[ad_1] NEW DELHI: PM Modi on Friday broke his own record for the longest-ever I-Day speech, speaking for 103 minutes in his address to the nation. He spoke for 98 minutes last year. Modi had first broken the record in 2015 with an 88-minute speech. In 1947, then PM Jawaharlal Nehru’s first I-Day speech had…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Announcing the launch of an ambitious ‘Mission Sudarshan Chakra’ just three months after cross-border military hostilities with Pakistan, PM Narendra Modi Friday said all important places in India, including strategic areas as well as civilian ones like hospitals, railways and centres of faith, will be given “complete security cover” under it by…
[ad_1] CJI BR Gavai (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: Chief Justice Bhushan Gavai, only the second from the Dalit community to head the judiciary, on Friday said the journey for building a just, equal and inclusive India is not yet complete though appointment of Droupadi Murmu, daughter of a poor tribal family, as President, illustrates the…
[ad_1] Omar Abdullah (File photo) SRINAGAR: Chief minister Omar Abdullah decried Friday the practice of tying terror attacks to J&K’s political fate and asserted that Pakistan should not be allowed to influence it through terrorism, a day after Supreme Court observed that “incidents like Pahalgam” must be considered when deciding on statehood.“Will the killers of…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The roof of a room at Dargah Sharif Patte Shah, near Humayun’s Tomb in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area, collapsed on Friday.Five were reported dead, Delhi Police said. At least 12 were injured as a portion of the structure gave way.NDRF personnel are conducting a search operation, with Police and Fire Department teams also…
[ad_1] A social media post by the oil ministry marking Independence Day triggered strong reactions from the opposition, with Congress party accusing the PM Modi government of “distorting history” and glorifying “traitors” by placing VD Savarkar above Mahatma Gandhi.Taking potshots at the petroleum ministry, Pawan Khera suggested them to serve “cheap oil instead of cheap…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Uddhav Thackeray led Shiv Sena (UBT) and Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena are set to contest civic elections together in at least four Maharashtra districts, Sanjay Raut said on Friday. He further informed that the discussions to form an alliance with MNS were under way.“The Thackeray brothers (Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Nagaland governor La Ganesan died on Friday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Chennai, a Raj Bhavan official said. He was 80.According to the Kohima Raj Bhavan PRO, Ganesan had been in the ICU of the hospital for the past few days and died on Friday night.On August 8, he…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Two BSF martyrs will be conferred Vir Chakra and 16 other personnel, police gallantry medals for having fought shoulder-to-shoulder with the armed forces during Operation Sindoor, successfully defending sensitive border posts in Jammu and Kashmir and destroying enemy posts and their surveillance equipment in firm retaliatory action.Both the Vir Chakra awardees —…
[ad_1] Photo/Agencies Prime Minister Narendra Modi, delivering his 12th consecutive Independence Day address from the Red Fort, announced initiatives to make India self-reliant, technologically advanced, and economically stronger, with the aim of becoming a developed nation by 2047. He also said a new two-slab Goods and Services Tax structure will replace the current 5-28% rates….