Olympic medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to bring an end to the ongoing conflict between two communities in her home state Manipur at the earliest. Manipur has been witnessing ethnic clashes between the Meitei and Kuki communities since May 3. Over 150 people have been killed in the clashes so...
World Bank president Ajay Banga on Monday said amid global challenges, he is more optimistic about India and its economy now than he has been “in a long time”. Talking to the media on the sidelines of the third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting here, the first-ever Indian-American to head the top...
The Enforcement Directorate on Monday conducted searches at the premises of DMK leader and Tamil Nadu Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy and his MP son GauthamSigamani in a money laundering case linked to alleged illegal sand mining, official sources said. The 72-year-old minister was late night taken by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to its office...
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that the ordinance on control of services in Delhi was promulgated as officers working in the vigilance department were “targeted” by the city government, and bureaucrats and officials were humiliated. In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the Centre claimed that after the May 11 judgement...
Hyderabad, Jul 16 (PTI) Hailing India’s remarkable progress in building unicorns and startups, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar prophesised that the next 4-5 years will witness substantial growth for such enterprises and the startups in the country will increase by 10 times. Speaking at the JITO Incubation Innovation Foundation (JIIF) Sixth Foundation Day and Investors/Startup Conclave...
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced the Delhi government will provide financial aid of Rs 10,000 each to the flood-affected families. Taking to Twitter, he said many poor families living along the Yamuna banks have lost their homes in the floods and some have lost all their belongings. The AAP government will set up...
Top leaders of as many as 26 opposition parties are likely to attend the two-day brainstorming session in Bengaluru from Monday where they will chalk out their strategy to unitedly fight against the BJP in the 2024 LokSabha polls, according to sources. On the eve of the meeting hosted by it, the Congress clarified that...
The BJP on Sunday termed Prime Minister NarendraModi’s recent visits to France and the UAE “successful” and said they were not just “high on optics” but also “high on substantive outcomes”. Modi returned on Saturday after “successful” visits to France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The prime minister’s visits to France and the UAE...
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...