NEW DELHI: IndiGo on Wednesday issued a travel advisory in the wake of heavy rain expected in Mumbai, which the airline said could “lead to air traffic congestion and impact flight operations”. “While we want your journey to be as hassle-free as possible, Mother Nature has her own plans. With heavy rains expected again in…
BJP president J P Nadda(Left), Congress leader Rahul Gandhi(Right). NEW DELHI: BJP president J P Nadda on Tuesday accused Rahul Gandhi of orchestrating the “vote chori” campaign on lies, as he cited a video of a woman who first claimed before the Congress MP and RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav that names of six of her family…
BJP national spokesperson Syed Zafar Islam NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday highlighted the impact of GST reforms alongside cuts in interest and income tax rates, asserting that the measures taken by govt had fueled economic growth, promising a vibrant Diwali with increased spending power for citizens.At a press conference, BJP spokesperson Zafar Islam said that…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for a mass campaign to highlight that Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first PM, had compromised the interests of the country and its farmers to make big concessions to Pakistan over Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), without taking either his Cabinet or Parliament into confidence, only to “burnish his image”.At…
NEW DELHI: Amid disruption of proceedings over SIR, the chair in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday said videos of expunged portions of speeches should not be shared on social media. When the Mines and Minerals (Amendment) Bill was being taken up for discussion, BJP’s Radha Mohan Das Agrawal raised the issue of leader of opposition Mallikarjun…
NEW DELHI: Govt told Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that in 2024-25, India collected 1,46,01,147 units of blood, more than the annual requirement of 14.6 million units. This was 15% more than the amount of blood collected in 2023, which was 1,26,95,363 units.In India, voluntary blood donation is around 70% while the rest of the donation…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah chaired a meeting of the parliamentary consultative committee for the ministry of home affairs (MHA) on ‘Disaster Management and Capacity Building’ here Tuesday and said that a strategy is being formulated to deal with cloudbursts and landslides.The announcement comes after two recent incidents of cloudbursts resulting in more…
PM Modi meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi NEW DELHI: The recent Sino-Indian detente seemed set for a significant step forward with PM Narendra Modi saying Tuesday that bilateral ties have made “positive and steady” progress guided by respect for each other’s interests and sensitivities, and accepting President Xi Jinping’s official invitation to visit China…
Justice (retired) BS Reddy with INDIA bloc leaders NEW DELHI: Dubbing the vice-presidential poll as an “ideological battle” to counter the assault on constitutional values, the joint opposition announced Tuesday former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy as its candidate to take on NDA’s C P Radhakrishnan, underlining that Reddy is a “consistent and courageous…
Crowd gathered at murder spot VADODARA: A former Congress councillor was stabbed to death during his morning walk in Bakrol area of Gujarat’s Anand on Tuesday.A passerby discovered the body on the walking track at 8.30am and informed police. The victim Iqbal Malek’s brother, Irfan Hussain Yusufmiyan Malek, has filed a police complaint.“As per Irfan,…
