New Delhi: Asserting that India is “indeed the mother of democracy”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that democracy refers not just to a structure but also the spirit of equality. In a virtual address to the Summit for Democracy, co-hosted by the U.S., Costa Rica, the Netherlands, South Korea and Zambia, PM Modi...
Mumbai: Bombay High Court Justice Bharati Dange on Thursday quashed proceedings against Bollywood superstar Salman Khan in a complaint filed by a journalist alleging criminal intimidation in 2019. The actor had challenged a summons based on the complaint by Ashok Pandey, claiming that when the actor was cycling on the road, he got into a...
Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister and BJP's Central Parliamentary Board member B.S. Yediyurappa said on Thursday that the party will come back to power with absolute majority in Karnataka, and the Congress will get only 60 to 70 seats. Addressing a press conference at BJP headquarters in Bengaluru, Yediyurappa said that he had observed the predictions...
Chandigarh: Fugitive pro-Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh and his mentor Papalpreet Singh once again dodged the Punjab Police in a village near Hoshiarpur town where a massive search operation is underway, officials said. An Innova vehicle, with three people onboard, comprising Amritpal, was stopped by the police on Tuesday night at a checkpoint but they managed...
New Delhi: India recorded 3,016 new Covid cases in past 24 hours, a 40 per cent jump since March 29. The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 2.7 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 1.71 per cent, according to the Union health ministry data. The infection count of March 30 is the...
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said India has got the G20 back to its original agenda of global growth and development a year after it was seen grappling with the Ukraine conflict. Addressing the 'Rising India Summit' of the Network18 Group, S Jaishankar said the G20 was not the primary forum to debate international...
Germany said that "fundamental democratic principles" should apply in the case of Rahul Gandhi, who has been disqualified from the Lok Sabha after his conviction in a defamation case. "We have taken note of the verdict of first instance against the Indian opposition politician Rahul Gandhi as well as the suspension of his parliamentary mandate....
New Delhi: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan said former Congress president Rahul Gandhi's disqualification from the Lok Sabha will be one of the key issues to corner the Narendra Modi-led BJP government in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Chavan said this while addressing a press conference in Bhopal on the recent...
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has been disqualified as a Lok Sabha MP following his conviction in the criminal defamation case over his 'Modi surname' remark. The disqualification is effective from March 23, the date of conviction. The former Congress president represents the Wayanad constituency in Kerala in the lower house. A court in Surat on Thursday sentenced...
