NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Friday hit out at Nato chief Mark Rutte over his recent remark claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Russian president Vladimir Putin after the US tariff move. In a strongly-worded reply, the MEA termed the remark “factually incorrect” and “entirely baseless”.MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal clearly…
NEW DELHI: The Ladakh Police on Friday arrested activist Sonam Wangchuk, two days after the Union Territory witnessed its worst violence in decades, as a protest over statehood and Sixth Schedule safeguards spiralled into clashes.Wangchuk was taken into custody by the police party led Ladakh DGP S D Singh Jamwal at 2.30 pm, the officials…
NEW DELHI: Canada’s national security adviser Nathalie Drouin on Thursday said that New Delhi and Ottawa have found a “way” to address mutual concerns as both the countries agreed to work together to open a fresh chapter, placing particular emphasis on tackling terrorism and transnational crime.Days after meeting her counterpart Ajit Doval in India, Drouin…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde dismissed the alliance between Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, calling it an attempt to safeguard the Thackeray family’s political control rather than serve the state.Speaking at an India Today Conclave, Shinde played down the impact of the two leaders…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has launched a fresh attack on the BJP-led government, this time accusing it of being a “paper chor” amid rising outrage over examination leaks in Uttarakhand. The remarks come weeks after he alleged large-scale electoral fraud, which he termed “vote chori,” during the 2024 Lok…
NEW DELHI: The Allahabad high court on Friday dismissed a revision petition filed by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, challenging an order by the MP/MLA Special Court in Varanasi.The case relates to remarks made by Rahul Gandhi about Sikhs during his visit to the United States in September 2024.In his petition, Rahul had contested the Special…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Chhattisgarh police to preserve the body of top Maoist commander Katha Ramchandra Reddy, who was killed in an alleged fake encounter in Narayanpur district.A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih said the body should not be cremated or buried until the Chhattisgarh high court…
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Friday condemned the accusations against Sonam Wangchuk, and took a jibe at the central government stating that it was using its “entire machinery” for harassing the person who was thinking about the country’s progress. In a post on social media X, Kejriwal wrote, “Read about Sonam…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana for Bihar, transferring Rs 10,000 each to the bank accounts of 75 lakh women in the state. The scheme, worth Rs 7,500 crore, also promises additional financial support of up to Rs 2 lakh for women to enhance their entrepreneurial skills…
Protesters held by police (X/@about_karnataka) NEW DELHI: As many as 41 members of a pro-Kannada organisation were arrested on Thursday for allegedly barging into a five-star hotel in central Bengaluru and disrupting a Hindi Diwas-related meeting organised by the ministry of home affairs, police said on Friday.According to officials, the ministry’s Rajbhasha Samiti (committee on…
