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Cong not to announce CMs by rotation in Punjab
Congress today denied rumours of a rotational chief minister arrangement in Punjab. Rahul Gandhi will announce just one name as the chief ministerial candidate tomorrow, sources said. Amidst the heated contest for the top job in the state, there was earlier a buzz that Rahul Gandhi would announce two...
Hijab row in another Karnataka college
This morning, around 40 women students wearing the hijab stood at the gates of the Bhandarkars Arts and Science Degree College in Kundapur, a coastal town in Udupi district of Karnataka, as the staff refused to let them in unless they took off their headscarves. They missed their classes...
US says it does not endorse Rahul’s Pakistan, China remark
The US doesn’t endorse Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s comment in parliament on India’s foreign policy, the State Department spokesperson has said. Rahul Gandhi while criticising the government over a range of issues yesterday had blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for following a flawed policy, both domestic and international, that...
US deploys 3,000 troops to E. Europe amid Ukraine crisis
The United States on Wednesday deployed several thousand troops to bolster NATO forces in eastern Europe, as the leaders of France and Germany flagged trips to Moscow to address Western fears of an invasion of Ukraine. With Russia refusing to pull back 100,000 troops poised on Ukraine’s borders, 1,000...
Priyanka slams Sitharaman’s ‘UP-type’ remarks
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has ripped into Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her “typical UP-type” remark while countering Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of the Union Budget on Tuesday. At the post-Budget speech media briefing, junior Finance Minister Pankaj Chaudhary asked Ms Sitharaman to respond to Rahul Gandhi’s “zero-sum Budget” comment. “I...
Ambani, Adani, Mittal may land windfall gains
India’s plans to classify data centers and energy storage as infrastructure assets allowing firms to access cheap and long-term credit, in a big boost for billionaires Gautam Adani, Sunil Mittal and Mukesh Ambani’s plans to aggressively grow in these segments. “Data centers and energy storage systems including dense charging...
FM says Modi gave clear instructions for no additional taxes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had instructed that taxes not be raised amid the Covid pandemic, Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told reporters today after presenting the Union budget in parliament. PM Modi, she added, had given the same direction last year as well. “Didn’t want to increase tax at the...
Boris Johnson’s future in limbo over ‘Partygate’
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will probably hold onto his job for now despite a scathing report about government coronavirus lockdown parties, but his long-term future is out of his hands as police probe claims of rule breaking, analysts said on Tuesday. Johnson on Monday apologised after his government...
Protests, resignations in Manipur after BJP list
A number of leaders have resigned though the exact number remained unclear, reports said. BJP supporters burnt effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh and shouted slogans as protests erupted on Sunday after the party named candidates for next month’s elections,...
Congress targets Modi govt after NYT report on Pegasus
The Congress on Saturday attacked the Centre over a New York Times report which claimed that the Indian government bought the Pegasus spy toll in 2017 as part of a deal with Israel, saying illegal snooping using the spyware amounts to “treason”. According to the report in The New...
