, Al-Issa also...