Defence minister lied in Parliament on HAL; must show documents or resign: Rahul
New Delhi, Jan 6: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman “lied” in Parliament that government orders worth Rs one lakh crore were provided to HAL, while demanding that she should either place the documents in support of her statement in the House or resign. Gandhi’s attack came after a […]
Abu Dhabi Crown Prince visits Pak, meets Pak PM for talks on economic aid
Islamabad, Jan 6: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al-Nahyan met Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan here Sunday as the cash-strapped country seeks economic assistance to bolster its foreign exchange reserves and the government’s fiscal policies. Pakistan, reeling under severe financial crisis, reached out to some “friendly countries” for economic assistance […]
Shah attacks Rahul over court order in National Herald case
Mumbai, Jan 6 (PTI) BJP president Amit Shah attacked Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Sunday over a court order asking the publishers of the National Herald newspaper to vacate a premises in the national capital, saying those appropriating public property should not target Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Shah said while Gandhi’s entire family lineage was “mired […]
Tacit BJP-TMC understanding in Bengal out in open: Opposition
Kolkata, Jan 6 : The Opposition Congress and the CPI(M) took a jibe at Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Sunday for his comment on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s chances of becoming the prime minister, claiming that it reflected a “political understanding” between the TMC and the saffron party. Extending his birthday wishes to the […]
Pak probe spells trouble for ex-prez Zardari; urges freezing all his assets for money laundering
Islamabad, Jan 6: Pakistani authorities probing laundering of around Rs 220 billion through fictitious bank accounts recommended freezing all assets including the US and Dubai properties of former president Asif Ali Zardari and other individuals, media reports said. The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) submitted a report to the Supreme Court Saturday, recommending freezing the famous […]
SP, BSP agree `in principle’ on alliance
Lucknow, Jan 5: The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party have agreed to an alliance ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, an SP leader said Saturday. A formal announcement on the “gathbandhan” between the two Uttar Pradesh-based parties may take place later this month, SP’s national spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary told PTI. He said Samajwadi […]
Let every Indian ask PM & his ministers questions I asked on Rafale: Rahul
New Delhi, Jan 5: Stepping up his attack on the Modi government over the Rafale deal issue, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday urged all Indians to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministers the questions he posed in Parliament on the fighter jet agreement with France. “RM (Raksha Marti) spoke for 2 hrs […]
Pak Army inducts indigenously developed A-100 rocket in its arsenal
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army on Friday said it has inducted an indigenously developed rocket, having over 100 km range, in Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) of its corps of artillery. The rocket A-100 has been indigenously developed by Pakistani scientists and engineers, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. “With over 100 kilometers range the rocket […]
6 injured in Peshawar IED blast: police
Peshawar: Six people, including two women, were injured on Saturday in a blast in Kala Bari market located in the Saddar area of Peshawar, according to sources at the Lady Reading Hospital, where the wounded were shifted. All six injured were in a stable condition Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) of Peshawar Qazi Jamil said. […]
Modi dubs Congress’s farm loan waiver as ‘misleading’
Daltonganj (J’khand), Jan 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at the Congress on Saturday for “misleading” farmers in the name of loan waiver, in spite of considering them as merely a “vote bank”. He further said for the BJP, farmers were the “annadata” (provider of food) for whose genuine welfare his government had […]
