New Delhi/Imphal: Manipur Assembly's former Speaker Yumnam Khemchand Singh will be the state's next Chief Minister, it was announced Tuesday. The BJP legislature party, after a meeting in New Delhi, announced that Khemchand Singh has been elected as the party’s Legislature Party Leader and will...
New Delhi: Eight Opposition members were suspended from the Lok Sabha Tuesday for 'unruly behaviour', including for tearing papers and throwing them at the Chair. As soon as the House met at 3 pm following multiple adjournments, Dilip Saika, who was in the Chair, named...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday told NDA leaders that the coalition has been winning various elections due to its people-friendly policies and hard work. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju told reporters after the NDA Parliamentary Party meeting that Prime Minister Modi also told...
New Delhi: In a significant development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday said that ‘Made in India’ products will now have a reduced tariff of 18 per cent, as US President Donald Trump said India and the United States had reached a trade deal. PM Modi...
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday, apparently in an attempt to address the sharp downturn in the relations between the two countries. US ambassador to India Sergio Gor confirmed the phone conversation in a brief social media post....
New Delhi: A row erupted in the Lok Sabha Monday after Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi sought to quote from the unpublished "memoir" of former Army Chief Gen (retd) MM Naravane, but Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, along with other BJP members, strongly opposed it...
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has moved the Supreme Court challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. Banerjee filed the petition January 28. She has made the Election Commission of India and the Chief Electoral Officer...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday said the government expects the fiscal deficit to be at 4.3 per cent of the GDP in 2026-27, lower than 4.4 per cent projected for the current financial year. In her 2026-27 Budget speech, Sitharaman also said the...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday said the target for capex will be raised to Rs 12.2 lakh crore for FY27 from Rs 11.2 lakh crore earmarked for the current fiscal year and announced a slew of measures to boost infrastructure in the country....
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget for 2026–27, marking a historic moment as it is being delivered a Sunday for the first time in independent India’s history. This will be her ninth consecutive Budget, making her the first woman finance...
China’s President Xi Jinping now finds himself in an enviable position enjoying kind of a special superpower status as countries,...
Read moreDetails
For an economy plagued by multiple ailments – a daily depreciating currency, growing household debt, high unemployment and inequality, exodus...
Read moreDetails
By Aakar Patel As a democratic society, it is expected that India’s authorities follow the rule of law. This includes...
Read moreDetails
By Dilip Cherian Three hours is barely enough time for a working lunch in New Delhi. Yet when UAE President...
Read moreDetails