NEW DELHI: India on Sunday firmly rejected China’s renaming of places in Arunachal Pradesh, calling it a “mischievous attempt” and asserting that such “baseless narratives cannot alter the undeniable reality” on ground.“India categorically rejects any mischievous attempts by the Chinese side to assign fictitious names to places which form part of the territory of India,”…
Singer Asha Bhosle died at 92 in Mumbai, ending a seven-decade career that defined Indian playback music globally. US-Iran talks in Islamabad collapsed over negotiation disputes after 21 hours of discussion. India rejected China’s renaming of Arunachal Pradesh as baseless and warned that it harms efforts to stabilise bilateral relations. Nitish Kumar calls Cabinet meet…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday accused the Modi government of attempting to put the caste-based census “in cold storage”, alleging inconsistencies in its stand over the years.In a post on X, Ramesh outlined what he described as a shifting position by the Centre. He said that on July 20, 2021, the government…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday accused the Centre of carrying out delimitation exercise to trifurcate the state.While addressing poll rallies in Chhatna and Onda in West Bengal’s Bankura district, Mamata said that parts of West Bengal could be merged with Bihar and Odisha, and it would result in hardships in…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar met with UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi. During his meeting with him on Sunday, he expressed his gratitude to the president for ensuring the well-being of the Indian community during the recent West Asia conflict. He also conveyed greetings from Prime Minister…
NEW DELHI: Months after a high-stakes assembly election, politics in Bihar is once again heating up following chief minister Nitish Kumar’s decision to resign from the top job for a Rajya Sabha seat.According to reports, Nitish is likely to submit his resignation as CM and vacate his official residence on April 14.Janata Dal (United) working…
JD(U) workers pitch Nishant Kumar as ‘future CM’ in Bihar after Nitish’s exit NEW DELHI: Posters put up by Janata Dal (United) workers across Patna on Sunday calling for Nishant Kumar, son of Nitish Kumar, to be the “future Chief Minister of Bihar” have stirred fresh political chatter in the state following the veteran leader’s…
Photo credit: X/@narendramodi NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday expressed condolences on the passing of legendary singer Asha Bhosle, who died at the age of 92 in Mumbai.In a post on X, PM Modi wrote, “Deeply saddened by the passing of Asha Bhosle Ji, one of the most iconic and versatile voices India…
Amarnath Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir NEW DELHI: The annual pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in south Kashmir will begin on 3 July and conclude on 28 August, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has announced, with this year’s Yatra set to run for 57 days.The schedule was finalised at a meeting of the…
