India on Tuesday slammed Pakistan for the manner in which the meeting between death row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav and his wife and mother were conducted, saying Islamabad “violated the letter and spirit of our understandings” over the meeting. In a statement, India said the manner in which the meeting was[Read More…]
Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani on Tuesday said the company has achieved full resolution of Reliance Communications’ debt restructuring that will reduce its debt by Rs 25,000 crore, bringing it down to Rs 6,000 crore. “We have achieved a resolution that involves Reliance Communications exiting strategic debt recast. Clearly and[Read More…]
A day after their meeting across a glass panel with Kulbhushan Jadhav in Islamabad, the mother and wife of the Indian national on death row in Pakistan, met External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday. According to reports, Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar and External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar accompanied[Read More…]
Indian Army commandos crossed the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday evening and killed three Pakistani soldiers, two days after four Indian Army men, including a Major, were shot dead in an ambush in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said on Tuesday. But Army officials in Delhi neither confirmed nor denied[Read More…]
Vijay Rupani on Tuesday took oath as the Chief Minister of Gujarat for a second stint after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the state assembly elections for the sixth time in a row. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah, along with other key leaders of the[Read More…]
A central team landed on Tuesday to assess damages caused by Cyclone Ockhi, which struck the southern districts of Kerala and Tamil Nadu on November 30. A total of 74 persons have been killed and according to the Latin Diocese, more than 250 continued to remain missing. The team, consisting[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh’s ruling BJP unit on Monday urged the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) to give up its “rigid and archaic stand” about triple talaq and join the voice of thousands to give Muslim women equality, security and their honor. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state President Mahendra Nath[Read More…]
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday found a new admirer, a 107-year-old grandmother, who thought the Congress leader was handsome and wanted to meet him on her birthday. Just after finding out about his new admirer on social media, Gandhi in no time wished the grandmother on her 107th birthday and also[Read More…]
Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Monday asked his Ministers to work for public welfare, pointing out that the state was able to meet less than 40 per cent of the drinking water needs of the people. He was speaking at the Bharatiya Janata Party office here to celebrate[Read More…]
The new Himachal Pradesh cabinet, to be headed by new and ‘young’ Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, will be a blend of old and new faces. An indication in this regard was given by Thakur himself. “The cabinet will have both experienced and new faces,” he told reporters here in[Read More…]
Continuing Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s success story at the box office, his spy thriller film “Tiger Zinda Hai” has crossed the Rs 100 crore-mark in just three days since its release. “Tiger Zinda Hai”, which released on December 22, is creating “havoc” at the box office and has minted Rs[Read More…]
A day after suffering a massive defeat in Radhakrishnan Nagar (R.K.Nagar) bypoll, Tamil Nadu’s ruling AIADMK on Monday removed six party officials and supporters of sidelined leader T.T.V.Dinakaran, who had contested and won the seat as an Independent. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting held at the party[Read More…]
The mother and wife of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav met him on Monday at the Pakistan Foreign Office for about 40 minutes, but with a glass panel separating them and spoke through a speakerphone. The Pakistan Foreign Office released photos of Jadhav, who is on death row, meeting his[Read More…]
Facebook-owned mobile messaging app WhatsApp will stop working on a number of platforms from December 31, the company has confirmed. The messaging app will drop support for ‘BlackBerry OS’, ‘BlackBerry 10’, ‘Windows Phone 8.0’ and older platforms, from December 31, 2017, according to an express.co.uk report published on Monday. “We[Read More…]
It is an exciting day of the year as Bollywood celebrities stamped Christmas in their own remarkable way. The social networking profiles of these stars gave us a glimpse of how they are celebrating the popular festival and the photographs and video clips out on social media are just adorable. While[Read More…]
Soaking in the intoxicating aroma of freshly baked cakes and brewing wines, Kolkata on Monday revelled in the Yuletide spirit with people of all ages celebrating Christmas. Special prayers, hymns and masses in churches drew the devout by the thousands, but for the eastern metropolis – the capital of British[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday inaugurated the new 12.64 km section of Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line and along with Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took a ride in the train. The section connects Botanical Garden station in Noida to south Delhi’s Kalkaji Mandir station.[Read More…]
President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday wished the nation on the occasion of Christmas. “Merry Christmas to all fellow citizens, especially our Christian brothers and sisters. May the festival bring happiness to our families and our shared society,” Kovind tweeted. “Extend[Read More…]
President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday greeted former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 93rd birthday. “Birthday wishes to our much-loved and respected former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee,” Kovind tweeted. Naidu said: “Convey my heartfelt greetings to Bharat[Read More…]
Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday condemned the sealing of 51 premises in a posh south Delhi locality by officials of BJP-run MCDs and dubbed the party as pro-industrialists and against small businessmen. “The sealing of shops in Defence Colony — and the way the three Municipal Corporations[Read More…]
The relatives of Kulbhushan Jadhav will reach Islamabad on Monday for a scheduled meeting with the death row prisoner, according to an activist. “His mother, Avanti Jadhav, and his wife are expected to fly from Dubai to Islamabad for their first ever interaction later in the day. According to available[Read More…]
Chennai: Sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V.Dinakaran on Sunday established a massive lead over his nearest rival, E.Madhusudhanan of the AIADMK in the by-election for the Radhakrishnan Nagar (R.K.Nagar) constituency that fell vacant after the death of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa. Dinakaran, who is contesting as an Independent, had got[Read More…]
Kolkata: West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Sunday won the Sabang Assembly constituency by-poll, by a massive margin of 64,192 votes. Trinamool candidate Gita Rani Bhunia got 1,06,179 votes while her nearest rival Rita Mondal of the the Left Front backed Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) secured 41,987 votes. Amid a[Read More…]
Shimla: Five-time legislator Jairam Thakur, who rose from the ranks and is known for his humble, low-profile stature, will be the 13th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, the BJP announced on Sunday. A decision in this regard was unanimously taken at the BJP Legislative Party meeting where central observers — Union[Read More…]
The National Farmers Day is being celebrated on December 23 every year on the birth anniversary of Chaudhary Charan Singh, the 7th Prime Minister of India. On this very noteworthy occasion, here we bring you a story of a woman who has just not broken the stereotype but her effort[Read More…]
