India, France have agreed to intensify cooperation in the Southwest Indian Ocean, building on the joint surveillance missions carried out from the French island territory of La Reunion in 2020 and 2022. The two countries also welcomed the extension of those interactions in India’s maritime neighbourhood. These interactions may contribute positively to the securitization of...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Thursday that his government took the country out of the darkness staring at youngsters 10-12 years back, as he told young voters that their votes will decide India’s future direction and approach. In a virtual address to young voters organised by the youth wing of the ruling BJP, he...
Shoring up cooperation in areas of defence and security, trade, climate change, clean energy and mobility of students and professionals is set to be the focus of talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron in Jaipur on Thursday. Macron, who will grace the Republic Day celebrations at the Kartavya Path, will...
A far-reaching plan to channel Europe-Asia trade through the Middle East is at risk of stalling before it even gets started. The Israel-Hamas war has halted progress on what’s known as the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor – a project touted last year by Washington and key allies that envisages building new rail links across the...
The government’s decision to confer former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur with the Bharat Ratna is a testament to the socialist leader’s enduring efforts as a champion for the marginalised and a stalwart of equality, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. Thakur was born in 1924 in one of the most backward sections of...
Dubbed Jan Nayak by many in the state, Karpoori Thakur served as the Chief Minister of Bihar for a short while — from December 1970 to June 1971 and from December 1977 to April 1979. Former Chief Minister of Bihar Karpoori Thakur was conferred the nation’s highest honour, Bharat Ratna, posthumously by the President of...
Addressing the large gathering after the ‘pran pratistha’ rituals at the grand Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said, “Our Ram has finally arrived.” “I have come before you are witnessing the divine consciousness in the temple’s sanctum sanctorum. There’s so much to say but, but there’s a lump in my throat. After unprecedented...
In the last part of his journey to Ayodhya to open the Ram Temple, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday prayed at the Kothandaramaswamy temple and visited Arichal Munai, starting point of the Ram Setu — a mythical bridge believed to be built for Lord Ram to travel to Sri Lanka to rescue Sita from...
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva lashed out at Aam Aadmi Party leaders and said should stop fooling the Local Shop Centre traders who have been fighting all ends to get their shops desealed. Sachdeva said that it is surprising to see AAP Ministers Atishi & Saurabh Bhardwaj fooling traders by saying they want to deseal...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his government is inspired by Lord Ram’s principles of governance with honesty and urged people to light Ram Jyoti on January 22, stressing that it will be an inspiration to remove poverty from their lives. “Modi’s guarantee means ‘guarantee puri hone ki guarantee‘. Lord Ram taught us to...