Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday defended her brother and Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, emphasising that his remarks should not be construed as an insult to the armed forces.She also took aim at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reiterating her jibe that…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party hit back at the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, over his another “vote chori” allegations, this time in Haryana polls. Union minister Kiren Rijiju mocked the Congress leader’s repeated claims, quipping, “why doesn’t his atom bomb ever explode?”“Rahul Gandhi says that the atom bomb is going…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of “stealing” the mandate in the Haryana Assembly elections, claiming that a deliberate plan was executed to convert Congress’s victory into a BJP win. Speaking at a press conference, Rahul Gandhi said the Congress had received “numerous complaints”…
PATNA: INDIA bloc CM face Tejashwi Prasad Yadav Tuesday sugarcoated a scheme of monthly doles that RJD has promised for women, vowing to transfer an entire year’s amount of Rs 30,000 in one go. “I had already promised that if voted to office, we would transfer Rs 2,500 each into the accounts of women every…
NEW DELHI: In what could make the Union govt, especially road transport and highway minister Nitin Gadkari, proud, the Supreme Court on Tuesday commended the country’s quantum leap in infrastructure development and digitisation and said attempts to revolutionise travel by road through world-class highways are discernible.While frowning at the inability of the Uttar Pradesh and…
NEW DELHI: Security forces on Wednesday launched an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar after receiving specific intelligence.In a social media post on X, Army’s White Knight corps said that it established contact with terrorists in general area of Chhatru which led to exchange of fire.“In an intelligence based operation, in concert with Jammu…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved a verdict on an issue sensitive to 20,000-odd judicial officers and will decide whether those opting for the promotional route to become district judges need a quota to counter lawyers, directly recruited to the DJ post, from stealing a march over them.While the High Courts have cited…
NEW DELHI: Expressing concern over the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act being invoked in cases of consenting adolescent romantic relations, Supreme Court said on Tuesday there was a need to spread awareness among students about the issue and hinted that it would pass directions. “The Pocso Act is being misused in…
RAIPUR: A local train connecting coal township Gevra with Bilaspur junction in Chhattisgarh rear-ended a stationary cargo rake around 4pm on Tuesday after what preliminary reports suggested was a signal breach, killing eight passengers and injuring at least 17 in a crush of metal as the engine and a coach climbed the roof of the…
BHOPAL: Toxic fume from celphos tablets meant to protect 250 quintals of wheat from pests spread through a house in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior district, leading to deaths of two children aged 4 and 13 and leaving their parents fighting for their lives in hospital.Murar subdivisional police officer Amit Kumar Soni told TOI a cooler kept…
