President Kovind visits Ayodhya

Lucknow: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday visited the temple town of Ayodhya and inaugurated a Ramayan conclave in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and others. Emphasising on the importance of Lord Ram in the context of the city, the President said, “Without Ram, Ayodhya is not Ayodhya. […]

India must keep its guard up in view of uncertainties, upheavals of current times: Rajnath

Chennai: India must keep its guard up to deal with any possible impact of the “uncertainties and upheavals” of the current times, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday, in the backdrop of the fluid security situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban seized its control nearly two weeks ago. In an address after dedicating an […]

TN Assembly adopts resolution against Centre’s farm laws; AIADMK, BJP walkout

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Saturday adopted a resolution urging the Centre to withdraw the three contentious farm laws, against which farmers have been holding protests for months outside Delhi. The main opposition AIADMK and its ally BJP staged a walkout over the issue while another partner PMK did not follow suit. DMK’s allies, […]

Police lathicharge protesting farmers near Karnal; 10 injured

Chandigarh: Around 10 people were injured Saturday as police allegedly lathicharged a group of farmers disrupting traffic movement on a highway while heading towards Karnal to protest against a BJP meeting. Besides Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, state BJP president Om Prakash Dhankar and other senior leaders of the party were present at the […]

Cong leaders rap ICHR for omitting Nehru’s image from ‘Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations

New Delhi: Congress leaders Saturday took strong exception to the Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR) omitting Jawaharlal Nehru’s image from the ‘Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations to mark the 75th year of India’s independence. Congress leaders shared screenshot of the ICHR website showing photographs of Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh, B […]

Carefully monitoring developments in Afghanistan: India

New Delhi: India on Friday said a vast majority of its citizens who wished to return home from Afghanistan have been evacuated and it is carefully monitoring the situation in the neighbouring country. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India’s focus has been to evacuate its citizens who are stranded in Afghanistan. […]

Amrit Mahotsav: Union minister Anurag Thakur inaugurates virtual photo exhibition

New Delhi, Aug 27: The Centre on Friday inaugurated two virtual exhibitions as part of ”Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” celebrations to showcase the journey of New India and celebrate the contribution of freedom fighters. ”Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” is an initiative of the central government to celebrate and commemorate 75 years of India’s independence. An […]

Govt committed to full evacuation of Indians from Afghanistan: Jaishankar

Says let situation settle on govt's approach towards Taliban

New Delhi: The government is committed to “full evacuation” of Indians from Afghanistan, where the situation is “critical”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday after briefing the leaders at an all-party meet on the Afghan situation. During the meeting, which lasted for about three and a half hours, Jaishankar said the government has […]

India evacuates 35 people from Kabul

New Delhi: India on Thursday evacuated 24 of its citizens and 11 Nepalese nationals in a military aircraft from Kabul in the backdrop of further deterioration in the security situation in the Afghan capital. People familiar with the evacuation mission said a plan was firmed up to bring back over 180 people but only 35 […]