Rahul Gandhi (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday upped the ante against Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh after its general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale made a strong pitch to remove “socialist and secular” from the Preamble of the Constitution.The leader of opposition in Lok Sabha claimed that the Constitution irks RSS because it…
TMC leader Kalyan Banerjee NEW DELHI: Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kalyan Banerjee on Friday sparked controversy with his remark on the Kolkata law college rape case, saying, “What can be done if a friend rapes his friend?”Banerjee, who is also the MP from Serampore Lok Sabha constituency, further asked: “Will the police be there…
Two senior leaders from Jammu and Kashmir, Taj Mohiuddin and Ghulam Mohammad Saroori, have returned to the Congress party after briefly joining Ghulam Nabi Azad’s Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP).The former ministers were welcomed back at the Congress office in Srinagar on Friday by senior leaders including All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Naseer…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday spoke to his Iranian counterpart Seyed Abbas Araghci and thanked him for facilitating safe evacuation of Indian nationals during the conflict between Israel and the Shiite state.In a social media post on X, Jaishankar said that Araghchi shared perspective and thinking about the heightened tensions between…
On the occasion of International MSME Day, Uttar Pradesh chief ministerYogi Adityanath on Friday inaugurated the ‘Youth adda’ and launched a mobile application ‘CM Yuva’ in an effort to promote entrepreneurship in the state and help the youth with employment. The UP CM congratulated the small and big entrepreneurs of the state and more than…
NEW DELHI: The Parliamentary Committee on Transport has summoned Civil Aviation Secretary Samir Kumar Sinha and officials from Boeing to appear before it over safety concerns.The summons come two weeks after the deadly air crash in Ahmedabad, which claimed the lives of 241 of the 242 present on board. ‘Data extraction from black boxes underway’…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday rejected his state minister KN Rajanna’s claims over the possibility of major political shift within the state government and said that there is no internal dispute. While talking to the reporters at the Vidhan Soudha in Karnataka, Siddaramaiah suggested to ignore Rajanna’s statements. “There…
NEW DELHI: Uddhav and Raj Thackeray, once estranged cousins vying over Bal Thackeray’s legacy, are now uniting in opposition to the imposition of Hindi in Maharashtra’s schools. In a post on X, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut announced that Thackeray’s brothers will jointly lead a protest march on July 5 against the imposition of…
NEW DELHI: “The one lesson that Emergency taught us is to never take freedom for granted,” external affairs minister S Jaishankar declared on Friday while criticising the Congress party for its imposition in 1975.Addressing a Mock Parliament event organised by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) to commemorate its 50th anniversary, Jaishankar referenced the movie…
US President Donald Trump has hinted at a significant trade deal with India. After signing a new agreement with China, Trump said a “very big” trade deal with India could be on the cards. Israel’s defence minister, Israel Katz confirmed that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was marked for assassination during the recent 12-day…
