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Akhilesh claims historic voting in two phases of UP poll
Claiming “historic voting” for the SP-RLD candidates, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said the people have subdued the “garmi” (haughtiness) of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the first two phases of the UP assembly elections. Yadav took on Adityanath saying he used to claim ahead of the...
Channi says he was grounded by PM’s flight
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi alleged today that he was forced to miss Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s rally as he was denied permission to fly because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit. “Charanjit Channi is a Chief Minister, he’s not a terrorist that you are stopping him from...
US says India driving force of Quad
India is a driving force of the Quad and an engine for regional growth, said the White House, days after foreign ministers of the countries, which are part of the grouping, met in Melbourne. The Quad or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue comprises India, the US, Japan and Australia. During the...
Ban on more ‘dangerous’ Chinese Apps indicated
India plans to ban 54 Chinese apps that pose threat to the country’s security, government sources said today. The apps which would be banned include – Sweet Selfie HD, Beauty Camera – Selfie Camera,Viva Video Editor, Tencent Xriver, Onmyoji Arena, AppLock and Dual Space Lite. In June last year,...
Owaisi says a ‘girl In hijab’ will one day become Indian PM
A girl wearing Hijab will become the Prime Minister of the country one day, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said amid the controversy over Muslim women’s headscarves. “If a girl decides to wear Hijab and asks her parents to do so and when her parents allow her to wear...
ISRO records success with 2022’s first space launch
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle with two smaller co-passenger satellites at 05.59 am today from the First Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. This was the ISRO’s first launch mission of 2022, the 25-hour countdown for...
Uniform Civil Code after polls, says Uttarakhand CM
Implementing Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand at the earliest will boost equal rights for everyone in the state, chief minister Pushkar S Dhami said today. As soon as the new BJP government is formed in the state, it will form a committee to prepare a draft of UCC in...
Hijab row sets off ripples in Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry
The controversy over the wearing of hijab (headscarves) by students crossed the state borders of Karnataka and surfaced in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh and Puducherry today. As the Karnataka High Court – in response to an appeal by five women students in favour of headscarves, appealed for peace — a...
Priyanka says bikini, ghoonghat or hijab is woman’s right
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday spoke up in support of college students in Karnataka who have been banned from wearing the hijab in classrooms, tweeting that the choice of what clothes to wear was theirs alone, and that this right is protected by the Constitution. “Whether it...
Modi launches blistering attack on Opposition
Prime Minister Narendra Modi ripped into the opposition in parliament today, accusing them of being responsible for the countrywide spread of Covid and the migrant crisis in the initial days and alleging that this was “paap (sin)”. The opposition did not do anything positive, like asking the people to...
China pledges closer ties with Pakistan during Imran visit
China on Sunday pledged closer cooperation with Pakistan under the USD 60 billion CPEC investment programme and called for resolving the Kashmir issue properly and peacefully while opposing any “unilateral actions” that could complicate the situation as Prime Minister Imran Khan held talks with the top Chinese leadership, including...
2-day national mourning for Lata Mangeshkar
Two-day national mourning will be observed in memory of Lata Mangeshkar who died today in Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital. She was 92. The national flag will fly at half-mast for two days, as a mark of respect for the legendary singer. Called the Nightingale of India, Lata Mangeshkar was...
Yogi’s new math predicts landslide BJP victory
Claiming that the BJP was heading to a landslide victory in Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that the electoral contest now will be “90 percent versus 10 percent” in favour of his party instead of “80 per cent versus 20 per cent”. Emphasising...
Azad, Manish excluded from Punjab Cong star campaigner list
Congress leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Lok Sabha MP from the state Manish Tewari are not among the party’s star campaigners for the February 20 assembly election in Punjab. The Congress released its list of 30 ‘star campaigners’ for Punjab, which includes Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, and Rahul Gandhi....
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...
