New Delhi: Former Union Minister Ashwani Kumar today quit the Congress, his party of over 40 years, saying, “there comes a time when you can’t take anymore.” He also said he sees the Congress going downhill in the “foreseeable future”. The Congress, he said, didn’t seem to be reflecting...
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New Delhi: New satellite images of Russian deployment around Ukraine’s borders show increased military activity in the past 48 hours. The massive build-up comes amid fears that Russia is about to invade Ukraine. Maxar’s high-resolution satellite images filmed over the past 48 hours show a massive build-up of Russian troops...
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New Delhi: Implementing Uniform Civil Code in Uttarakhand at the earliest will boost equal rights for everyone in the state, chief minister Pushkar S Dhami said today. As soon as the new BJP government is formed, it will form a committee to prepare a draft of UCC in the...
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NEW DELHI: Chinese casualties in the Galwan skirmish of June 2020 were much higher than the official figures, a new report has claimed. “At least 38 PLA troops were washed away and drowned that night…,” The Klaxon, an Australian newspaper reported, citing findings by social media researchers. It also based its...
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New Delhi: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has ripped into Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her “typical UP-type” remark while countering Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of the Union Budget on Tuesday. At the post-Budget speech media briefing, junior Finance Minister Pankaj Chaudhary asked Ms Sitharaman to respond to Rahul Gandhi’s “zero-sum Budget” comment. “I...
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New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram mocked the government today over the fresh row over the Pegasus spyware triggered by a report in the US daily New York Times, saying the government can get fresh spyware ahead of the 2024 elections at double the alleged cost. Union...
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New Delhi: The government on Friday appointed Dr V Anantha Nageswaran as the new Chief Economic Advisor. The move comes just days ahead of the Union Budget’s presentation on February 1. The CEA, who is a secretary rank official attached to the finance ministry, is traditionally the main architect...
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The Beating Retreat is conducted every year on January 29 at Vijay Chowk to mark the formal conclusion of the Republic Day celebrations. The story so far: This year’s Republic Day parade on January 26 and the Beating Retreat ceremony on January 29 have generated a lot of attention and discussion for...
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New Delhi: Only photos of BR Ambedkar and Bhagat Singh will be put up in Delhi government offices, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said today, announcing that no politicians’ photos would be seen in the offices. “Today I announce that at every office of the Delhi government, there will be...
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New Delhi, Lucknow: RPN Singh, one of the Congress’s most prominent leaders in Uttar Pradesh, quit the party today and announced his switch to the BJP ahead of next month’s election in the state. Soon after putting out his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi on Twitter, RPN Singh tweeted...
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