NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah will launch phase 2 of the Vibrant Villages Programme (VVP–II) in Cachar district of Assam on Friday, taking forward efforts to promote inclusive development in border areas so as to check outmigration and inculcate the border population as “eyes and ears” of the border guarding forces.The launch of VVP-II…
BJP activists protest against Maharashtra Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal’s remarks equating Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj with Tipu Sultan outside Congress Bhavan, in Pune. (PTI photo) History does not always stay in textbooks. Sometimes, it returns framed on a wall. In Malegaon, a portrait of the 18th-century Mysore ruler Tipu Sultan, briefly placed inside the office of…
NEW DELHI: The ministry of civil aviation on Thursday said that a preliminary report into the Learjet crash in Baramati that killed former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar and four others will be made public within 30 days of the accident.In a statement issued through the Press Information Bureau (PIB), the ministry reiterated that…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and State BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Amid a political row over alleged restrictions on the open sale of fish and meat in Bihar, West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday asserted that people in Bengal are free to consume the food of their choice and clarified…
Priyanka Gandhi (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday released a 20-point “chargesheet” against the BJP-led Assam government, accusing chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma of corruption and using state machinery to create fear among minorities.The chargesheet was unveiled in Guwahati ahead of the upcoming elections to the 126-member Assam Assembly. The…
Mahua Moitra with her pet dog Henry (Image/Instagram) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday moved the Delhi high court seeking custody of her pet Rottweiler, Henry.The petition challenges a November 10 last year’s order of a Saket court which had refused her request for 10-day custody of the dog every month….
Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar and CM Pinarayi Vijayan (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday slammed chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan over his remarks opposing the sequel to The Kerala Story, accusing him of hypocrisy and attempting to distract people from governance issues.Speaking to ANI, Chandrasekhar said that the chief minister was…
NEW DELHI: A man was detained by Rajasthan police in Kota on Thursday after he allegedly uploaded a video threatening to shoot Congress MP and leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi and 25 other MPs of the party.According to police, the man, who identified himself in the video as Raj Singh is a spokesperson of the…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed the plenary session at the AI Impact Summit, calling on the global community to transform the current technological disruption into humanity’s greatest opportunity.Addressing the plenary session, PM Modi expressed confidence that the summit would help shape a more ethical and responsive digital future. From 1910 To…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday said pulled up Tamil Nadu electricity board for promising free electricity to consumers irrespective of their financial status.The apex court issued notice to the Centre and others on plea of DMK government which proposes to provide free electricity. A bench led by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant…
