Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hit out at previous governments for neglecting eastern Uttar Pradesh and said Kashi’s identity has for long been that of a centre of religion and spirituality but it will now emerge as a big centre of healthcare. The prime minister was addressing the inauguration ceremony of the RJ Sankara...
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has called upon the private sector to move forward from ‘participation’ to ‘taking the lead’ in the defence sector, assuring full government support to make the country a hub for innovation and technology. Speaking at the Twaral workshop on Defence Technology Acceleration, held in New Delhi on Friday, he addressed industry...
Replacing underperforming sitting MLAs, barring its councillors from contesting to “avoid negativity” on their lack of performance in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) — the BJP is considering several approaches to pick candidates for the Delhi Assembly polls slated for early next year, it is learnt. Throwing its preparations into the next gear, the BJP Tuesday...
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday took a swipe at Pakistan during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, stating that if cross-border activities between two nations are characterised by extremism and separatism, it is hardly likely to help bilateral trade, relations, and other activities. “It is axiomatic that development and growth requires peace and stability....
Deepening the diplomatic row between Delhi and Ottawa over the killing last year of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, India Tuesday strongly rejected Canada’s assertion that it had shared credible evidence of Indian involvement in the Nijjar case. The Indian pushback came on the day Canada reached out to the UK and New Zealand — along...
India on Monday asked Canadian diplomats in New Delhi to leave the country by Saturday after Ottawa said it was investigating its Indian ambassador and other diplomats as “persons of interest”, after the killing last year of a Sikh separatist leader. In a tit-for-tat move, Canada too has asked six Indian diplomats to leave the...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan (PMGS-NMP) has emerged as a transformative initiative aimed at revolutionising India’s infrastructure and is driving faster and more efficient development across sectors. He also made a surprise visit to the PM GatiShakti Anubhuti Kendra at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on the...
Giving impetus to India’s ‘Act East’ policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a series of meetings in Laos, which is where the ASEAN-India and East Asia summits are being held. PM Modi, who is on a two-day visit to Laos on the invitation extended by his counterpart Sonexay Siphandone, was given a ceremonial Guard of...
Haryana has scripted history by giving a third consecutive term to the BJP in the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the BJP headquarters today while congratulating party workers for the unprecedented victory. It was accompanied by a vitriolic attack on the Congress, which he called, among other things, a “parasitic party” that wins...
After trailing in early leads in Haryana, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hasemerged third-time lucky — it is set for a big win in the Hindi heartland state.In Jammu and Kashmir, the National Conference (NC) and Congress allianceemerged victorious with a clear majority in the first election held since 2014.As celebrations begin, here’s a look...