NEW DELHI: The first major INDIA bloc meeting since the 2024 Lok Sabha elections saw several opposition allies deliver a pointed message to the Congress: be more “large-hearted” and adopt a more accommodating approach towards regional partners, news agency PTI reported, quoting sources.From the CPM’s objections to Congress’s Kerala campaign rhetoric to concerns over the…
NEW DELHI: The opposition leaders assembled at the Constitution Club in New Delhi on Monday for the first high-level INDIA bloc meeting since the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and pushed visuals to project unity. Sonia Gandhi warmly embraced Mamata Banerjee. Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Akhilesh Yadav and other opposition leaders exchanged pleasantries before settling down…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday took a swipe at the INDIA bloc after its meeting in Delhi, claiming that the opposition alliance has lost public support and credibility.Addressing a press conference, BJP MP Sambit Patra mocked the shrinking scale of INDIA bloc meetings after parties like DMK and AAP left the alliance, saying…
Uttar Pradesh’s Economic Survey for 2025–26 revealed that the state’s economy has grown at a CAGR of 10.8 per cent, with its GSDP rising from Rs. 13.30 lakh crore (at current price) in FY 2016–17 to Rs. 30.25 lakh crore in FY 2024–25. The state’s own tax revenue, an indicator of an economy generating activity,…
NEW DELHI: India has expressed deep concern over the renewed escalation of violence in the Middle East, calling for immediate de-escalation and a return to diplomatic negotiations.In a statement on developments in the region, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Monday said the ongoing conflict has caused “immense human suffering” and is now a…
Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, party MP Sonia Gandhi, Samajwadi Party MP Akhilesh Yadav, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and others during the INDIA bloc meeting, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo/Salman Ali) NEW DELHI: Leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc met on Monday, marking their first formal gathering since the 2024 Lok…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Embassy in Tehran Monday issued an urgent advisory asking Indian nationals to avoid travelling to Iran and urging those already in the country to leave at the earliest through available transport options.Amid a rapidly worsening security situation in West Asia, the advisory follows a significant escalation in hostilities across the region…
Authorities carry out an anti-encroachment drive at a mosque, in Jaipur. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: With mobile internet services suspended, additional police forces deployed and social media placed under round-the-clock surveillance, the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) on Monday launched a major anti-encroachment drive in Jagatpura to clear structures and encroachments standing within the right-of-way of…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal Police Monday arrested former Trinamool Congress MLA Jahangir Khan, who became the centre of controversy during the assembly elections after repolling was ordered in his constituency, Falta, after the reports of irregularities.The arrest comes weeks after Calcutta high court’s vacation bench refused to extend the interim protection in five FIRs granted…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has once again come to the defence of the “noble idli,” this time weighing in on a viral social media post that declared “chai and idli” to be the “best combination to ever exist.”Responding to the post on X, the Thiruvananthapuram MP offered a detailed and characteristically witty critique…