Hindus class II citizens in Didi Bengal: Modi

Hindus class II citizens in Didi Bengal: Modi

Saturday, 04 May 2024 | Saugar Sengupta | Burdwan/Durgapur

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday invoked Hindutva in Bengal alleging how during the Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress raj the condition of the Hindus had dwindled to that of second class citizens “all for the sake of pursuing its appeasement politics.” The immediate reference of the Prime Minister was an alleged...

Admiral Swaminathan takes charge as Navy Vice Chief

Friday, 03 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan on Wednesday assumed  charge as Vice Chief of Navy here.  He was commissioned into the Indian Navy in July 1987 and is a specialist in Communication and Electronic Warfare, navy said here. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla; the Joint Services Command...

No political clearance sought or issued: MEA on Prajwal trip

Friday, 03 May 2024 | PNS | New Delhi

Amid an escalating political row over alleged sexual harassment of several women by JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna who is not in the country, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday said Revanna travelled to Germany on a diplomatic passport and he did not seek political clearance for the trip. On...

India protests against China’s illegal construction in Shaksgam Valley

Friday, 03 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

India has lodged a strong protest with China for carrying out construction activities in the Shaksgam valley, in an “illegal” attempt to alter the situation on the ground. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Thursday the Shaksgam valley is a part of India and New Delhi never...

India slams US body religious freedom report

Friday, 03 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

India on Thursday slammed the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and said it continues to publish its propaganda on the country “masquerading” as part of an annual report. In a sharp reaction to the USCIRF’s latest report that has criticised India for alleged violations of religious freedom, Ministry of...

In Leningrad of Bihar, Left contends with saffron surge

Thursday, 02 May 2024 | PTI | Begusarai (Bihar)

A strong presence of the Left had earned Begusarai the epithet “Leningrad of Bihar” but the Red brigade here is now grappling with the saffron surge. The BJP fielded Union Minister Giriraj Singh again from Begusarai, while CPI nominated Awadhesh Rai, as the united opposition candidate in the seat where the...

Memories of YSR haunt Jagan's re election bid

Thursday, 02 May 2024 | PTI | Kurnool

As electioneering intensifies, residents of Kurnool parliamentary constituency vividly recall the efficient governance of Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, the two-time former Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh, who tragically lost his life in a helicopter crash in September 2009, merely 74 km from here. Rajasekhara Reddy, fondly known as YSR, had...

In Goa, BJP banks on Modi charisma

Thursday, 02 May 2024 | PTI | Panaji

As the two Lok Sabha seats in Goa go to polls in the third phase of the general elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is banking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's “charisma”, while the INDIA bloc has made the state government's failures in providing employment and corruption-free governance as its...

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