Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Russia next month, the Kremlin announced on Tuesday. Vladimir Putin’s foreign affairs aide, Yuri Ushakov, said that the Indian Prime Minister’s visit was being prepared but did not commit to a date. Mr Ushakov said the date will be announced jointly later. However, there is no confirmation...
The Central Bureau of Investigation questioned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday, recording his statement in connection with the excise policy case, according to CBI sources. The agency was also granted permission to produce the Delhi CM before the concerned trial court on Wednesday (June 26). Although Kejriwal has not been arrested yet, as...
Delhi BJP unit president Virendra Sachdeva on Monday criticised the Aam Aadmi Party government for allegedly seeking excuses to end their indefinite water ‘Satyagraha’. He claimed that the ministers’ meeting at the air-conditioned Satyagraha site was a clear indication of this intent. Sachdeva highlighted issues related to water management in Delhi, pointing out that the...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and members of his Council of Ministers, including Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah, took the oath as members of the 18th Lok Sabha as its first session began today. President Droupadi Murmu administered oath to Bharatiya Janata Party lawmaker Bhartruhari Mahtab as the pro-tem Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Mr Mahtab...
Calling it “drama”, the BJP on Sunday said it was shameful that the AAP government was “engrossed” in an “air-conditioned Satyagraha” even as cases of deaths due to the heatwave were continuously increasing in Delhi. Instead of taking measures to prevent such deaths, which the people of Delhi were facing on the one hand with...
The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha will begin on Monday, which will witness the oath-taking ceremony of newly-elected Members of Parliament, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The first session is expected to be stormy as the opposition is likely to corner the BJP-led NDA government on the election of the Speaker on June...
Rain disrupted the Yoga Day event scheduled on the banks of Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi was supposed to perform yoga for the 10th International Yoga Day. Later, he was seen performing yoga at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) in Srinagar. This marks his first...
The corruption, inaction and appalling apathy of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has forced Delhi to face an unprecedented crisis of shortage despite the release of adequate water in Yamuna by neighbouring Haryana, BJP MPs alleged on Thursday. In a joint press conference, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva accused Water Minister Atishi of dishing out lies...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Srinagar on Thursday as part of his two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir. While addressing the public, PM Modi stated that preparations for Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir have begun. “Woh samay dur nahi jab aap apne vote se Jammu Kashmir ki nayi government chunenge. Woh din bhi...
BJP leaders and workers took out protest marches across Delhi on Wednesday over water shortage in the city, slamming the ruling AAP dispensation for the plight of the people. BJP’s Delhi unit president Virendra Sachdeva took part in the protest at Andrews Ganj, where he was accompanied by New Delhi MP Bansuri Swaraj. Attacking the...