Kolkata: ‘Don’t lecture me on women’s reservation’, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday, adding that she had raised the issue in parliament as early as 1998. She said Prime Minister Modi’s speech was “full of lies” and he was “forced” to address the nation because “their (BJP’s) downfall started yesterday”. Banerjee pointed out … Read more
CHENNAI: In India’s southern tip, Kanyakumari has emerged victorious in the elections. Unlike the fight between major Dravidian parties in other parts of Tamil Nadu, two national parties are at the forefront of the poll battle. While the Congress presented a secular platform, the BJP worked on Hindu unity and TVK played the alternative card. … Read more
New Delhi: Two Indian-flagged oil tankers turned back from the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday after firing from Iranian gunboats prompted a tenth Indian-flagged oil tanker to transit the strait. Desh Garima is en route to Mumbai port carrying crude oil. Iran has been allowing Indian ships to pass through occasionally since it decided last … Read more
New Delhi/Pune: The Indian Air Force on Saturday ordered a court of inquiry into the hard landing of a Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jet in Pune, where flight operations have resumed after being closed for nearly 10 hours at night. Indian Air Force spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jaideep Singh confirmed the investigation. He also said: “Last night, … Read more
New Delhi: The Indian-flagged vessel Desh Garima laden with crude oil transited the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday afternoon, while two other vessels – Sanmar Herald and Jag Arnav – came under fire from Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) vessels while passing through the conflict-affected route. No crew members were injured.Desh Garima is the tenth … Read more
SRINAGAR: A large crowd gathered outside the Leh district jail on Saturday to welcome the Jammu and Kashmir High Court granting bail to former MP Smanla Dorje Nurboo (36) and former J&K MLA Deldan Namgail (47).After violent protests broke out in Leh on September 24 and police opened fire on demonstrators demanding statehood and Sixth … Read more
Abdul Majeed Hakim Diwiwan LUCKNOW: Iran’s Supreme Leader’s Special Representative to India Abdul Majeed Hakim Elahi on Saturday said recent efforts to promote peace talks between Iran and the United States have failed as Washington allegedly deviated from the mutually accepted framework.Speaking at Lucknow’s Chaudhry Charan Singh International Airport on his way to Delhi, Elahi … Read more
. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said the failure of the Women’s Reservation Bill was a setback for women across the country and apologized for being unable to ensure the passage of the bill despite the government’s efforts.The Lok Sabha government suffered a major setback on Friday. The Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill proposed … Read more
New Delhi: Opposition leaders on Saturday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on the women’s reservation bill, in which he accused the TMC, Congress, DMK and their allies of committing “feticide” by not allowing the quota bill to be passed in the Lok Sabha.TMC MP Derek O Brien said: “Narendra, the worst form of insulting … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation New Delhi: In his address to the nation on Saturday, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi She attacked the opposition a day after a bill to implement reservation for women in the legislature was defeated in the Lok Sabha.Apologizing to “all mothers and sisters” across the country, Prime Minister … Read more