His letter to Mrs Gandhi assumes significance as it has been penned at a time when some of the senior Congress leaders have voiced their choice for a person in party president’s post who has no truck with the Gandhi family.
August 25, 2020West Bengal BJP leaders took out marches following their call for a 12-hour Bengal bandh to protest the killing of two students in a clash in North Dinajpur district’s Islampur on 21 September.
September 26, 2018Ronaldo carried Portugal through their first two group games, scoring four goals.
June 27, 2018Actress Poonam Pandey on Saturday called for more people to know about and support hearing-impaired children. Present along with actor Ali Asgar, and actor-producer Kunickaa Sadanand at “Lean an ear, hear the future” competition organized by JOSH foundation, Poonam, talking about being associated with the venture, said: “This is a big thing to be part …
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January 7, 2018Italian Foreign Minister stressed his country’s support to Libya`s border security and countering illegal immigration and human trafficking, during his visit in Tripoli on Thursday. Libya’s UN-backed Prime Minister, Fayez Serraj, met with Italian Foreign Minister, Angelino Alfano, in the capital Tripoli. According to the Prime Minister’s media office, the two officials also discussed other …
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September 29, 2017A majority of Saudi Arabia’s Council of Senior Ulema religious scholars on Wednesday expressed support for a royal decree allowing women to drive. The Islamic clerics said that King Salman bin Abdulaziz made the right and proper decisions based on the interest of the citizens. “God save the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques who …
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September 28, 2017Sheikh Hasina and Aung San Suu Kyi have much in common. They are daughters of great fathers who spearheaded the freedom struggles of their countries (and both lost their fathers early). Both fought bitter, protracted struggles against brutal military juntas to restore democracy in their countries. Both now run their countries but live under threat …
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September 27, 2017African countries have called for international support in peace-keeping efforts and humanitarian work in the region at the annual United Nations General Assembly. Cameroon President Paul Biya said on Friday peace remains dangerously under threat, notably from terrorism, conflicts, poverty and climate disruptions, Xinhua news agency reported. “Today, I would say, we are all ‘beggars …
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September 23, 2017China announced today that it will limit oil exports to North Korea under UN sanctions over its nuclear and missile development, further reducing support from Pyongyang’s last major trading partner, energy supplier and diplomatic ally. Exports of refined petroleum to the North will be limited to 2 million barrels per year and sales of liquefied …
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September 23, 2017Iran dismissed as "bizarre" the allegations by a Saudi diplomat in Kabul about Tehran's alleged links to Taliban militants and armed groups inside Afghanistan, Press TV reported on Tuesday. Iranian embassy in Kabul said the allegations by Mishari al-Harbi, the Saudi charge d'affaires in Kabul, are "baseless and groundless," according to its statement. The remarks …
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August 9, 2017Punjab deputy Chief Minister (CM) and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday thanked the people for the support extended to the SAD-BJP combine for the last ten years. "We honour the mandate given by Punjabis today and will extend support to the new government for all endeavours taken for thewelfare of …
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March 11, 2017The mega tournament is scheduled for October and is creating a buzz around the nation.
January 17, 2017The mega tournament is scheduled for October and is creating a buzz around the nation.
January 17, 2017Following criticism over ex-servicemen's support to the Congress for coming assembly elections in five states, defence force veterans agitating on OROP issue on Friday said it was not different from support extended to the BJP in the 2014 general elections. Major General Satbir Singh (retd), who is leading the ex-servicemen's protest on the 'One Rank …
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January 6, 2017Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday said that his country will not consider a “burka ban” despite controversial One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson hints on pushing such legislation into Parliament next year, media reported. Hanson's push came in the same week when German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced her support for a ban on burkas, …
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December 8, 2016