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Margaret Alva meets Kejriwal to seek AAP’s support
New Delhi: Opposition's Vice-Presidential candidate Margaret Alva met Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to seek the party's support in the forthcoming Vice-Presidential elections, the AAP said…
EU wants Sri Lanka to uphold individual rights during democratic transition
Brussels: The High Representative on behalf of the European Union urged on Friday Sri Lankan authorities to uphold freedom of expression and individual rights in the democratic transition process.
"The EU underlines the need of upholding…
Bookies name Truss as favorite in UK Prime Minister race
London: Bookmakers in the United Kingdom are predicting that Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will beat the current front-runner, ex-Chancellor Rishi Sunak, in the final round of the election of the UK Conservative Party leader, who will also…
Kisan Morcha not to send representative in Committee on MSP
New Delhi: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha has decided not to nominate its representative in the Committee formed by the Central government on MSP.
SKM has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding its objections to the…
Indonesia planning to block FaceBook, Google, WhatsApp
Jakarta: The Indonesian authorities are set to block social media applications and online sites including Google, Facebook, and WhatsApp in several days if they fail to register with the country's Ministry of Communications and Informatics.…
Shalakhar Panchayat flooded due to heavy rainfall
Shimla: Heavy rain and cloud burst wreaked havoc in Shalakhar Panchayat of Pooh blook of Tribal Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh on Monday evening.
Panchayat Pardhan of Shalakhar Suman Lata Negi and BDC member Ram Gopal Negi, Mahila…
British PM race turns racist, thanks to outgoing PM Johnson
London: Although Finance Secretary Rishi Sunak seems to be the favorite in the British prime ministerial race, he couldn't manage to get the right recognition from Boris Johnson. In fact, Johnson, who was forced to resign, asked those…
Jagdeep Dhankar to be NDA’s Vice-Presidential candidate
New Delhi: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar has been finalized as the ruling NDA's candidate for the position of Vice President of India, BJP President JP Nadda announced on Saturday.
The decision was taken in a meeting of BJP's…
Prez. candidate Sinha appeals to MPs, MLAs to vote as per their conscience
New Delhi: Two days ahead of the Presidential polls, Opposition's Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha appealed to all in the electorate college to vote as per their conscience.
Ahead of the Presidential polls where numbers are staked…
Andhra Minister slams Chandrababu on mining violations in Kuppam
Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh minister for mining Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy on Thursday slammed the Telugu Desam party (TDP) chief and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu for malpractices and violations in mining activity…
Cong-BJP spar over book on RSS written by Dalit writer
Bengaluru: A verbal spat between Congress and BJP has erupted over a controversial book on RSS authored by prominent Dalit writer Devanur Mahadeva.
While the BJP is calling the book titled "RSS Aala, Agala" (RSS, the Depth and Breadth)…
JMM announces support to NDA’s Presidential Candidate Draupadi Murmu
Ranchi: Dishing out a major setback to the UPA and the Congress party in particular the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha on Thursday announced its support to NDA's Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu.
A letter in favour of support has been…
PM Modi: India is the mother of democracy in the world
Patna: India is the mother of democracy in the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday, while criticizing the attempts to suggest that the country got democracy due to foreign rule and foreign thinking.
"The concept of…
Pinarayi Vijayan takes dig at Union Minister Jaishankar
Thiruvananthapuran: Taking a dig at Union External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said the Central Minister who is supposed to look into world affairs went to inspect the flyover under…
UK’s Johnson refuses to back conservative leadership contenders
London: Outgoing UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday he would not back any contender in the Conservative leadership race during the waning weeks of his tenure.
"There's a contest underway and it's happened, and I wouldn't want…
Rahul Gandhi slams PM for silence on China border situation
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday once again launched an attack at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of being silent on the India-China border situation.
In a tweet in Hindi, Rahul Gandhi said, "Some truths of…
Goa: 6 out of11 Congress MLAs meet CM, likely to join BJP
The monsoon session of the state assembly begins today.
BJP’s patriotism is on shaky ground: Charanjit Singh Sapra
Panaji: Though Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) preaches nationalism, its patriotism is on a shaky ground, All India Congress Committee (AICC) Spokesperson and Mumbai Pradesh Congress Committee Working President Charanjit Singh Sapra alleged on…
VD Satheesan: RSS notice ignored with contempt it deserves
Kochi: Reacting to the RSS notice on his remarks against RSS leader Guruji Golwalkar, Opposition leader in Kerala Assembly VD Satheesan on Saturday said he is ignoring the legal notice with the contempt it deserves.
Talking to newspersons…
Jagan Mohan Reddy elected lifetime president of YSRCP
Guntur: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy was elected as the lifetime president of Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) on the second and final day of the party plenary on Saturday.
While addressing almost 4.5 lakh…
