Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is often described as the chankaya of the northeast who helped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stitch up unlikely alliances in the region to achieve its Congress-mukt northeast (Congress-free northeast) mission. Sarma, 49, spoke to Kumar Uttamover the Asom Gana Parishad’s (AGP) decision to withdraw support to the Assam government over the contentious Citizenship […]
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PRAYAGRAJ: Pilgrims from across the world are gathering in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj for the Kumbh Mela, a mix of spirituality, politics and tourism that begins on Tuesday, garnering extra attention ahead of the Lok Sabha elections this year. During the eight-week festival, authorities expect up to 150 million people, including a million foreign visitors, to […]
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কাইলৈ অসমীয়াৰ বাপতি সাহোন ভোগালী বিহু আৰু আজি বিহুৰ উৰুকা। এনে এক পবিত্ৰ ক্ষণত অসমবাসীলৈ ছ’চিয়েল মিডিয়াযোগে ভোগালী বিহুৰ শুভেচ্ছা জ্ঞাপন কৰিছে ৰাষ্ট্ৰপতি ৰামনাথ কোবিন্দে । ছ’চিয়েল মিডিয়াযোগে অসমীয়া ভাষাতে অসমবাসীৰ লগতে বিশ্বৰ বিভিন্ন প্ৰান্তত থকা অসমীয়ালৈ ভোগালীৰ শুভেচ্ছা জনালে ৰাষ্ট্ৰপতিগৰাকীয়ে। ভোগালীয়ে সকলোৰে জীৱনলৈ সৌভাগ্য আৰু সমৃদ্ধিৰ বতৰা কঢ়িয়াই আনক বুলি টুইটাৰত উল্লেখ ৰাষ্ট্ৰপতি কোবিন্দৰ। […]
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The Aam Aadmi Party Sunday said its convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal will not be contesting from Varanasi in the coming Lok Sabha elections, but the party will field astrong candidate for the seat. “Kejriwal will not contest the Lok Sabha polls, as he wants to give special focus to his state.The AAP […]
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The government is set to clear the construction of 44 “strategically important roads” along the India-China border as New Delhi has sharpened its focus on ramping up border infrastructure to counter Beijing, according to the Central Public Works Department (CPWD)’s 2018-19 annual report. The roads in Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Himachal […]
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday referred to the Opposition as a ‘confused lot’ and said they were going about making opportunist alliances because they were afraid of the BJP’s success. Addressing booth workers in Tamil Nadu via video conferencing, Modi said the BJP’s success had angered many people and that is why they are indulging in negative […]
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Rahul Gandhi reiterated his controversial remarks of last week against defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Rafale deal and insisted that he would have made similar comments even if the defence minister had been a man. He insisted that the Prime Minister should have defended himself in Parliament on the Rafale deal […]
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