The Congress on Thursday suspended former Rajya Sabha MP Mani Shankar Aiyar from primary membership of the party and issued a show-cause notice to him for his comments on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mr. Aiyar had earlier expressed regret for his comments after public censure from Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi. The former MP had called Prime Minister Narendra Modi “neech […]
» Read moreA moderate intensity earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter Scale hit Jammu and Kashmir’s Ladakh region in the early hours of today, MeT officials said here. The tremors were also felt across the Kashmir valley. The epicentre of the quake was near the India-China border in the Ladakh region, officials said. “The earthquake of 5.4 magnitude on the Richter Scale […]
» Read moreBritain’s public broadcaster BBC has apologised after showing two clips of the wrong person while reporting the death of veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor. On Monday’s News at Ten, two video clips were played as presenter Huw Edwards announced the death of the 79-year-old Bollywood star, who died the same day at 5.20 p.m. But neither of the men shown […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi meets former US President Barack Obama, in New Delhi on Friday. “It was a pleasure to meet, once again, former president @BarackObama, and learn about the new initiatives being taken forward under his leadership at the @ObamaFoundation and his perspectives on further strengthening India-US strategic partnership,” Modi tweeted. It was a pleasure to meet, once again, […]
» Read moreLondon mayor Sadiq Khan will be arriving in Mumbai on Sunday as part of his first official tour to three Indian cities to promote the British capital’s resilience and strengths post-Brexit. Apart from Mumbai, Mr. Khan would be visiting Delhi and Amritsar in India and then fly to Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi in Pakistan on his six-day tour to six […]
» Read moreRuling BJP swept the Uttar Pradesh civic polls bagging 14 of the 15 mayoral seats for which results were declared till evening on December 1. Opposition Congress again fared poorly, including in its bastion of Amethi, while the BSP had some reason to cheer as its candidate snatched the Aligarh mayoral seat, a traditional BJP stronghold. Counting is on for […]
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