New Delhi: India has achieved a major milestone in wind energy, with the country's wind energy generation capacity exceeding 56 gigawatts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday. In his monthly radio address 'Mann Ki Baat', Modi also said the country must save electricity and adopt...
Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah cast his vote along with his family at Booth No. 38 at the Sub-zonal Office in Naranpura area of Ahmedabad, as polling continued across Gujarat for the state’s local body elections Sunday. HM Shah’s participation came as voting was...
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Sunday was conducting searches at three places, including the houses of two businessmen in Anandapur and Alipore areas, in Kolkata. According to ED officials, this search was linked to its investigation into a criminal-linked syndicate of Sona Pappu alias Biswajit...
New Delhi: India and New Zealand are set to sign a long-awaited free trade agreement Monday, more than four months after concluding negotiations, with the deal expected to significantly boost bilateral trade, investments and market access across sectors. The agreement will be signed at Bharat...
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh Saturday accused the BJP of getting the party's Facebook and Instagram pages suspended in Gujarat. Singh said AAP's posts were viewed by 8 crore people in just 28 days, which, has "unnerved" the BJP. "The Aam...
Islamabad: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi left Pakistan Saturday evening, two Pakistani officials told The Associated Press. He met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and other senior officials, the officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were...
New Delhi/Chandigarh: Stung by the multiple defections of its Rajya Sabha members, the Aam Aadmi Party Saturday announced that it will seek their disqualification from the Upper House while the rebel group hit back, alleging corruption and ideological decline in their former party. The seven...
Kathmandu: India's envoy in Kathmandu and the energy minister in the new government in Nepal discussed issues of mutual interest and those focusing on cooperation in energy. India's Ambassador to the Himalayan nation Naveen Srivastava and Nepal's Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation Biraj...
New Delhi: A day after seven AAP MPs switched sides to the BJP, the Congress Saturday said the BJP washing machine is back, along with Modi washing powder. The Congress has been accusing the BJP of inducting leaders of various other parties facing cases and...
Kathmandu: Nepal's Government Saturday demolished hundreds of illegal structures built by landless settlers along the banks of the Bagmati River in the Thapathali and Gairegaun areas of Kathmandu. The illegal structures were demolished under the joint efforts of the Federal Government, led by Balendra Shah,...
The framers of the Constitution envisaged the office of the Governor as a neutral constitutional authority, detached from partisan politics...
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Every few years, India calls in its envoys for a reality check. At the 11th Heads of Mission Conference recently,...
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The growing tendency of different state police forces to cross jurisdictional boundaries in order to arrest individuals for their opinions...
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In the past, it was considered rather difficult to contest assembly elections without a recognisable chief ministerial candidate’s face as...
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