Three-time Rohini MLA and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vijender Gupta was elected the Speaker of Delhi’s eighth Legislative Assembly on Monday after pro tem Speaker Arvinder Singh Lovely administered oath to the legislators. Several legislators in the 70-member House took the oath in their native languages, including Maithili (spoken widely in Bihar) and Punjabi,...
Targeting The Opposition parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said a section of leaders with “slave mentality” are engaged in mocking religion and dividing people, “with the support of foreign powers”, to weaken the nation and its faith. Modi made the comments after laying the foundation stone of the Bageshwar Dham Medical and Science...
First-time MLA Rekha Gupta took oath as the Chief Minister of Delhi on Thursday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and NDA Chief Ministers in a mega show of unity at the iconic Ramlila Maidan. Gupta, all smiles and wearing a jacket over a red saree, reminiscent of the dress code of BJP stalwart Sushma...
Eleven days after it ousted the AAP to end its 27-year exile from power in the Capital, the BJP Wednesday named 50-year-old Rekha Gupta, the newly-elected MLA from Shalimar Bagh, as Chief Minister of Delhi. A first-time legislator, Gupta will be administered the oath of office Thursday with six other ministers at the Ramlila Maidan. The composition...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the presence of senior government officials, held delegation-level talks with Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, wherein both countries decided to elevate ties to a strategic partnership. Union Ministers Hardeep Puri, Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman, Mansukh Mandaviya and PK Mishra were...
The talks during Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump’s meeting on Friday (IST) focused on enhancing economic ties, defence cooperation, counter-terrorism efforts, space exploration, and broader international issues. The most important outcome from the talks was the ambitious target set by India and the US to double bilateral trade, aiming for $500 billion by...
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to France for the AI Action Summit, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said that India-France relations have reached new heights, as PM Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron held high-level discussions aboard the French presidential aircraft. Misri highlighted the significance of their dialogue, calling it an exceptional gesture by President...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is headed to Paris on Monday to co-chair the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit along with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday. The summit is expected to announce a key outcome — a foundation that will look at AI in the public interest to cater to the needs of the Global South....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the economic policies of the erstwhile Congress governments. He said due to the wrong policies of the Congress, India’s sluggish growth rate came to be known as “Hindu rate of growth” in the past. Replying to the discussion in the Rajya Sabha on the...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited Prayagraj, where he took a holy dip at Prayagraj’s Triveni Sangam on the auspicious occasions of Magh Ashtami and Bhishma Ashtami. Dressed in a saffron sweatshirt and tracksuit, PM Modi offered prayer at Triveni Sangam holding rudraksha beads, chanting sanskit mantras, before offering aarti wearing a navy blue kurta, black jacket and...