Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has indicated the door to the Congress’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra has not been opened for him yet. His comments come even as the Congress and the Samajwadi Party are holding seat-sharing talks in Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha election due in two months. Both the Congress and the…
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accused the BJP of attempting to “steal” the government in Jharkhand and asserted that the Congress intervened to safeguard the people’s mandate. Addressing a gathering during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Godda district, Mr Gandhi highlighted the role of the Congress in protecting the JMM-led coalition government, emphasising…
Dramatic CCTV footage from a police station near Mumbai not only shows a BJP MLA firing at a leader of party ally Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde faction) and then attacking him and his associates with the butt of his gun, but also appears to significantly weaken his argument that the act was done in self-defence….
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said BJP stalwart LK Advani challenged dynasty politics and connected India’s democracy to all-inclusive and nationalist ideologies. Addressing a rally in Odisha’s Sambalpur, PM Modi said the Bharat Ratna to Advani, the former deputy PM, is an honour to the ideology of ‘nation first’. “LK Advani continuously fought to…
Expressing displeasure at the medical termination of pregnancy of a rape survivor by a team of doctors, the Calcutta High Court sought an explanation from them as to why it was done despite an order to only form a medical board for ascertaining the pros and cons of doing so. A report filed by the…
The Maldives has formally requested India to provide “comprehensive details” of an incident in which its coast guard personnel allegedly boarded three Maldivian fishing vessels operating within its economic zone. This is the latest in the diplomatic row between the two nations that led to strained bilateral ties after President Mohamed Muizzu, widely seen as…
US strikes in the west of Iraq against armed pro-Iran groups killed at least 16 people, including civilians, and wounded 23, Iraqi government spokesman Bassem al-Awadi said on Saturday. The strikes hit “locations in the Akashat and Al-Qaim regions, including areas where our security forces are stationed”, Awadi said in a statement. The United States…
Be it by making an impact in the film industry or impressing fashion critics with her sartorial sensibilities, Priyanka Chopra has always put her best foot forward. The star treated us to a throwback picture of when she was 21. It proves that, in the style department, she was always ahead of her time. Back…
Noting that criminals have been using the latest technology for funding and operating across regions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday pitched for expanding cooperation between countries for investigation and justice delivery. He also said cooperation can happen even while respecting each other’s jurisdiction and asserted that when nations work together, jurisdiction becomes a tool…
Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani expressed his gratitude while accepting the Bharat Ratna – India’s highest civilian award – conferred on him today. “It is not only an honour for me as a person, but also for the ideals and principles that I strove to serve throughout my life to the best of my…