Shimla: The Congress on Thursday got an absolute majority in the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections, winning 40 seats - six over than the half-way mark of 34 in the 68-member House, while the outgoing BJP was reduced to 25. Acknowledging the adverse mandate, outgoing Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, under whose leadership the BJP went...
The verdict is out. It’s a thumping victory for Bharatiya Janata Party for the seventh straight term in its stronghold, home turf Gujarat. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party won a record 154 of 182 seats in the state legislature. The BJP has been in power in Gujarat for 27 years but has never won...
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday accepted defeat in the hill state even as votes were being counted. The Congress was leading in a majority of 68 seats, the data from the Election Commission showed. The party which wins 35 seats will be declared the winning party with a clean majority in...
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on December 7 won the prestigious battle for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), ending the 15 year-rule of the BJP. The Aam Aadmi Party has won in 134 wards, the BJP in 104, and the Congress in nine. Independents have won in three. Addressing supporters at the party office...
New Delhi: India’s External Affairs minister S Jaishankar responded to queries in parliament regarding the situation at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China reaffirming the government’s position that India will “not tolerate” unilateral attempts by China to alter the status quo at the LAC and elaborated on how Beijing’s aggression has hampered bilateral...
New Delhi: Appealing to all parties to work together for a productive session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sais that young MPs cutting across party lines want effective debates and discussion in Parliament and do not appreciate disruptions in the House. Modi, who addressed the media at the beginning of the Winter Session on December 7, said...
Melinda French Gates, the Co-Chair of the Bill and Melinda French Gates Foundation, called on Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in Delhi on December 5, 2022 and congratulated him for India's successful Covid-19 vaccination drive and praised the colossal efforts undertaken by the Narendra Modi-led Government of India in managing the pandemic. She also...
The 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) will be held in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, from January 8-10, 2023, with the theme ‘Diaspora: Reliable Partners for India’s Progress in Amrit Kaal’. The event will include five Plenary Sessions on the following themes: · Plenary Session I: Role of Diaspora Youth in Innovation and New Technologies · Plenary Session II: Role of Indian Diaspora...
By Dr Nanditesh Nilay As the year winds down with the incidents of the pandemic, war, global warming, pollution, poverty, and hunger, the new year prepares us for a few Socratic questions and the moments of self-reflection. We all have to ask fundamental questions to ourselves. The planet earth is as mine as that of others....
