Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday thanked the BJP for pointing out mistakes in his tweet question on Tuesday over inflation, saying that “unlike” Prime Minister Narendra Modi he was “human” and did make the odd mistake. He asked the BJP to “please do keep it coming”. “For all my BJP friends: unlike Narendrabhai […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused the Congress of linking the Ram temple issue to the Lok Sabha elections and attacked senior leader Kapil Sibal’s arguments in the Supreme Court for deferring hearing the matter till after the 2019 polls. “Yesterday in the Supreme Court, a Congress MP Kapil Sibal was arguing (which is […]
Senior White House advisor Jared Kushner has said peace between Israel and Palestine was “achievable”, although he added that the agreement should come from the countries of the region and not something imposed by the US. “We do think it’s achievable,” Kushner said on Sunday, referring to an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal. Looking relaxed and upbeat, […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday will hold four rallies in Gujarat’s Dharampur, Bhavnagar, Junagadh and Jamnagar, where polling is scheduled in the first phase on December 9. “Will continue the campaign across Gujarat. Looking forward to addressing rallies in Dharampur, Bhavnagar, Junagadh and Jamnagar,” Modi said in a tweet. The second-phase of polling for […]
The US and South Korea began a major air combat exercise on Monday, which appears to be another show of strength following North Korea’s latest missile test late last month. The US-South Korea air combat drills, named “Vigilant Ace”, seek to improve the all-weather, day and night combined operational capacity of the two countries, a […]
After the US and Britain, Australia will now probe the impact of key digital platforms like Facebook, Google and Twitter on media, journalism and advertising, including the spread of fake news, in the country. According to a report in The Sydney Morning Herald on Monday, the government has asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission […]
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi for keeping the youth of Gujarat unemployed and not implementing the 7th Pay Commission leading to the plight of contract and fixed salary workers in the state. Keeping up at his 22 questions in the countdown to the Gujarat Assembly polls, as promised, […]
At minus 3.7 degrees Celsius on Monday Srinagar witnessed the coldest night of the season so far as Leh recorded the coldest temperature in Jammu and Kashmir at minus 12, the Met said. “The present cold wave conditions are likely to continue till Wednesday as the weather is expected to remain dry,” a weather official […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to keep its key interest rate unchanged at its penultimate monetary policy review of the fiscal on Wednesday owing to higher inflation in October and a surge in oil prices, even as the reversal in the decline of GDP growth during the second quarter has eased pressure […]
British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet key European Union (EU) figures on Monday here for talks on Brexit which could determine whether the UK is able to move on to negotiations on trade. The Prime Minister, accompanied by the Brexit Secretary David Davis, will meet European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker, with Downing Street saying […]