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BJP accuses Rajiv Foundation of being on Chinese payroll
Hitting back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for claiming that India is ignoring the threat of war from China, the BJP on Friday accused him of trying to demoralise the military and took a swipe at his great-grandfather former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Speaking to journalists at a stopover...
India slams Bilawal Bhutto’s comments against Modi
India on Friday blasted Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto over his offensive personal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling it a “new low even for Pakistan”. In a firm and unsparing condemnation of Bilawal Bhutto’s remarks at the UN, New Delhi said Pakistan lacks the credentials to cast...
Child rights body summons BYJU’s over malpractice charge
Top child rights body National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has summoned education technology platform BYJU’s CEO over allegations that it is indulging in malpractices to lure parents and children to buy their courses. According to a media report, BYJU’s is facing a range of complaints on social...
Smriti Irani’s Miss India video spawns TMC-BJP Twitter clash
A video of Union Minister Smriti Irani from the 1998 edition of the Miss India beauty pageant found its way into an online debate over the movie ‘Pathaan’ on Friday, setting off a duel between leaders of the BJP and the Trinamool Congress. Amid the controversy over Deepika Padukone’s...
Human rights body notice to Bihar govt on hootch deaths
65 people have now been confirmed dead in Chapra, in Bihar’s Saran district, due to the consumption of toxic liquor, news agency ANI reported. The tragedy, the biggest since Bihar went dry more than six years ago, is the latest in a long list of such deaths in Bihar...
Beijing in range of newly-launched Agni n-missile
India has successfully carried out night trials of the Agni V nuclear-capable ballistic missile which can hit targets beyond 5,400 km, sources in the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, amid heightened tensions with China over clashes along the de facto border in Arunachal Pradesh last week. The test...
Sukhu denies challenge in naming ministers, delay
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said today that he would form his cabinet after the assembly session, amid reports of intense lobbying for ministries among Congress factions delaying the process. Sukhu denied any pressure or challenge in naming ministers. “There is no pressure, I am very relaxed…always...
Jaishankar’s veiled attack on China and Pakistan at UN
Multilateral platforms are being misused to justify and protect perpetrators of terrorism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday during an open debate at the UN Security Council, in a veiled attack on China and its close ally Pakistan. Presiding over the UN Security Council open debate on...
Internal harmony must for external security: Rajan
Raghuram Rajan, the former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, endorsed Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra on Wednesday, underscoring the need for “internal harmony”. This, he indicated, was also the way the sufferings of the “lower middle class” could be addressed, he indicated. Dr Rajan had joined the...
BJP plans grand show of Patel’s swearing as Gujarat CM
The BJP’s seventh term in power in Gujarat will begin today with a grand oath ceremony for Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, who had replaced Vijay Rupani in September last year, ahead of the elections in the state. Around 25 cabinet ministers will also take an oath with him. Contrary...
Sukhu to be sworn in Himachal CM today with deputy
Congress leader Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu will take the oath as Himachal Pradesh’s seventh Chief Minister today. Sukhu, MLA from Nadaun in the hill state’s Hamirpur district, headed the Congress’ campaign committee for the recently held state polls He was chosen by the Congress high command for the top post...
Exchange of fire along India-Pak border in Rajasthan
India’s Border Security Force (BSF) troops and Pakistan Rangers exchanged fire late Friday evening in the Anupgarh sector along the India-Pakistan International Border in Rajasthan, officials said. No casualties have been reported on the Indian side, they said. The BSF has called for a flag meeting with their cross-border...
Mob clashes with cops in UP’s Badaun town
A group of residents clashed with the police and threw stones at the cops in Kakrala town of Uttar Pradesh’s Badaun district on Friday. Police said a man gathered the mob as he was angry over being stopped for routine checking. Two men were arrested and search is on...
Mrs Virbhadra Singh frontrunner for HP CM post
After winning Himachal Pradesh, the Congress has called a meeting of its MLAs today to tackle its next challenge – deciding on a Chief Minister. It won’t be easy; the Congress has at least four candidates to choose from. The meeting will take place at Radisson hotel in Shimla...
Pilot says myth about BJP infallibility in North busted
A victory under his belt in Himachal Pradesh, Congress’s Sachin Pilot, the party in-charge of the state, said that the “myth” of the BJP’s invulnerability in north India is over. Gujarat, he said, was “different”. Asked about the possibility that the Congress victory in Himachal is the fallout of...
Akhilesh petitions EC for repoll in Rampur
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav told NDTV in an interview that his party has petitioned the Election Commission of India for a re-poll in Rampur assembly seat, where the party suffered a big loss at the hands of the BJP in the bypoll – the BJP in fact won...
Sisodia alleges BJP bid to poach AAP councilors
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday alleged that the BJP was trying to poach newly-elected AAP councillors and asserted that none of them will fall prey to their “game”. He said the newly elected councillors have been instructed to record “such phone calls” in case they receive...
AAP begins celebrations as DMC leads increase consistently
Balloons and celebratory posters are ready at the AAP office in Delhi while vote-counting for the the civic body is on and the fight looks much closer than an AAP landslide predicted by exit polls. At 9.15 am, BJP had crossed the halfway mark after early leads for all...
