File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal. Is the BJP playing hardball with the Akalis in Punjab? Yet another senior BJP leader has announced that the party will contest all 117 assembly seats in Punjab on its own strength.BJP national general secretary Satish Poonia, in his first…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Friday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for congratulating her on becoming Italy’s longest continuously serving PM in the postwar period, saying the relationship between the two countries was “stronger than ever”.Sharing a post on X, Meloni said, “Thank you, dear Narendra Modi, for your words and for your…
NEW DELHI: The West Bengal fire department has ordered the evacuation of the basement, sixth and seventh floors of a high-rise building in central Kolkata that houses TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee’s office, citing a “lack of fire safety measures”, an official said on Friday.The order came a day after Banerjee’s Camac Street office was ransacked,…
Vijay’s national ambitions: Can the TVK chief succeed where Kejriwal failed? The honeymoon period between Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay’s Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and its coalition partner, the Congress, appears to be over. Barely months after the two parties came together to form the government, they are already sparring over a question…
Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge (R) (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress will stage a massive demonstration and march to the chief minister’s residence in Dehradun on September 7, the Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee said on Friday.The protest follows a call by the All India Congress Committee (AICC).The protest will begin at Parade Ground and focus…
The finding relates to the Pilot-In-Command of the Air India flight that was operating from Phuket to Delhi on August 4. The aircraft suddenly lost around 300 feet in altitude while flying over Odisha, injuring 20 passengers and four cabin crew members. NEW DELHI: A preliminary report by the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has…
ECI rejects Patiala MP Dharamvira Gandhi’s claim NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday rejected Congress leader and Patiala MP Dharamvira Gandhi’s claim that his name and those of his family members were missing from Punjab’s draft electoral roll published on August 13.According to an ECI statement, the Lok Sabha member and…
Anti-national forces harming India’s unity will face consequences: Adityanath NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday warned that anti-national and anti-social forces seeking to spread hatred or undermine India’s unity would face consequences, invoking Lord Krishna’s message on the occasion of Janmashtami.Addressing a gathering in Mathura, the birthplace of Lord Krishna, on…
IndiGo flight makes contact with pole at Srinagar airport; no injuries An IndiGo flight from Navi Mumbai to Srinagar came into contact with a pole while being parked at Srinagar airport on Friday morning, as news agency ANI reported quoting airport officials.IndiGo flight 6E 225, operated by aircraft VT-NOG, arrived at Srinagar airport and struck…
PM Modi said the divine messages of Krishna have guided humanity and inspired selfless action (Photo: x/@narendramodi). NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday extended his greetings to the people on Janmashtami, Lord Krishna’s birthday.PM Modi said the divine messages of Krishna have guided humanity and inspire selfless action.In a post on X, PM…
