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PM’s big outreach in Kerala ahead Of 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a massive roadshow in Kerala’s Kochi last evening, where he landed for a two-day visit. Visuals showed the Prime Minster — surrounded by security personnel — walking the road lined with cheering supporters in what was clearly a departure from his usual practice of...

Apr 25 · >

Mamata asks Nitish to hold Opposition meet in Bihar

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, after a brief meeting with her Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar and his deputy Tejashwi Yadav, said that she has “no ego” regarding a grand alliance of anti-BJP parties and that it’s going to be the people vs BJP in next year’s general elections....

Apr 25 · >

Modi phones top Karnataka leader denied ticket

Denied a ticket to contest next month’s Karnataka assembly election, KS Eshwarappa, a senior leader of the BJP, got a call from Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself on Friday. PM Modi thanked Eshwarappa, a five-time member of the legislative assembly from Shivamogga in central Karnataka, for accepting the party’s...

Apr 21 · >

Rishi Sunak’s deputy quits after bullying allegations

UK Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Dominic Raab resigned on Friday following an independent investigation into complaints of bullying. Announcing his resignation on Twitter, the UK politician wrote, “I called for the inquiry and undertook to resign, if it made any finding of bullying whatsoever. I believe it...

Apr 21 · >

Setback to Rahul as Gujarat court rejects appeal

A court in Gujarat today rejected Rahul Gandhi’s request to put on hold his conviction in a defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark. This means Rahul Gandhi cannot be reinstated as Member of Parliament. Rahul Gandhi had requested that his conviction be paused pending his appeal against a...

Apr 20 · >

Plea filed in Supreme Court for probing UP killings

A day after gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead under police escort, a plea was filed in the Supreme Court on Sunday seeking the constitution of an independent expert committee headed by a former Supreme Court judge to probe the killings. The plea, filed by...

Apr 17 · >

Killers of gangster Atiq Ahmed, brother Identified

Three men have been arrested for the sensational murder of Uttar Pradesh gangster Atiq Ahmed and his brother while being escorted by the police late Saturday. They have been identified by the police as Lovlesh, Sunny and Arun Maurya. They came posing as journalists and shot Ahmed and his...

Apr 16 · >

Satya Pal Malik interview embarrasses Modi, creates storm

An interview of former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik which attributed the Pulwama terror attack of 2019 to the incompetence of the Modi government has come as a shot in the arm for the opposition parties. Malik alleged that there was a massive intelligence failure in relation...

Apr 15 · >

Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida escapes bomb blast

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was evacuated from a port in Wakayama after a blast was heard, but he was unharmed in the incident, local media reported Saturday. Several reports, including by Kyodo news agency, said an apparent “smoke bomb” had been thrown but there were no immediate signs...

Apr 15 · >

Modi asks Rishi Sunak for action against ‘anti-India elements’

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his British counterpart Rishi Sunak on Thursday reviewed progress on various bilateral issues. The phone call comes weeks after pro-Khalistan supporters pulled down the national flag at the Indian embassy in London, raising questions over the security of the diplomatic mission. We also agreed...

Apr 14 · >