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Putin, Modi exchange views in phone conversation
New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday held a telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and exchanged views on the situation in the “Asia-Pacific” region, a Russian official said. Russia often refers to the Indo-Pacific region as Asia-Pacific. The official said the two leaders also discussed practical...
Modi’s cash scheme outreach to women voters
Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj today to participate in what the government says will be a “one of its kind programme” that will be attended by over two lakh women. This will be the 10th day the prime minister will spend in Uttar Pradesh...
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan ‘summoned’ In Panama Papers case
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the Panama papers. The actor may appear before the prove agency today. The agency wants to question her over allegations of stashing wealth abroad. Aishwarya Rai had been summoned earlier too for questioning, but she had...
Modi to attend Goa Liberation Day event
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Goa on Sunday to attend Goa Liberation Day celebrations at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium in Goa’s Taleigao at around 3 pm, informed the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). As per the PMO, the Prime Minister will felicitate the freedom fighters and...
Farmer leader Chaduni launches party to contest Punjab polls
Chandigarh: Farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni on Saturday floated his political party to contest the Punjab Assembly polls next year and batted for opium farming in the state. The farmer leader told reporters in Chandigarh that their aim is to “purify” politics and bring good people forward. Chaduni was...
Now, Akhilesh Yadav aide targeted in tax raids
In a nauseating repetition of unleashing central agencies on adversaries, Income Tax searches were carried out this morning at the home of Samajwadi Party leader and spokesperson Rajeev Rai, who is also an aide of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Another Samajwadi Party leader has been raided...
More namaz protests in Gurgaon amidst tension
Gurgaon: Muslims in Haryana’s Gurgaon faced yet more protests from right-wing groups today while trying to offer namaz. Interruption of namaz in open spaces, particularly on government-owned land, has taken place every week for the past few months in the city, which is part of the national capital region. This...
Rahul, Priyanka padyatra in Amethi against inflation
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is leading a footmarch in his former Lok Sabha constitutency of Amethi today against e rising inflation and government policies. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, his sister and the party’s UP in-charge, is part of this padyatra. The six-km foot march comes just a week after the...
Samajwadi MP’s shocker on marriage age
New Delhi: A day after the union cabinet approved the proposal to increase the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years, two Samajwadi Party leaders have come under criticism for expressing regressive views while opposing the move. While one linked marriage with fertility in women,...
Omicron spreading very fast worldwide, 101 cases In India
New Delhi: The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is “spreading rapidly” – there are now 101 cases in 11 states in India – the Health Ministry said Friday, warning that 19 districts were at high risk of a surge in COVID-19 cases. Faced with the threat of a...
Amarinder announces alliance With BJP
Amarinder Singh today announced an alliance with the BJP for the Punjab election, a move that had been anticipated ever since he quit the Congress last month. The former Punjab Chief Minister made the announcement after meeting with the BJP leadership in Delhi. He also tweeted photos hugging...
Modi’s breakfast meet with 40 UP MPs to focus on poll
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet BJP MPs from Uttar Pradesh over breakfast today. The meeting, which will be attended by nearly 40 party leaders, comes months ahead of assembly polls in the state. During the Winter Session of Parliament, the PM has been regularly holding breakfast meetings with...
Rahul reiterates demand for Ajay Mishra sacking
New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday renewed his attack on junior Home Minister Ajay Mishra over his son, Ashish Mishra, being accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri farmers killing case, calling him “a criminal” and demanding that he either be sacked or resign. “The minister must resign. He...
Boris Johnson faces another crucial leadership test
London: Under-fire British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday faced another crucial test of his leadership with a by-election in a constituency always won by his party, where defeat would intensify calls for a new leader. Johnson, 57, is already reeling after around 100 of his own MPs on...
Aryan Khan gets relief from weekly NCB visit
Mumbai: Aryan Khan, son of megastar Shah Rukh Khan and an accused in the drugs-on-cruise-ship case, will not have to appear at the Mumbai office of the Narcotics Control Bureau every Friday. The relief came today from the Bombay High Court, which scrapped this bail condition. The court said...
Omicron spreading at unprecedented rate: WHO
The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that the new coronavirus variant Omicron was spreading at an unprecedented rate and was likely already present in most countries around the world. Since the new, heavily-mutated variant was first detected in southern Africa last month, it has been reported in 77 countries,...
BJP falls short of majority in Karnataka Council poll
Bengaluru: The ruling BJP in Karnataka fell short of majority in the Legislative Council today, winning only 11 of the 25 Legislative Council seats for which voting was held last Friday. The Congress fared no better, winning another 11 seats, leaving HD Kumaraswamy’s Janata Dal Secular in a position...
Trinamool out of Sonia’s opposition strategy meet
New Delhi: The strategy meeting of opposition party leaders called by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi over the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs has been marked by the absence of Trinamool Congress. The meeting was attended by leaders of opposition parties including Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party, DMK and...
