Abuja, 17/11: Nigeria on Sunday conferred its second-highest national award – the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger – on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, making him the second foreign dignitary to receive the distinction. Honoured to be conferred with the ‘Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger’ Award by Nigeria. I accept…
New Delhi,17/11: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday reviewed the security situation in Manipur and directed top officials to take all possible steps to ensure peace in the Northeastern state, sources said. New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday reviewed the security situation in Manipur and directed top officials to take all…
Bokaro, 17/11 : BJP president J P Nadda on Sunday attacked the JMM-led coalition government in Jharkhand, accusing it of sheltering Bangladeshi infiltrators in madrasas in the state and ensuring Aadhaar, voter ID card, gas connection, ration card and land for them. Nadda also hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying he wants to become…
New Delhi,17/11: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday received a jolt ahead of Assembly elections in Delhi with its senior leader and transport minister Kailash Gahlot quitting the party and government after flagging “grave challenges” faced by them following awkward and embarassing controversies. Quick to dismiss it as BJP’s “dirty political conspiracy”, AAP said…
Baramati, 17/11: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said he had to part ways with NCP founder and uncle Sharad Pawar as all party MLAs wanted to join the Eknath Shinde government to tide over stalled development works. The Nationalist Congress Party split in July last year after Ajit Pawar and eight MLAs…
New Delhi, 17/11: In a major boost to its military prowess, India has successfully flight-tested a long-range hypersonic missile off the coast of Odisha, an achievement that has put the country in a select group of nations having the weapon that can strike with extreme speed and evade most air defence system. Defence Minister Rajnath…
Cairo, 17/11: Two flash bombs were fired towards Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home in the northern Israeli town of Caesarea on Saturday and fell into the garden, police said. Neither Netanyahu nor his family were present and there was no damage reported, it added in a statement
Jibram, 17/11: The official website of Jiribam district lists poverty, low rate of literacy and unemployment as the major “social issues” in this western frontier of Manipur. Nothing surprising for a landlocked terrain which lacks industries or major infrastructure. Though not mentioned in the website, a “social issue” of explosive nature is ripping apart the…
New Delhi/Perth,16/11: India were dealt a telling blow on Saturday after star top-order batter Shubman Gill sustained a left thumb fracture which is likely to rule him out of the opening Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy at the Optus Stadium in Perth. Gill, one of the young heroes of India’s last Border-Gavaskar Trophy triumph, is…
Bengaluru,16/11: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and state Congress president D K Shivakumar on Saturday publicly censured his Cabinet colleague B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan for his ‘racist’ comments on Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy. I’m saying this as the party president…what (Zameer) said was wrong. We’ve talked to him internally, and he has apologised,” Shivakumar…
