NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has overtaken Indira Gandhi’s record for the most consecutive Independence Day speeches from the Red Fort, delivering his 12th in a row on Friday. Only Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, has given more consecutive speeches — 17 between 1947 and 1963. Indira Gandhi, who served two terms between…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Friday announced plans for a grand celebration of the second birth centenary of renowned 19th century social reformer Jyotiba Phule, in what can be seen as an important gesture to OBCs who revere the anti-caste activist, who also championed women’s education.“In the near future, we will be marking the…
CJI BR Gavai (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: Chief Justice Bhushan Gavai, only the second from the Dalit community to head the judiciary, on Friday said the journey for building a just, equal and inclusive India is not yet complete though appointment of Droupadi Murmu, daughter of a poor tribal family, as President, illustrates the distance…
Lavrov was seen wearing a sweatshirt with the inscription CCCP, the Cyrillic abbreviation for USSR. The wardrobe choice of Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov drew attention as the Russian team touched down in Alaska Friday. Lavrov was seen wearing a sweatshirt with the inscription CCCP, the Cyrillic abbreviation for USSR, as he entered the hotel…
NEW DELHI: As opposition parties slammed PM Narendra Modi over his remarks praising RSS in his independence day speech, BJP dismissed the criticism asserting that the Hindutva organisation’s ideology is shaping India’s public discourse today.BJP’s IT department head Amit Malviya recalled that the country’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, had invited the RSS to join…
US President Donald Trump said on Friday that his trip to Alaska was not about brokering a Ukraine peace deal, but about getting Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.“I’m not here to negotiate for Ukraine,” he told the reporter before departing for Alaska.He said that he was open to offering security guarantees for…
Omar Abdullah (File photo) SRINAGAR: Chief minister Omar Abdullah decried Friday the practice of tying terror attacks to J&K’s political fate and asserted that Pakistan should not be allowed to influence it through terrorism, a day after Supreme Court observed that “incidents like Pahalgam” must be considered when deciding on statehood.“Will the killers of Pahalgam…
Kishtwar: Debris and wreckage following a cloudburst, at Chisoti village, in Kishtwar. (PTI Photo) KISHTWAR: The death toll in the cloudburst-triggered flash flood that devastated Chishoti in J&K’s Kishtwar district rose to at least 60 on Friday as rescue workers dug out more bodies from the debris of a pilgrim campsite along the Machail Mata…
NEW DELHI: Uddhav Thackeray led Shiv Sena (UBT) and Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena are set to contest civic elections together in at least four Maharashtra districts, Sanjay Raut said on Friday. He further informed that the discussions to form an alliance with MNS were under way.“The Thackeray brothers (Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray and…
A social media post by the oil ministry marking Independence Day has triggered a political storm, with the opposition accusing the Modi government of distorting history and glorifying “traitors” by placing V D Savarkar above Mahatma Gandhi.The Congress reacted sharply. Party general secretary K C Venugopal posted on X, “Every Independence Day, the Modi-led BJP…
