NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday asked Rahul Gandhi to “refrain from seeing ghosts everywhere” after the Congress leader accused the government of “criminally destroying” the Tata Group.Sitharaman’s remarks came after Rahul Gandhi questioned business leaders’ “silence” on the comglomerate in a post on X, amid a dispute over the reappointment of N…
शुभेंदु अधिकारी और ममता बनर्जी NEW DELHI: Explaining his decision to vacate his Nandigram stronghold and retain Bhabanipur, West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday that vacating the Bhabanipur seat would have given his predecessor, Mamata Banerjee, another opportunity to contest the subsequent bypoll and return to the state assembly.Adhikari, who won both…
BJP targets Rahul after MLC poll results, says Congress failed to make its presence felt NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday targeted Congress over the results of MLC elections across four states, claiming that the grand old party has “failed to make its presence felt” in the polls conducted using ballot papers.The BJP’s strong…
Akhilesh alleges conspiracy to defeat SP candidate in UP MLC polls, targets BJP NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of electoral malpractice in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (MLC) elections, alleging that irregularities during counting were part of a conspiracy to defeat SP candidate Sanjayan Tripathi.In a…
Ex-SC judge Justice Kaul flags ‘punishment’ of prolonged custody before conviction NEW DELHI: Former Supreme Court judge Sanjay Kishan Kaul has said that the period before conviction or acquittal has become a “punishment” in India, commenting on the denial of bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam. He said that prolonged legal proceedings can themselves…
Cyclonic storm Arnab has made landfall along the southeastern coast of India, striking the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam (Puducherry) coasts with sustained wind speeds of 125 to 135 kmph and gusts up to 150 kmph. NEW DELHI: Cyclonic storm Arnab continued making landfall along the Andhra Pradesh coast on Wednesday morning, bringing heavy rainfall, strong…
Candidates who have secured postgraduate medical seats through NEET-PG counselling 2026 are encountering challenges with the online joining procedure. New Delhi: Candidates allotted postgraduate medical seats under NEET-PG counselling 2026 are facing difficulties completing the online joining process, with some reporting that nodal officers listed on the official portal are unreachable or their contact details…
File photo: Ambassador Harish Parvathaneni NEW DELHI: India reiterated at the UN that as long as the veto power exists in the Security Council, it must be held by all permanent members of a reformed council and not just the current countries.While the veto issue may arise only in case of any new permanent member…
File photo: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla during the BRICS 12th Parliamentary Forum, at Parliament House, in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: In a joint declaration Tuesday, Brics Parliamentary Forum expressed deep concern over the continued escalation of tensions in West Asia, calling for exercise of maximum restraint and condemning attacks on civilians in Brics member-states….
File photo: Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh NEW DELHI: Dubbing the Election Commission’s affidavit in Supreme Court as “deceptive, deceitful and duplicitous”, Congress Tuesday said CEC Gyanesh Kumar has been taking unilateral decisions and the EC’s claims on Form 6 are contradictory.Taking to X, Congress spokesperson Jairam Ramesh wrote, “Oh what a tangled web we weave,…
