New Delhi: Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday publicly apologised to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his past remarks on him, terming him both “a Sardar and also Asardar (effective)”. “I want to apologise to Sardar Manmohan Singh with my head hanging down… I want to say that Sardar[Read More…]
New Delhi: Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday dubbed Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s speech at Congress’ plenary session the “rhetoric of a loser”. She also questioned Rahul Gandhi’s Pandava-Kaurava analogy, and accused the Congress of mocking Hindu rituals. “Rahul Gandhi’s speech sounds like rhetoric of loser devoid of substance. But although[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Congress on Sunday attacked the Narendra Modi government over the economic situation saying that the economy was in the hands of “ignorant and incompetent policy makers” and the country can only grow if it is “rescued” from them. Its resolution on the economic situation, moved by former Finance[Read More…]
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not fighting corruption but was “corruption himself” and under him, the country is controlled by “corrupt and powerful”. “The name Modi symbolises the collusion between India’s biggest businessmen and the Prime Minister,” Gandhi said while addressing[Read More…]
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of resorting to ‘jumla’ by promising to double farmers’ income and said the Modi government had messed up the economy. Addressing the Congress plenary here, he said the BJP-led government had created problems for small and medium[Read More…]
New Delhi: Congress leader and former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Sunday described demonetisation as the “greatest lie” and said it ended up destroying jobs. The Congress leader also accused the Centre of pushing people into poverty by implementing a flawed Goods and Services Tax (GST). “There cannot be a greater[Read More…]
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to specify exactly when he was going to fulfil his promise of fixing the minimum support price for crops at 1.5 times the production cost. In a tweet after Modi at an event here said confusion was being[Read More…]
New Delhi: Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman on Saturday said India has made rapid progress on the economic front but economic inequality in the country remains an issue. India has become a much “better place to do business” than it was earlier, though the bureaucratic obstacles have not gone away completely[Read More…]
Patna: BJP allies Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (RLSP) and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) on Saturday said they will not quit the BJP-led NDA. Amid growing speculation that RLSP chief and Union Minister Upender Kushwaha might follow in the footsteps of the Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) and dump the National Democratic Alliance[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday expressed its willingness to ally “with all like-minded parties” with a “pragmatic approach” to defeat the Narendra Modi government in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with party chief Rahul Gandhi stating that the country was feeling tired and seeking a change. The party’s 84th plenary[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday said it would impose a five per cent cess on the incomes of the top one per cent richest Indians, when it comes to power. The resolution on “Agriculture, Employment and Poverty Alleviation”, adopted at the party’s 84th plenary here, also said that the party[Read More…]
London: Researchers have developed a new mobile application that can detect atrial fibrillation, a leading cause of stroke, and can timely prevent heart-related complications. Atrial fibrillation is an irregular and often rapid heart rate that can increase the risk of stroke, heart failure and other heart-related complications. Timely detection of[Read More…]
Guwahati: Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) sleuths have seized about 1,000 kg of contraband marijuana from a vehicle here that was to be smuggled to Uttar Pradesh, officials said on Saturday. The driver of the vehicle and his helper were arrested on Friday night when the operation was launched. “We[Read More…]
New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has adopted divide and rule policy by following the ideology of hatred. Addressing the party leaders and workers at Congress’ 84th Plenary Session here, he said the BJP was spreading hatred and dividing the society. “The[Read More…]
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said no power in the world can take Kashmir away from India and if need be forces can cross border to protect the country’s territorial integrity. “Kashmir is, was and will be ours always. No one can take it from us,”[Read More…]
Chandigarh: A court in Patiala on Friday convicted Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi in a 15-year-old human trafficking case. He was sentenced to two years in jail. The police had registered a case against Daler and others after it was alleged that the accused took money from people to the[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Indian Goods and Services Tax (GST) system is among the most complex in the world with not only one of the highest tax rates but also one of the largest number of tax slabs, the World Bank has said. It added that India has the highest standard[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that “in the interest of the nation” it has decided not to damage the ‘Ram Sethu’ bridge for the Sethusamudram project initiated to facilitate navigation between India’s east and west coasts. Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice[Read More…]
Imphal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday urged scientists “to spend 100 hours a year” with school students to teach them various aspects of science. Modi made the remarks after inaugurating the five-day Indian Science Congress at the Manipur University here. “I appeal to the scientists to spend at least[Read More…]
New Delhi: Punjab’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Bhagwant Mann resigned on Friday saying his “fight against drug mafia and corruption will continue”. “I’m resigning as a president of AAP Punjab… But my fight against drug mafia and all kind of corruption in Punjab will continue as an ‘Aam Aadmi’[Read More…]
Toronto: Canada’s top Sikh real estate tycoon Bob Dhillon donated $10 million to the University of Lethbridge in Alberta on Wednesday. The university has renamed its business school after him. It will henceforth be called the Dhillon School of Business. Calgary-based Bob (Navneet) Dhillon is the president and CEO of[Read More…]
Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu tells his MPs that he is walking out of NDA. Confirming this TDP MP CM Ramesh said, We have decided to move out of the NDA, the support has been removed. We gave the NDA sufficient time to change their mind but nothing happened. BJP[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is sinking fast in the country. “The BJP is sinking quite fast,” Patnaik told reporters here, citing the defeat of the BJP in the by-poll to two parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh. The Biju Janata Dal (BJD)[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Congress is expected to state its position on alliances for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and unveil a vision document at its plenary beginning here on Friday with party chief Rahul Gandhi keen on making the three-day event “worker-centric and not leader-centric”. The plenary, being held after eight[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Indian government’s public debt increased to Rs 66.61 lakh crore by the end of the third quarter ending December, which represented a rise of 1.22 per cent over the previous quarter, official data showed on Thursday. According to a Union Finance ministry release, the government’s debt (excluding liabilities[Read More…]
