NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government have had several firsts to its credit in the last 12 years of its rule. On Friday, it added another first to that list. However, this was one “first” which the government may not be very happy about. For the first time since 2014, when PM Modi…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi in the Lok Sabha during a discussion on the Opposition’s resolution seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla, accusing the Congress leader of poor attendance and spreading misinformation about not being allowed to speak in the…
NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday said that no “Hindu” refugee would lose citizenship in West Bengal, while criticising the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government of opposing Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The state is set to go to polls this year, and infiltration remains one of the key political flashpoints, setting the stage…
NEW DELHI: The political battle for Bihar intensified on Sunday with a flurry of developments — from the AIMIM releasing its first list of 25 candidates to Giriraj Singh stirring controversy with his remarks on Muslims. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) faced embarrassment over a last-minute candidate swap, while Chirag Paswan redefined his “MY” formula…
Representational image (PTI file photo) RAIPUR/NAGPUR: Chhattisgarh’s Bastar awaits the largest mass surrender of Maoists in its history of Left-wing extremism Friday, with 170 guerrillas lined up to formally lay down arms in what home minister Amit Shah termed a “landmark day” in the battle to purge the country’s Red Corridor of Naxalite influence.“Abujhmarh and…
File photo: J&K CM Omar Abdullah SRINAGAR: The National Conference government in Jammu & Kashmir on Monday removed the chief education officer of north Kashmir after he issued a circular warning teachers against posting comments related to policy matters on social media.J&K education secretary Ram Niwas Sharma issued an order attaching the officer, Bashir Ahmad…
Union home minister Amit Shah (Photo credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday lauded the RSS on its centenary, saying the organisation’s workers have always been devoted to the service and security of the nation, renouncing all comforts and luxuries. Shah, who termed himself a “proud swayamsevak”, said that from the…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday intensified his confrontation with the Election Commission of India (ECI), accusing Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar of shielding “vote chors” and blocking investigations into alleged large-scale voter deletions. At a press conference in the capital, the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha presented what he described as…
New Delhi: Recalling PM Narendra Modi’s 2025 I-Day speech that flagged demographic changes in border villages caused by illegal immigration “as part of a deliberate design”, home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday urged the collectors of districts covered under the Vibrant Village Programme (VVP), chief secretaries of border states and central armed police forces (CAPFs)…