NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly “crushing” a police constable during a roadshow in Bihar’s “Vote Adhikar Yatra.”In a social media post on X, BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla shared a video in which a car carrying Rahul Gandhi was seen running over a police constable. The…
NEW DELHI: Mumbai reeled under heavy rains and flooding for past few days, with visuals of submerged streets and stranded citizens showing the scale of disruption.At least six people have died and hundreds have been displaced across Maharashtra, while authorities warn that the next two days will be critical for several districts.The rain and waterlogging…
KOLKATA: Commuters may be able to ride the entire 16.6 km stretch from Sector V to Howrah Maidan immediately after the Prime Minister flags off its last 2.6 km leg — the Esplanade-Sealdah section — on Friday, sources said. The other two routes are likely to be operational from Monday, they added.In the recent past,…
Tejashwi Yadav and Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday pledged to back Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as the next prime minister after the Lok Sabha elections. He also said the youth are determined to end the “old and rickety” or “khatara” NDA rule in Bihar.Sharing the stage with Rahul and other…
NEW DELHI: The opposition on Tuesday named former Supreme Court judge B Sudershan Reddy as its candidate for the upcoming vice-presidential election. This comes days after the National Democratic Alliance announced Maharashtra governor CP Radhakrishnan as its nominee.The vice-presidential election has turned into a “South vs South” contest, with Radhakrishnan hailing from Tamil Nadu and…
NEW DELHI: Simultaneous interpretation of parliamentary proceedings in all 22 languages listed in the eighth schedule of the constitution is now available, lok sabha speaker OM Birla announced on Tuesday during the monsson session of the parlianment. Until now, the service covered 18 languages – Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, Gujarati, Kannada, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi,…
NEW DELHI: Middle-distance runner Parvej Khan, who had lit up the American Collegiate circuit with some showstopping performances in the men’s 800m and 1,500m events, and becoming the first Indian track athlete to compete at the NCAA championships in Boston, has been banned by the Nada’s anti-doping disciplinary panel (ADDP) for a maximum period of…
Indian-origin truck driver Harjinder Singh who killed three in Florida said in 2018 he was scared to go back to India. After Indian-origin truck driver Harjinder Singh killed three taking a wrong turn with his semi-truck in Florida, the Donald Trump administration dug out all his previous records and it’s now confirmed that he was…
Ajit Doval with Wang Yi NEW DELHI: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Tuesday met Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi, as India continues to iron out strains in relations with China.During the meeting, Doval said last year’s meeting between PM Narendra Modi and China’s Xi Jinping has helped both nations to set a new…
Prime Minister speaks at NDA’s parliamentary meet on Tuesday (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday used the NDA parliamentary meeting to attack former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, saying he admitted the mistake of signing the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan, which conceded much of the Indus river water to the neighbouring…
