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Manickam Tagore counters Amit Shah’s “vote chori” claim, says Gandhi chose Nehru in 1946 NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manickam Tagore on Thursday hit back at Union home minister Amit Shah’s remark that Jawaharlal Nehru became India’s first prime minister through ‘vote-chori.’ Tagore listed five points to argue that Nehru assumed the post fairly and legitimately.“What…
NEW DELHI: Congress party countered Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “appeasement” charges against first Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru during the Vande Mataram debate in Lok Sabha on Monday.Terming PM Modi “the Master Distorian”, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh posed three questions. Which Indian leader formed a coalition in Bengal in the early 1940s with…
Despite the relaxation of Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) rules, chaos continued across major Indian airports on Sunday. Passengers angry, exhausted and desperate were seen shouting, sobbing and climbing service counters. IndiGo said it managed to operate 1,650 flights out of its 2,300 daily domestic and international services, while 650 flights were cancelled as the…
NEW DELHI: Government sources on Thursday refuted Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi‘s allegations that Centre does not allow opposition to meet foreign dignitaries.In its response, it said that during any official visit, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) facilitates meetings for the visiting dignitary with Government officials and designated Government bodies. Any engagements outside the…
Microsoft has responded to claims that an outage of Windows has disrupted the flight operations of major airlines, including Indigo, Air India and others on Wednesday (December 3) morning. A report by news agency PTI said that the check-in systems of major airlines unexpectedly failed at multiple airports in the country, forcing airlines to switch…
Chief minister Omar Abdullah (File photo) SRINAGAR: J&K chief minister’s Omar Abdullah’s National Conference (NC) has foregrounded a recently adopted resolution for restoration of special status, seeking to blunt claims that the party has jettisoned a core issue and is cosying up to BJP.Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar stressed the resolution, passed on Nov 28 at…
After the release of Aryan Khan‘s web-series ‘Ba***ds Of Bollywood’, IRS officer Sameer Wankhede filed a defamation case against Shah Rukh Khan‘s production house. One of the characters on the show was seemingly based on Wankhede and he filed Rs 2 crore defamation suit in Delhi High Court against Red Chillies Entertainment and Netflix, claiming…
Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke over the phone on Saturday to review key developments in the Middle East.According to a joint statement from the Kremlin and the Prime Minister’s Office, the leaders discussed the situation in Gaza, Iran’s nuclear programme, and ongoing dynamics in…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan, accusing him of “greed for power” and alleging that he has compromised his political stand for a share in the ruling alliance.Responding to Paswan’s recent comments on his late father Ram…
NEW DELHI: The Union government has prepared a Rs 6.4 trillion ($77 billion) transmission plan to transfer more than 76 gigawatts of hydroelectric capacity from the Brahmaputra basin by 2047 to meet rising electricity demand, the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) said on Monday.In a report released on Monday, the CEA said the plan includes 208…
