Latest News, Updates & Breaking Headlines
TOI Correspondent from Washington: US President Donald Trump is insisting Prime Minister Narendra Modi called him to end the war against Pakistan after he (Trump) threatened a 350 percent tariff against both countries. The claim comes on the heels of a congressional report crediting Pakistan’s battlefield “success” to Chinese weaponry and accusing Beijing of exploiting…
NEW DELHI: Shashi Tharoor’s recent praise for Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ruffled some feathers in the Congress as fellow party leaders have questioned the move. Demanding an explanation for his praise, Tharoor’s colleague Sandeep Dikshit went on to ask “why are you in Congress” and even termed him a “hypocrite”.“Shashi Tharoor’s problem is that…
Nitish Kumar is set to take oath as CM for the tenth time (File photo) NEW DELHI: Patna is set to witness a major political show of strength on Thursday, with JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar scheduled to take oath as chief minister for a record 10th time at the historic Gandhi Maidan. He resigned on…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday took a sharp dig at Congress for criticising party MP Shashi Tharoor after he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent address at the Ramnath Goenka Lecture, saying the party should rather be called “Indira Nazi Congress.”BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said the Congress reacts harshly to anyone who “keeps national…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India is on the path to becoming a global hub of natural farming, asserting that the agriculture sector has undergone a major transformation over the last 11 years and that agricultural exports have “almost doubled”.Addressing a gathering in Coimbatore after releasing the 21st instalment of PM-Kisan…
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan was among the distinguished guests — including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar, and Union Ministers Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu and G. Kishan Reddy — who took part in the birth centenary celebrations of Sri Sathya Sai Baba in Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh.During the event, Aishwarya delivered a moving and insightful…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday visited Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh to pay homage at the Mahasamadhi of late spiritual leader Sri Sathya Sai Baba as part of his birth centenary celebrations.According to visuals from the visit, PM Modi was accompanied by Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu and deputy CM Pawan Kalyan…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Wednesday participate in multiple events in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and release the 21st instalment of Rs 18,000 crore under the PM-KISAN scheme for nine crore farmers.PM Modi will arrive in Andhra Pradesh Wednesday morning and visit the holy shrine and Mahasamadhi of Bhagwan Sri Sathya…
NEW DELHI: Janshakti Janta Dal founder Tej Pratap Yadav on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah to investigate allegations of “mental and physical pressure” on his parents, RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad and former chief minister Rabri Devi. Calling it an attack on the “very soul” of RJD, Tej Pratap…
NEW DELHI: Signalling that India would go for more bullet train projects in the near future, PM Narendra Modi has asked engineers working on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed train corridor to document their experiences as it could prove useful in planning and executing similar projects elsewhere.“If your experiences are recorded, and a kind of ‘blue book’…
