NEW DELHI: BJP MLA Sanjay Kelkar on Wednesday said several party workers were feeling sidelined after the BJP decided to forge alliances with the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena in Thane, Mumbai and Kalyan for the civic elections. The tie-ups, finalised after prolonged negotiations, have sparked unease among local cadres who had spent years building the…
NEW DELHI: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday criticised the Election Commission for “failing to provide answers” after a marathon meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on issues surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal. Abhishek Banerjee said the two-and-a-half hour discussion, which touched on eight to ten concerns…
EAM Jaishankar meets BNP’s Tarique Rahman in Dhaka; hands PM Modi’s condolence letter (Picture credit: X/@DrSJaishankar) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday handed over a personal letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman during a meeting in Dhaka, as he conveyed India’s deepest condolences…
NEW DELHI: BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Wednesday hit out at leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi over his earlier remarks describing India as a “dead economy”, calling him a “leader of propaganda” after India overtook Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy.Speaking to ANI, Poonawalla accused Rahul Gandhi of spreading…
Putin-Modi ‘carpool’; Trump’s inauguration In a year of seismic shifts — from Donald Trump’s White House comeback to PM Modi-Putin’s diplomatic carpools and Nepal’s fiery protests — cameras captured the raw drama of global politics. These photographs, blending power, protest, and unlikely alliances, encapsulated 2025’s turbulent geopolitical pulse.2025 was, in many ways, Trump’s year. As…
DHAKA: Bangladesh high commissioner to India Riaz Hamidullah on Wednesday noted that external affairs minister S. Jaishankar, during his visit to Dhaka, conveyed the condolences of the people and government of India as Bangladesh mourns the passing of former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia.In a post on X, Hamidullah said, “HE @DrSJaishankar, Hon. External Affairs…
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh NEW DELHI: Congress on Wednesday launched a broadside against the Centre and sought a clarification on China’s role after Beijing claimed credit for mediation between India and Pakistan after tensions flared up between the two countries in May.Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, in a social media post on X, said that China’s…
NEW DELHI: The Army has launched a training programme for the Villager Defence Guards (VDG) in Jammu and Kashmir amid the ongoing counter-terrorism operation in the higher reaches of Chenab valley.According to the Army, around 15 Village Defence Guards, including women volunteers, are undergoing intensive training in handling automatic rifles, minor tactics, self-defence, bunker construction…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Shama Mohamed has raised concerns over the law and order situation following the death of Angel Chakma, a student from Tripura in Dehradun.Referring to a video circulating online, she alleged rising threats against minorities and questioned the Prime Minister’s silence, urging the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of the…
NEW DELHI: Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has claimed that Beijing mediated several global conflicts, including the standoff between India and Pakistan in May following the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.Speaking at the Symposium on the International Situation and China’s Foreign Relations on Tuesday, Wang said Beijing had taken an “objective and just…