Patna/New Delhi: The ruling NDA decimated the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar Friday to retain power reaffirming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's enduring appeal and dealing a body blow to the Congress and ally RJD. The massive scale of the victory of...
New Delhi: Congress Friday alleged that the election results in Bihar reflect "vote chori on a gigantic scale" that was masterminded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and the Election Commission. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said that while respecting the decision of...
Belem (Brazil): The world's climate leaders are conceding that Earth's warming will shoot past a hard limit they set a decade ago in hopes of keeping the planet out of a danger zone. But they're not conceding defeat. United Nations officials, scientists, and analysts are...
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to Reliance Group chairman Anil Ambani to appear before it November 17 in a FEMA case after he skipped his scheduled date Friday. ED sources said the agency rejected Ambani's offer to depose through "virtual means"....
Patna: The NDA was set to sweep the Bihar assembly polls, surging ahead in close to 200 out of 243 seats Friday with the BJP emerging as single largest party with nearly 95 per cent strike rate, reaffirming the popularity and campaign clout of Prime...
New Delhi: Wholesale Price Inflation (WPI) fell to a 27-month low of (-) 1.21 per cent in October, led by a sharp deflation in food items like pulses and vegetables, and lower prices of fuel and manufactured items, government data showed Friday. WPI-based inflation was...
Srinagar: The house of Dr Umar Nabi, who drove the explosive-laden car involved in the Delhi blast, has been demolished by security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, officials said Friday. The demolition was carried out during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday,...
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will not grant any virtual appearance to Reliance ADAG Group Chairman Anil D. Ambani after the latter sought it in response to a summons sent by the investigative agency to appear before it for questioning in a money laundering...
Washington: The US administration has reached frameworks of bilateral trade agreements with Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvador and Ecuador, the White House said Thursday. Under the agreements, the United States will remove reciprocal tariffs on certain items that cannot be grown, mined or naturally produced in...
United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres here and said he valued the UN chief's assessment of the current global order and its implications for multilateralism and also thanked him for consistent support for India's growth. “Good to meet...
The BJP-led NDA government’s proposed change in the nomenclature of the Centre’s flagship social welfare scheme for the poor, the...
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It is not a bad idea, it appears, if top-notch politicians get incarcerated, at least for some days, so as...
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The United States on 11 December unveiled a new strategic initiative ‘Pax Silica’ aimed at building a secure and trusted...
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Governance is hard and good governance, meaning efficient and effective governance, is harder. Optics is a poor substitute for outcomes,...
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