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PM Modi is presented with a Daruma Doll in Japan. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday was gifted a Daruma Doll by chief priest of the Shorinzan Daruma-Ji Temple, Rev Seishi Hirose, on his two-day visit to Japan. The Daruma is an iconic cultural symbol and souvenir of Japan. It has a strong…

NEW DELHI: A war of words ensued between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday after abuses were allegedly hurled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the INDIA bloc’s “Voter Adhikar Yatra” at Darbhanga.A day after the incident, Union home minister Amit Shah sharpened his attack against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and…

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday underlined what it called the “irony” of Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah joining Rahul Gandhi’s Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar against alleged “vote chori” (vote theft), recalling that the Congress leader himself had once accused the party of stealing votes.In a video…

NEW DELHI: Senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi, while making his arguments on the scope of a governor’s powers in assenting to bills, read out a passage from one of Justice Krishna Iyer’s judgments and compared the judge’s prowess in English with that of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, incidentally both hailing from Kerala. Singhvi said unlike…

NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday ruled out the organisation’s support for campaigns to reclaim temples in Kashi (Varanasi) and Mathura, saying the Ram temple movement was the only one backed by the Sangh.“Ram temple is the only movement that the RSS supported, it will not join any other, but…

NEW DELHI: The Rashtriya Janata Dal on Friday approached the Supreme Court seeking a week’s extension of the September 1 deadline for filing objections and claims on behalf of voters.Appearing for the RJD, advocate Prashant Bhushan told the court that nearly 80,000 claims were filed before the apex court’s August 22 order, and another 95,000…

NEW DELHI: Party workers of Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress clashed in Patna on Friday as the saffron party staged a protest against alleged abuses hurled at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his mother during a rally at Darbhanga.In a video shared by news agency ANI, party workers were seen attacking each other with party…

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: Bihar chief ministerNitish Kumar on Friday announced a new women-centric initiative, the “Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana” (Chief Minister Women’s Employment Scheme) to provide financial assistance to one woman from each family in the poll-bound state to support employment opportunities of their choice.“Ever since we first formed the…

(Screen grab from video posted by: X @rebelliousdogra) NEW DELHI: Heavy monsoon rains on Tuesday flooded the campus of Government Gandhi Memorial (GGM) Science College and Cluster University in Jammu. Videos circulating on social media show students carrying their bags on their heads as they wade through knee-deep water, while classrooms and hostels remain submerged,…