Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Modi’s ‘swipe’ at the states for not reducing petrol, diesel taxes and said 68% of all fuel taxes are taken by the Centre but the PM blames the state. Be it the high fuel price, coal shortage or oxygen shortage, the Centre passes the buck to […]
P Chidambaram, Congress leader and former Union minister, on Thursday said it would be interesting to know why the finance ministry “embarrassed” Prime Minister Narendra Modi by putting out information on GST compensation to states on a day when the latter chose to “admonish” the states. The finance ministry on Wednesday said the Centre had […]
KGF Chapter 2 continues to smash one record after the other. Not just the original Kannada version, the Hindi version of the film has created a storm as well. The film stars Yash in the lead, along with Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon, Srinidhi Shetty and Prakash Raj in pivotal roles. It has now become the […]
The Gujarat Titans secured a thrilling victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 2022 Indian Premier League game on Wednesday night. Chasing a 196-run target, the Titans were reeling at 140/5 in 16 overs before Rahul Tewatia (41*) and Rashid Khan (30*) turned the game on its head, with the latter hitting three massive sixes in […]
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray whose call to remove loudspeakers from mosques stirred the entire Hanuman Chalisa controversy in the state and elsewhere on Thursday congratulated and thanked Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath for removing thousands of loudspeakers from UP religious places, ‘specially the masjids’. “Unfortunately in Maharashtra, we don’t have any yogis; […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday spoke about the benefits of a ‘double-engine’ government (a frequently used term by the BJP leadership to refer to states where it is in power, besides ruling at the Centre) while referring to the several peace initiatives being taken up in the northeast. Modi, who laid the foundation for […]
Ex Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy weighed in Thursday on the Twitter exchange between actors Ajay Devgn and Sudeep – on the always controversial subject of Hindi being India’s national language. In a series of tweets the Janata Dal (Secular) boss backed Kannada actor Sudeep and said ‘Hindi is not a national language…’ He also […]
The central government on Thursday raided top Amazon sellers Cloudtail and Appario over alleged violation of competition laws, news agency Reuters said citing sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The raids are being conducted by the Competition Commission of India. Amazon, which has an indirect equity stake in both sellers, did not immediately respond to […]
The current geopolitical situation necessitates the Indian Air Force to prepare for intense and small-duration operations at a short notice, Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said on Thursday.In an address at a seminar, he said there would be a need for the force to prepare for “short swift wars” and be […]
Asserting that now there is a growing strategic convergence between the United States and India, Secretary of State Tony Blinken said New Delhi built its partnership with Moscow out of necessity as the US was not in a position to do that earlier.”In the case of India, there is a relationship that goes back decades. […]