Hyderabad, A fire accident marked the final day of ‘Ayutha Chandi Maha Yagam‘ of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao at his farmhouse near here, which led to President Pranab Mukherjee skipping the event. The president was to participate in Purnahoti, the final rituals of the five-day mega event organised by the chief minister for […]
Gandhinagar, Expressing satisfaction over revival of the peace process between India and Pakistan, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani on Saturday said initiatives by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee should be taken forward by the Narendra Modi government. “Efforts initiated by Vajpayee ji should be taken forward by Modi ji and other leaders in the […]
New Delhi, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh will reunite one day to create “Akhand Bharat” or an ‘Undivided India’, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav has said. “The RSS believes that one day these parts, which for historical reasons separated only 60 years ago, will again, through popular goodwill, come together and Akhand Bharat will be created,” […]
New Delhi, Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra on Saturday criticised the Delhi government’s move to spare VIPs from the odd-even vehicle scheme, terming the move “complete hypocrisy”. His remark attracted criticism from the BJP and the city’s ruling AAP. “Odd and Even ways!! Creating parallel lists of exemption, is complete hypocrisy,” Vadra wrote […]
Islamabad, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s unexpected visit to Pakistan has “greatly hurt the sentiments of the nation”, says Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed in a video message posted on social network. In a series of tweets, Saeed also said: “Personal friendship aside, Modi is a murderer and brutal killer of Muslims, and occupier of Kashmir”, […]
Washington, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise stop in Pakistan to meet his counterpart Nawaz Sharif has made quite a splash here, with the US media hailing the significance of his “spontaneous personal diplomacy”. The Wall Street Journal said Modi’s “gesture” was “likely to lend momentum to a tentative reconciliation process between the estranged, nuclear-armed neighbours”. […]
New Delhi, The Delhi government on Saturday suspended three transport department officials over alleged corruption in issuing fresh Letters Of Intents (LOIs) for three-wheelers. BJP’s Delhi unit chief Satish Upadhyay demanded state Transport Minister Gopal Rai’s resignation over the alleged auto-rickshaw permit scam. The three officials — Deputy Commissioner (auto-rickshaw unit) Roy Biswas, inspector Manish […]
Jammu/Srinagar, An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale jolted Kashmir on Saturday causing widespread fear and panic. “An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale occurred at 12.44 a.m. The epicentre of the tremor was in the Hindukush region of Afghanistan,” an official of the Met department said here. “Its coordinates […]
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed has described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise visit to Pakistan as a “right step in the right direction”. “It is the right step in the right direction. The goodwill gesture by Modi will definitely break the ice in the relations between the two neighbours, a process […]
New Delhi, A man died in police firing here on Thursday during a protest following the death of a child in a road accident. Wasim, a resident of Shahbad Dairy area in west Delhi, was shot around 11.30 a.m. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared him dead. Police said scores […]