Amid the Opposition’s criticism of the government’s handling of the fallout from the conflict in West Asia and its demand for a discussion in Parliament on the issue, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on Wednesday accused the Congress of indulging in cheap politics over the crisis. The Congress on Wednesday repeated its…
India’s currency and stock markets faced a major setback after escalating tensions in the Middle East triggered panic across global financial markets. The Indian rupee plunged past ₹92 per US dollar for the first time in history, while stock markets suffered heavy losses, wiping out nearly ₹9.7 lakh crore of investor wealth in just two…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday hit out at a Tamil Nadu minister over remarks about North Indian migrant workers, accusing the ruling DMK of repeatedly targeting migrants and fuelling social divisions in the state.The BJP was reacting to comments made by DMK Agriculture Minister M R K Panneer Selvam at a party…
As Ravneet Bittu approached to walk past the suspended Congress MPs, Rahul Gandhi called him a ‘traitor’ and extended his hand, drawing a sharp ‘desh ke dushman’ retort in response (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Union minister and former Congress MP Ravneet Bittu and Rahul Gandhi got into a bitter exchange Wednesday, when the LoP mocked…
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Mamata Banerjee, CEC Gyanesh Kumar (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday rejected West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegations against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.ECI sources claimed the Trinamool Congress leader “raised false allegations, misbehaved, thumped the table and left” during a meeting on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of…
Rahul Gandhi, Kiren Rijiju (Images/Agencies) NEW DELHI: The Budget Session of Parliament witnessed sharp exchanges on Monday after Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi attempted to quote from an unpublished memoir of former Army chief Gen MM Naravane (retd) during the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President’s Address.The incident…
NEW DELHI: An earthquake of intensity 4.7 hit Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir early Monday morning. According to the National Centre of Seismology, the depth of the earthquake was recorded to be 10km. No immediate signs of damage have been reported yet.Earlier, an earthquake of 4.6 magnitude also hit the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on…
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman(left) with MoS for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary. (PTI) NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman not only chose to retain the Centre’s focus on capital expenditure, but also announced that at 4.4% of GDP it had hit the highest level in at least a decade. In her ninth consecutive budget speech, she proposed…
There’s something quietly unfair about Alzheimer’s and women. Studies consistently show that women are more likely to develop the disease, and often earlier than men. Yet, despite this, conversations about women’s mental health rarely get the attention they deserve. It’s almost as if it’s easier to focus on the statistics than the lived reality, the…