The union government has “silently extended” the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to “entire state of Arunachal Pradesh” without consulting the state government and appears keen to deal with the insurgency in border areas on its own, state Chief minister Nabam Tuki has said. Tuki said the central government could have tightened security in […]
Soldiers slain in battle “attain heavenly worlds” or in victory, “enjoy the earth”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote in the visitors book after paying homage on Saturday at the Indian Memorial at Neuve Chapelle commemorating Indian soldiers who sacrificed their lives on the Western Front during World War I. “Hato va Prapsyasi Swargam, Jitva va […]
The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs.3 lakh each to families of the 20 people, mostly Tamils, killed by police in Andhra Pradesh as sporadic protests took place in Tamil Nadu against the widely condemned killings. As a section of lawyers urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure justice to those […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met a group of Muslim leaders who voiced their concerns, including the growing radicalisation of the young in the country’s largest religious minority. As they sought the government’s support in providing better facilities to Muslim youths particularly in education, Modi gave them a patient hearing, an official statement said. […]
Seeking to scotch “lies” being floated about the land acquisition bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that it synergized India’s growth imperative with the need for environment protection, while calling for the country to demonstrate leadership in tackling the global threat of climate change. Inaugurating the state environment and forest ministers’ conference here, […]
Tamil Nadu Police have arrested AIADMK leader and former agriculture minister “Agri” S.S. Krishnamoorthy in connection with the suicide of S. Muthukumarasamy, an engineer in the agricultural department, last month. According to police, Krishnamoorthy, who was arrested on Saturday night, was summoned for questioning about the case and was later arrested. The police have also […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday that a conspiracy was being hatched against him ever since the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power. “Ever since our party came to power, a conspiracy is on against me. The blackmailers and corrupt people have come together to tarnish my image,” he said at an […]
Veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Wednesday flayed Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone’s video on women empowerment as “height of lack of consciousness”. “We don’t realise how much we have changed. It has been an Indian tradition of addressing woman as ‘mother’, but now there are objections at being called a mother,” Joshi said here […]
Causing yet another embarrassment to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), union minister Giriraj Singh raked up a controversy with his “white skin” remark on Congress president Sonia Gandhi but “regretted” it a day later on Wednesday. The statement, however, prompted the Congress party to seek an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demand the […]
Maharashtra’s Water Resources Minister Girish Mahajan came under opposition fire on Monday after he flaunted a revolver while attending a function in his home district Jalgaon. While the opposition demanded his sacking as minister, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis rushed to his colleague’s rescue. Mahajan, who hails from Jamner constituency in Jalgaon, had targeted the former […]