TB will lose and India will win: PM

TB will lose and India will win: PM

Varanasi: Tuberculosis will lose and India will win, the world will win, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, adding that while the global target to end TB is 2030, India is working on eliminating it five years earlier by 2025 itself. Inaugurating the One World TV Summit 2023 in Varanasi today, Prime Minister Modi […]

Modi surname remarks case: Court convicts Rahul, cites his earlier apology in SC; will appeal, says Congress

Modi surname remarks case: Court convicts Rahul, cites his earlier apology in SC; will appeal, says Congress

Surat: A court in Surat in Gujarat on Thursday sentenced Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to two years in jail in a 2019 criminal defamation case filed against him over his “why all thieves have Modi surname” remarks. Gandhi, who was present in the court when the verdict was pronounced, reacted later by quoting Mahatma Gandhi […]

Amritpal suspected to have escaped out of Punjab

Amritpal suspected to have escaped out of Punjab

New Delhi: Amritpal Singh, who continues to remain yet at large, has escaped out of Punjab, sources said today. The investigating agencies suspect that Amritpal was desperately trying to cross into Uttarakhand from where he was suspected to attempt crossing over to Nepal. The investigating agencies have also detained a woman based in Haryana’s Kurukshetra […]

PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat 100th episode to broadcast worldwide

PM Modi’s Mann Ki Baat 100th episode to broadcast worldwide

New Delhi: This time not only India but even other countries too would listen to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 100th episode of the radio programme Mann Ki Baat and for this, the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) is also preparing in full swing. In this regard, a BJP source told ANI, “Purpose of broadcasting this program […]

Delhi’s growth to be higher than national average: CM Kejriwal

Delhi’s growth to be higher than national average: CM Kejriwal

New Delhi: As Delhi Budget for fiscal 2023-24 was presented on Wednesday, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the national capital is estimated to grow at 9 per cent, more than the country’s estimated growth rate of 7 per cent. Addressing a press conference after the presentation of the Budget on Wednesday, the Delhi CM said, […]

National party tag: Election Commission holds hearings with NCP, CPI, TMC

New Delhi: The Election Commission Tuesday held hearings for the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Communist Party of India (CPI) and Trinamool Congress (TMC) to decide whether they should be allowed to retain their ‘national party’ status, two EC sources said Wednesday. The EC had issued show-cause notices to the three parties in July 2019, asking […]

PM Modi greets people on ‘Navroz’

PM Modi greets people on ‘Navroz’

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted people on the occasion of Parsi New Year ‘Navroz’, and wished that the year ahead brings greater prosperity and furthers the spirit of togetherness in society. “Navroz Mubarak! On this auspicious occasion, I pray for the happiness and good health of everyone,” Modi said on Twitter. […]

Punjab govt not afraid of taking strict measures to curb criminal activities: Kejriwal

Punjab govt not afraid of taking strict measures to curb criminal activities: Kejriwal

New Delhi: AAP national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said the Punjab government was not afraid of taking stringent measures to curb criminal activities in the state. His comments came after Punjab Police launched a major crackdown against radical preacher Amritpal Singh and members of his outfit ‘Waris Punjab De’. “When […]

NSA invoked against Amritpal Singh, Punjab govt tells high court: Lawyer

Chandigarh: Punjab government on Tuesday informed the Punjab and Haryana High Court that the stringent National Security Act has been invoked against radical preacher Amritpal Singh, claimed a lawyer. During a hearing on the habeas corpus petition seeking the preacher’s production in court, Justice N S Shekhawat also pulled up the state government over Amritpal […]

CM Mann to take action against ex-Punjab DGP, other cops over PM’s security breach

New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has decided to initiate disciplinary proceedings against several police officers including the state’s top cop over security breach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Punjab in January 2022. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has decided to initiate disciplinary proceedings for the major penalty against Sidharth Chattopadhyay, the then DGP […]