Mamata Banerjee slammed the BJP-led Centre over the arrest of Cockroach Janata Party leaders. NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Monday served a notice to former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, asking her to record her statement in connection with a 2013 case involving a confrontation with police, news agency PTI reported, citing sources.The notice…
“If technology is perfect, wealth creation and poverty alleviation are not difficult,” CM Nadu said. NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday renewed his call for withdrawing Rs 500 currency notes, arguing that limiting cash transactions to smaller denominations and encouraging digital payments could help curb corruption.Naidu said he had previously…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP MLA Papiya Adhikari on Monday defended herself after facing criticism for claiming that bursting firecrackers helps kill germs and viruses.The actor-turned-politician said her statements were being deliberately twisted to garner TRP.“Whenever I say something, people who oppose me use it to increase their TRP and views. Even if I cough…
NEW DELHI: Some critics dubbed her the female M F Husain while others saw echoes of Marc Chagall in her gravity-defying figures. But neither comparison does justice to the distinctive visual language of Arpita Singh, a pioneering post-Independence artist who died in Delhi on Monday at the age of 89.She looked like the friendly aunty…
File photo: PM Modi conveys India’s readiness to help end Ukraine war in call with Zelenskyy NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a telephone conversation with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during which the two leaders discussed the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, recent diplomatic developments and ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation.In a post on…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal on Monday took a swipe at Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath over his remarks on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, extending advance congratulations to Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav.In a post on X, Kejriwal reacted to a video of Adityanath’s interview and alleged…
US intelligence suspects a Chinese businesswoman linked to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang of being part of an alleged espionage operation targeting the tech billionaire. Delhi’s air quality turned ‘severe’ after Diwali, with several monitoring stations recording AQI levels above 400. Mumbai remained in the ‘moderate’ category at 170. A leaked Iranian letter has revealed Tehran’s…
“Chinas ‘R&D’ strategy has for decades been built on shortcuts,” Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar quipped as China has came under scrutiny over the alleged honeytrapping of Nvidia chief Jensen Huang, who was reportedly in touch with a Chinese national.“Why spend money on R&D when you have an…
The accused allegedly used forged Indian Army supply orders, impersonated Army officers and produced fabricated financial documents to carry out the fraud. NEW DELHI: An Assam-based company was allegedly defrauded of more than Rs 11.5 crore by a gang posing as suppliers of goods to the Indian Army. The police arrested a 30-year-old man from…
BJP’s hat-trick bid, Congress’s comeback challenge: What is at stake in Uttarakhand (AI-generated image) The hills have eyes.And no one needs to remember that more than the parties aiming to win Uttarakhand’s upcoming elections next year.The Pushkar Singh Dhami-led BJP government, has on more than a few occasions proclaimed that they are set to aim…
