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…
NEW DELHI: Nagaland governor La Ganesan died on Friday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Chennai, a Raj Bhavan official said. He was 80.According to the Kohima Raj Bhavan PRO, Ganesan had been in the ICU of the hospital for the past few days and died on Friday night.On August 8, he collapsed…
NEW DELHI: The roof of a room at Dargah Sharif Patte Shah, near Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area, collapsed on Friday.Five were reported dead, Delhi Police said. At least 12 were injured as a portion of the structure gave way.NDRF personnel are conducting a search operation, with Police and Fire Department teams also present….
NEW DELHI: Two BSF martyrs will be conferred Vir Chakra and 16 other personnel, police gallantry medals for having fought shoulder-to-shoulder with the armed forces during Operation Sindoor, successfully defending sensitive border posts in Jammu and Kashmir and destroying enemy posts and their surveillance equipment in firm retaliatory action.Both the Vir Chakra awardees — late…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, delivering his 12th consecutive Independence Day address from the Red Fort, announced initiatives to make India self-reliant, technologically advanced, and economically stronger, with the aim of becoming a developed nation by 2047. He also said a new two-slab Goods and Services Tax structure will replace the current 5-28% rates. In other…
