A high-level meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s top leadership, including Union Ministers and party president Nitin Nabin, will take place at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence, this evening. The meeting, to be held at 5.30 PM is expected to focus on various issues including Rajya Sabha polls and the impending elections to several...
Three weeks after the first BJP-led government in West Bengal was sworn in under Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, the state is set to get a full-fledged Council of Ministers on Monday. In a post on X, Adhikari said at least 35 MLAs will be sworn in as ministers at a ceremony scheduled for 11 am at...
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to leave no opportunity to highlight his bond with India and claim New Delhi’s support for Tel Aviv. Speaking at a conference in the West Bank on Thursday, Netanyahu talked about Israel’s “unique relationship” with a “huge power” called India. “We have problems with delegitimisation in much of the...
New Delhi, The Delhi government’s push to convert around 93,000 streetlights on main roads will cut its electricity consumption by around 3.5 crore units per year, officials said on Friday. Earlier this month, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta announced the conversion of all existing streetlights with new LED lights and new ones wherever required. “Once the...
Segio Gor, US Ambassador to India, said Friday that Washington expects that a bilateral trade deal with India will be signed in the “next few weeks and months”. He indicated that only “1 per cent” of the deal was left to be concluded and Indian and US negotiators were working on it. Describing US Secretary...
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday officially resigned from his post, formally ending weeks of intense speculation over a leadership transition in the Congress government. The resignation was submitted to the Governor’s office at Lok Bhavan in Bengaluru around 3 PM. Since Karnataka Governor Thawar Chand Gehlot is currently out of station, Governor’s Secretary Prabhushankar...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday appointed Union minister Harsh Malhotra as the new president of its Delhi unit, replacing Virendra Sachdeva. The appointment was announced by BJP national president Nitin Nabin as part of a wider organisational reshuffle that also saw new state chiefs named for Haryana, Punjab and Tripura. Archana Gupta was appointed...
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday attended the informal meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Cyprus, where discussions focused on geopolitical developments, strategic cooperation and shared interests in an emerging multipolar world order. Jaishankar, who arrived in Cyprus on Wednesday, participated in the Gymnich meeting being held in Limassol amid continuing tensions in...
The U.S. military on Thursday accused Iran of violating a fragile ceasefire after Kuwait reported coming under attack following an American strike against the Islamic Republic. It was the latest flare-up of fighting to threaten ongoing negotiations to end the war. U.S. Central Command said Kuwait intercepted missiles fired from Iran late Wednesday, and military...
Delhi-NCR finally received the much-awaited rainfall on Thursday, as thunderstorms accompanied by light to moderate showers lashed several parts of the national capital and its surrounding areas in the evening. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted generally cloudy skies over Delhi-NCR with one or two spells of very light to light rain accompanied by thunderstorms,...