NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a fiery attack on opposition for defeating the proposed amendments to “women’s reservation law,” as he accused them of committing “bhrun hatya” (feticide) in Parliament by scuttling his govt’s “honest attempts” for rollout of 33% quota for women by 2029 and increase in the Lok Sabha seats…
KOLKATA: “Don’t lecture me on women’s reservation,” Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday, adding that back in 1998 she had raised this issue in Parliament. She said PM Modi’s speeches were “full of lies” and that he was “forced” to address the nation because “their (BJP’s) fall began yesterday”. Banerjee pointed out that over…
CHENNAI/TRICHY: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday kicked off his campaign for the Tamil Nadu assembly polls with an attack on PM Modi and Union minister Amit Shah, saying they “want to rule the state from Delhi” through AIADMK. “They want a CM who can take orders from Delhi,” he said while campaigning in Tiruvallur,…
COIMBATORE: PM Narendra Modion Saturday said a new chapter is being written in the politics of Tamil Nadu, and people are giving a clear message that “NDA is in and DMK is out”. At a poll rally in Coimbatore, Modi said many Tamil women from ordinary families would have become MPs and MLAs if the…
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi (PTI image) NEW DELHI: A Delhi court Saturday directed Congress parliamentary party chairperson Sonia Gandhi to file written submissions in a criminal revision petition alleging fraudulent inclusion of her name in electoral rolls prior to acquiring Indian citizenship, listing the matter for May 16. During the hearing, the counsel for…
NEW DELHI: Amid firing by Iranian gunboats that caused two Indian-flagged tankers to turn back from Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, the tenth Indian-flagged vessel crossed the strait. Desh Garima, carrying crude oil, was on its way to Mumbai port. Iran had been sporadically allowing Indian vessels to sail through since it decided to block…
NEW DELHI/PUNE: IAF ordered Saturday a court of inquiry into a hard landing by a Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet in Pune, as flight operations at the civil-military airport resumed after an overnight shutdown of nearly 10 hours. IAF spokesperson Wing Commander Jaideep Singh confirmed the probe. He also said: “Work was done at a war…
NEW DELHI: Indian-flagged ship Desh Garima, loaded with crude oil, crossed Strait of Hormuz on Saturday afternoon, while two others — Sanmar Herald and Jag Arnav — were fired at by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) boats while transiting the conflict-hit sea route and turned back. There was no injury to any crew member.Desh Garima,…
SRINAGAR: A large crowd gathered outside the district jail in Leh on Saturday to welcome the release of former Congress councillor Smanla Dorje Nurboo (36) and former Congress J&K MLA Deldan Namgail (47) after the Jammu and Kashmir high court granted them bail.Police had arrested Namgail on Sept 26, 2025, and Nurboo a day later,…
Abdul Majeed Hakeem Ilahi LUCKNOW: Abdul Majeed Hakeem Ilahi, special representative of Iran’s Supreme Leader in India, on Saturday said that recent efforts to advance Iran-US peace talks have failed after Washington allegedly deviated from a mutually accepted framework.Speaking at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow while en route to Delhi, Ilahi said Iran…
