External affairs minister S Jaishankar (ANI photo) External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday said that Iran had formally requested permission for three of its vessels to dock at Indian ports, a request that India granted the very next day.Amid rising tensions in the Indian Ocean after last week’s sinking of an Iranian warship by…
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha on Monday failed to take up a resolution seeking the removal of Speaker Om Birla amid repeated adjournments as opposition members demanded a discussion on the West Asia situation.The House was adjourned for the day shortly after it reconvened at 3 pm following an earlier adjournment triggered by persistent protests…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday granted 10-day interim bail to Sharjeel Imam in a case linked to the 2020 Delhi riots, for attending his brother’s wedding.Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai was hearing the interim bail application filed by Imam, seeking relief for six weeks to attend the marriage scheduled this month. The court…
NEW DELHI: An IndiGo flight from Delhi to Manchester returned to its origin after last-minute airspace restrictions linked to the evolving situation in Middle East, the airline said on Sunday.Flight 6E 033, which had departed from Delhi for Manchester, was unable to continue its journey and turned back shortly after take-off due to sudden limits…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the NDA’s massive election campaign convention, to be attended by around 50,000 people, here on March 11, senior BJP leaders said on Monday.PM Modi will participate in the convention to be held at the Jawaharlal International Stadium in Kaloor, they said.Addressing reporters, BJP state general secretary S…
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday slammed external affairs minister S Jaishankar over his parliamentary statement on the ongoing conflict in West Asia, saying that reading a statement without allowing discussion was unfair to Members of Parliament.Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, Tharoor said the issue was serious and should be debated…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday hit back at the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress, calling it a “fake news factory” after the West Bengal chief minister accused the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of insulting President Droupadi Murmu.The row erupted after the President expressed displeasure over arrangements during her visit to Bengal…
NEW DELHI: Speaking on the International Women’s Day, President Droupadi Murmu has said that to achieve development in the true sense, “we must ensure equal participation of women, who constitute nearly half of the country’s population”.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a post on X, stressed that empowerment of women is at the core of the…
NEW DELHI: Among 4,666 MPs/MLAs across the country, only 464 or 10% are women, highlights a report on ‘Women’s political participation and representation in India” released by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) to mark International Women’s Day on Sunday.The analysis by ADR and National Election Watch (NEW) shows that among the 543 MPs in the…
The publication of West Bengal’s final electoral rolls on February 28 almost closes the chapter on one of the most acrimonious Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercises in the state’s recent political history. Now remains the aftermath of the political storm that has stirred, not just on the streets but in the courtroom too. What began…
