New Delhi : Veteran actor Sridevi died in Dubai on Saturday after a cardiac arrest. She was 54. Popularly hailed as the first female superstar of Hindi cinema, the actor was in Dubai with her husband Boney Kapoor and younger daughter Khushi to attend nephew and actor Mohit Marwah’s wedding. The actor had married film […]
Shillong: Narendra Modi is a “great magician” who can make even democracy “disappear”, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said today, taking a swipe at the prime minister over disgraced businessmen Nirav Modi and Vijay Mallya fleeing the country following accusations of fraud. ”The prime minister is living up to this wonderful image of a great magician […]
Arunachal Pradesh: China on Thursday voiced its “firm opposition” to the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Arunachal Pradesh which it claims as part of South Tibet and said it would lodge a diplomatic protest with India. “China’s position on the China-India boundary question is consistent and clear-cut,” said Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Geng […]
New Delhi: Indian Air Force Group Captain Arun Marwah facing espionage charges has been arrested and is undergoing questioning by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police, sources today said. Marwah was handed over to the Special Cell’s northern range on Wednesday after being interrogated for nearly 10 days by the counter intelligence wing of […]
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s ex-premier and opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia was today sentenced to five years in jail in a corruption case. Zia, 72, was sentenced by the Special Court-5 in the capital , Dhaka, in connection with embezzlement of 21 million takas (16213680.00₹) in foreign donations meant for the Zia Orphanage Trust. In the same […]
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha proceedings were adjourned till noon today after the Congress members created an uproar over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks against party MP Renuka Chowdhury. No sooner had the House mourned the death of its former member Frida Topno and the listed papers were laid on the table, Congress members were on […]
Jaipur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wife Jashodaben, two other women and an SPG commando were injured and the driver of the car in which they were travelling was killed in a road accident near Begu on the Kota-Chittorgarh four-lane highway in Rajasthan on Wednesday. The car was moving from Atru in Baran district to Udaipur […]
New Delhi: A BJP member in Lok Sabha today claimed the Narendra Modi government has fulfilled Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of a clean India in three and a half years, which the Congress could not do in nearly six decades of rule. Initiating a discussion on the motion of thanks on the President’s address, Rakesh Singh […]
New Delhi : In Budget 2018-19, the government has pegged fiscal deficit at 3.3 per cent of GDP for the fiscal year starting April 1, 2018. This is higher than the 3 per cent as projected earlier in the fiscal consolidation roadmap. A Reuters poll showed most economists expected a 3.2 per cent deficit in […]
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday accused the Modi government of following “cheap politics” for denying a front row seat to party president Rahul Gandhi at the Republic Day parade. Congress communication chief Randeep Surjewala tweeted, “The Modi government’s cheap politics is for all to see.” Tagging a photo of Mr. Gandhi who is seen […]
