New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Saturday described the Law Commission’s recommendations backing the sedition law as “shocking” and said this must be “resisted” as the law is already grossly “misused”. The former Union minister’s remarks came after the Law Commission proposed retaining the penal provision for the offence of sedition, saying repealing […]
London/Moscow: World leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, expressed their condolences to the families and the Government of India on Saturday over one of the country’s worst train accidents that killed at least 261 people. The accident, involving three trains, is one of the […]
New Delhi: More than 300 NDRF rescuers armed with big metal cutters, canine squads and other heavy-lift equipment are working at the train accident site in Odisha and are expected to wind up the search operation by Saturday evening, Director General of the force Atul Karwal said here on Saturday. The federal contingency force has […]
Washington: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday told members of the Indian American community here that India is currently experiencing a “fight” between two different ideologies and exuded confidence that all opposition parties are joining hands for an “alternative vision” of the country to that of the ruling BJP. Making his last public appearance during […]
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s assertion that the Indian Union Muslim League is a completely secular party drew a sharp response from the BJP on Friday as its leaders alleged that the Kerala party is guided by the same mindset which was behind Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s All India Muslim League. “These are the same […]
New Delhi: With great power comes great responsibility, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday quoting a famous dialogue from Hollywood blockbuster “Spiderman” to emphasise that India’s responsibility will increase in sync with its rising global stature. In an address at an event, Singh also noted that when India emerges as a superpower, it will […]
New Delhi: Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh allegedly sought sexual favours from women wrestlers in lieu of professional assistance, touched women athletes inappropriately, asked inappropriate questions, ran his hands over breasts and navel, demanded sexual favours in exchange for the federation bearing the cost of treatment of […]
New Delhi: India and Nepal will strive to take their relationship to Himalayan heights and resolve the boundary issue and all such matters in this spirit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday after holding wide-ranging talks with his Nepalese counterpart Pushpakamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’. In his media statement after the talks, Modi said he and […]
Stanford (California): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has asserted that India cannot be pushed around by China as he underlined that the relationship between the two neighbours is going to be “tough” and not an easy one. Gandhi, who is in the US for a three-city US tour, made the remarks on Wednesday night in response […]
New Delhi: The BJP on Thursday accused Rahul Gandhi of “spreading a market of pessimism, hate and distrust” against India’s development journey as it cited the robust 7.2 per cent annual economic growth of the country to target the Congress leader. Addressing a press conference, BJP leader and former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said […]