Shillong/Itanagar, The BJP-led central government is trying to destabilise the democratically elected Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh, and the union cabinet’s recommendation to impose President’s Rule in the state was akin to “murder” of democracy, Chief Minister Nabam Tuki said on Sunday. Tuki criticised the union cabinet’s recommendation to President Pranab Mukherjee, saying the matter […]
Chandigarh, French President Francois Hollande on Sunday began the economic leg of his three-day visit to India, offering his country’s assistance in the development of at least three smart cities — Chandigarh, Puducherry and Nagpur. The announcement came during two back-to-back meetings which the visiting head of state, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, held […]
New Delhi, Amit Shah, a close confidant of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was on Sunday elected the BJP president for a full three-year term, retaining the post he has held since the party took power in the country in 2014. Shah, 51, who took charge of the party in August 2014 from now Home Minister […]
Chandigarh, India and France committed themselves to closer ties, especially in business and combating terrorism, just hours after French President Francois Hollande began his three-day visit to India here on Sunday and Prime Minister Narendra Modi broke protocol to welcome him. Addressing the India-France Business Summit, Modi said India and France had huge potential to […]
Darjeeling, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wondered why no DNA test was done to determine if the ashes kept at a temple in Japan after the purported 1945 air crash were of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, and sought to know whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi broached the issue of the revolutionary leader’s […]
Mumbai, Security agencies went on high alert following a threat to blow up Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, official sources said on Saturday. The threat was made by an unidentified caller who spoke to a woman official in Hindi around 6 p.m. The caller reportedly said the Mumbai airport would be blown up before February […]
New Delhi/Bengaluru, All 14 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) terror outfit, who were picked up by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in cooperation with state police forces from different parts of the country, have been formally arrested, official sources said on Saturday. Till Friday, only five of the total 14 were arrested and […]
New Delhi, Ending decades of wait, the Indian government on Saturday declassified the first set of 100 files on revolutionary leader Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, whose whereabouts after a reported air crash continues to be a mystery even after 70 years. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who had announced during a meeting with Netaji’s family members […]
New Delhi,Five suspected members of terror outfit Islamic State (IS) were arrested and nine others detained by the NIA in cooperation with state police agencies across India, a home ministry official said on Friday. Informed sources said all the raids at 12 locations in six cities were conducted on tip-offs that the IS sympathisers were […]
New Delhi, Sunanda Pushkar died of poisoning caused by anxiety drug Alprax, the final report by AIIMS medical board said. All India Institute of Medical Sciences experts also said there could be chances of an injectable poison, in view of certain marks on Sunanda’s body. The report – submitted to the Delhi police earlier this […]