Month: June 2019

Comparison with Modi unfair, says Odisha’s Pratap Sarangi

New Delhi :  Overwhelmed with the love and respect he has been receiving, first time MP and minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi, who has been given the sobriquet ‘Odisha’s Modi’, says that the comparison with the prime minister is unfair. “I don’t know why people call me Odisha’s Modi . […]

Allies should have proportional representation in cabinet: Nitish

Patna :  Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose JDU refused “symbolic participation” in the Union cabinet, asserted on Friday that allies should have been given proportional representation in the cabinet. The Janata Dal (United) chief, however, made it clear that one should not have any confusion that being in […]

PM Modi to visit Sri Lanka in early June: Lankan Prez

New Delhi :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to travel to Colombo on June 9, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said on Friday. Sirisena, who was here to attend Modi’s swearing-in ceremony, told reporters that Sri Lanka was eagerly waiting to welcome the Indian leader. The Sri Lankan […]

Cong hails victory in local body polls in K’taka

New Delhi ;  The Congress Friday hailed its victory in local body elections in Karnataka saying it was glad that people changed their mind soon after the Lok Sabha elections, but raised the issue of efficacy of EVMs. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said while EVMs were used under […]

Change of photographs at Modi’s Twitter handles

New Delhi :  The pictures in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter profiles have undergone a change. Modi, who was sworn in as Prime Minister for a second term on Thursday, has put the photograph of him bowing to the Constitution at Parliament’s Central Hall in his official Twitter handle. […]

‘Dummy’ grenade creates scare in B’luru rly station

Bengaluru : A grenade-like object lying near a railway track at the city railway station sent security personnel into a tizzy and triggered panic among travellers on Friday. Karnataka Home Minister M B Patil said the object removed by the Bomb Disposal Squad was only a “dummy hand grenade […]

PM Modi holds talks with Bhutanese counterpart Tshering

New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering Friday during which emphasis was on development partnership between the two countries and co-operation in the hydro-power sector. In the bilateral meeting, Prime Minister Tshering congratulated PM Modi for his re-assumption of office following […]

Foreign climbers go missing on way to Nanda Devi peak

Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) : An eight-member team of mountaineers, including seven foreign nationals, has gone missing on its way to Nanda Devi East peak in Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand. The team, which includes seven mountaineers from the UK, US and Australia besides a liaison officer from the Indian Institute of […]

Amit Shah gets Home, Rajnath to be new Defence Minister, Jaishankar to be EAM

New Delhi ;  Amit Shah will be the new Home minister, Rajnath Singh the new Defence minister and Nirmala Sitharaman the new Finance minister, the Rashtrapati Bhavan announced on Friday. Former foreign secretary turned minister S Jaishankar has got the External Affairs ministry while Smriti Irani will be the […]

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