Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar address a press conference. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde held a late night meeting with Deputy CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar after which some State BJP leaders left for Delhi for a review meeting, sources said … Read more
Amid a water crisis in the national capital, the Delhi Congress, under the leadership of its chief Devender Yadav, held ‘matka phod’ protests across the city on Saturday with its members smashing earthen pots to the ground. The protests began around 10 am in all 280 blocks in Delhi. Carrying earthen pots on their heads … Read more
Newly-appointed Pakistan white-ball coach Gary Kirsten held the first meeting with the men’s national team on Saturday, May 4, ahead of their packed T20I schedule. Notably, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) recently appointed Kirsten and Jason Gillespie as their new head coaches for the white-ball and red-ball formats respectively. With a packed T20 schedule approaching … Read more
“It is Vishu eve. Everything of golden hue in the market is fetching a premium,” says a wholesale vegetable trader in Ernakulam, making light of an unusually damp market this year. Among the yellow stuff that define Vishu and go to fill a platter of auspicious sighting objects is ‘Kanikonna’ (cassia fistula) or golden shower. … Read more
Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: Akhilesh Kumar The Deswali belt in politically-significant Haryana is key for parties in what is going to be a multi-corner contest in the Lok Sabha elections. Traditionally a stronghold of the Congress, the State’s ruling BJP has been making efforts over the years to weaken the … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a bilateral meeting with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in Doha, on February 15, 2024 | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held talks with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani with a focus on shoring up bilateral ties, days after … Read more
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets with Angolan Foreign Minister Tete Antonio, in Kampala on Thursday. | Photo Credit: ANI External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday held a series of bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Egypt, the Maldives, Angola and Belarus during which he discussed with them issues of mutual interests and expanding … Read more
Ahead of the Modi-Hassan talks, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said the Tanzanian president’s visit is an opportunity to take the long-standing ties between the two countries to “new levels”. | Photo Credit: PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held wide-ranging talks with visiting Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan with a focus on … Read more
The Zomi Innkuan USA, a civil society organisation of Zo people based in the United States of America, last week held a peace rally outside the Embassy of India in Washington DC | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Zomi Innkuan USA, a civil society organisation of Zo people based in the United States of America, … Read more
Group of Ministers (GoM) including Buggana Rajendranath (Finance), Audimulapu Suresh (Municipal Administration & Urban Development), Botcha Satyananarayana (Education) and Sajjala Ramakrishna Reddy (Govt Advisor for Public Affairs) along with the concerning officers participated in a meeting with the employees unions over the disputes related to salaries on Tuesday at Secretariat: Photo credits: Special Arrangement. While … Read more