'Attack-dog' behaviour embarrassment to India: Tharoor slams BJP after US rejects allegations

'Attack-dog' behaviour embarrassment to India: Tharoor slams BJP after US rejects allegations

Sunday, 08 December 2024 | PTI

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday slammed the BJP after the US rejected the ruling party's allegations that elements in the American "deep state" were behind attempts to destabilise India and said this "attack-dog" behaviour is an embarrassment to India. The US on Saturday rejected the BJP's allegations that organisations...

Govt hiking tax rates for common man, giving concessions to billionaires: Rahul

Govt hiking tax rates for common man, giving concessions to billionaires: Rahul

Saturday, 07 December 2024 | PTI

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said while the Narendra Modi government is hiking the rates of the income tax and other taxes for the common man, it is giving concessions to billionaires, and claimed that it is set to introduce another slab of the GST to burden people. Gandhi said...

Work for making India a developed nation by 2047: Modi tells BAPS volunteers

Work for making India a developed nation by 2047: Modi tells BAPS volunteers

Saturday, 07 December 2024 | PTI

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday praised the dedicated service rendered by volunteers of BAPS, a spiritual, volunteer-driven fellowship, and asked them to work to make India a developed nation by 2047. Modi virtually addressed a Karyakarta Sammelan of Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) organised at Narendra Modi cricket stadium...

No enthusiasm seen among people after Mahayuti's massive victory: Sharad Pawar

No enthusiasm seen among people after Mahayuti's massive victory: Sharad Pawar

Saturday, 07 December 2024 | PTI

NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday claimed that no enthusiasm or overt joy was visible among the people of Maharashtra after the BJP-led Mahayuti coalition's landslide victory in the November 20 assembly elections. Speaking at a press conference at Kolhapur in western Maharashtra, Pawar said the Opposition need not worry,...

Shiv Sena firm on Home portfolio, clarity on Maharashtra cabinet formation by Dec 8: sources

Shiv Sena firm on Home portfolio, clarity on Maharashtra cabinet formation by Dec 8: sources

Saturday, 07 December 2024 | PTI

Amid intense discussions among Mahayuti allies over the distribution of portfolios and Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena's insistence on the Home Ministry, the clarity on the composition of the council of ministers is expected by Sunday, sources said. The expansion of the Devendra Fadnavis-led cabinet is likely to take place on December...

3-judge SC bench likely to hear on Dec 12 pleas challenging Places of Worship Act 1991

3-judge SC bench likely to hear on Dec 12 pleas challenging Places of Worship Act 1991

Saturday, 07 December 2024 | PTI | New Delhi

The Supreme Court has constituted a special bench to hear a batch of PILs challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law that prohibits filing a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what prevailed on August 15, 1947. A three-judge...

Governments before 2014 didn't work whole-heartedly to create welfare state: Shah

Governments before 2014 didn't work whole-heartedly to create welfare state: Shah

Saturday, 07 December 2024 | PTI | Ahmedabad

Governments before 2014 worked piecemeal while trying to achieve the Constitutional objective of a welfare state but this concept was turned into reality by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union minister Amit Shah said on Saturday. Shah said Modi understood the mantra that "development of India cannot happen until its 60 crore...

Broken protocol and visited Odisha several times as President to speed up devpt work: Murmu

Broken protocol and visited Odisha several times as President to speed up devpt work: Murmu

Saturday, 07 December 2024 | PTI | Bangriposi (Odisha)

President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday said she has broken the protocol and undertaken several tours of Odisha and her native Mayurbhanj district in order to speed up development work. Murmu, on the last day of her five-day visit to the state, was addressing a gathering here after laying the foundation for...

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