Mumbai, Jun 6 (PTI) Senior BJP leader and Union minister Venkaiah Naidu today slammed former CPM general secretary Prakash Karat for “finding faults” with the Indian Army and “sympathising” with Kashmiri stone pelters. He also took a strong exception to a recent article by scholar Partha Chatterjee which purportedly compares […]
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NDTV raids condemned by politicians, media groups
New Delhi, June 6 (PTI) CBI raids on the residence of NDTV founder Prannoy Roy drew widespread criticism from political parties and press bodies today, with the chief ministers of Kerala and West Bengal describing the searches as an attempt to muzzle the media. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee […]
PDP Vice President S Rangil Singh is no more
S Rangil Singh breathed his last in the morning hours of today. According to initial reports, he went for his routine morning walk and stumbled . He was taken to the hospital but could not recover . S Rangil Singh was nominated as Vice President of PDP and President of J&K […]
ISIS failed in India despite large Muslim population: Rajnath
New Delhi, Jun 3 (PTI) India has the largest Muslim population in the world but ISIS had been unable to establish itself in the country, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said here today. Singh was giving a report card of his ministry on the completion of three years of the Narendra […]
‘CBI fear’ driving officers away, Kejriwal may hire outsiders to run CMO
New Delhi, Jun 3 (PTI) With at least a dozen senior officers declining to work in the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), Arvind Kejriwal may bring in officials from outside Delhi or appoint private persons on co-terminus basis. The CMO is currently running short of officers and, if sources in the […]
No special arrangements for my visits, Adityanath tells officials
Lucknow, Jun 3 (PTI) “We are people who sit on the floor,” Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has told officials while directing them not to make special arrangements when he tours the state. “Honouring the people of the state is in fact the honour of the chief minister,” Adityanath […]
India has taught people how to live and advance together: Prez
New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) As India’s diplomatic representatives you should always remember that this country has taught people how to live, develop and advance together, President Pranab Mukherjee told a group of Indian Foreign Service (IFS) trainees here today. Talking to the officer trainees, who called on him at […]
No ‘tight’ military ties with Pak, Indo-Russia ties cannot be diluted: Putin
St Petersburg, Jun 1 (PTI) President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia does not have any “tight” military relationship with Pakistan, and asserted that its close friendship with India cannot be diluted During an exclusive interaction, Putin told PTI that there is no other country in the world with […]
Harsh dev singh today locked the office of state vigilance commission in jammu: video
Harsh dev singh today locked the office of state vigilance commission in jammu. Held a massive protest seeking arrest of corrupt ministers and MLA
Rahul likely to train guns on BJP, TRS at Telangana rally
Hyderabad, May 31 (PTI) Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi is expected to train his guns on the BJP-led government at the Centre and the TRS administration in Telangana when he addresses a public meeting near here tomorrow. The public meeting meeting will be held at Sangareddy town. Gandhi would reach Begumpet […]