Jitan Ram Manjhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Wednesday took a dig at Lalu Prasad Yadav, saying that the RJD supremo would celebrate his future birthdays by blowing up the cake with an AK-47, if the latter’s son Tejashwi Yadav comes to power.Manjhi was reacting to a video of Yadav…
Chinese vice foreign minister Sun Weidong is likely to travel to India this week for what will be the second high-level bilateral visit from either side this year, following foreign secretary Vikram Misri’s visit to Beijing in January during which Sun and Misri had agreed to a slew of measures aimed at normalizing ties.The 2-day…
UP CM Yogi Adityanath pays courtesy visit to Union home minister Amit Shah (Image credit: ANI) Uttar Pradesh chief ministerYogi Adityanath paid a courtesy visit to Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday in New Delhi. While referring to the same, home minister office wrote on X, “Uttar Pradesh chief minister Shri @myogiadityanath met Union…
Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane speaks to a doctor during a visit to Goa Medical College and Hospital. (PTI Photo) A day after Goa health minister Vishwajit Rane directed the suspension of a senior doctor at Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Sunday that the doctor would not be…
Chirag Paswan (file photo) NEW DELHI: Union Minister Chirag Paswan on Sunday confirmed he will contest the Bihar assembly elections, due later this year.The Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief made the announcement at a rally in Ara in Bhojpur district where he sounded his party’s poll bugle.“I will contest the assembly polls in Bihar….
Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry has contradicted the Defence Minister’s statement that the Simla Agreement is a ‘dead document’. The Foreign Ministry clarified that no formal decision has been made and all treaties remain intact. This contradiction comes after India’s announcement to put the Indus Water Treaty in abeyance. The Simla Agreement, signed in 1971, established the…
India’s actions against Pakistan have resulted in the Simla Agreement losing its sanctity, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Thursday. Asif, known for shooting his mouth, made the remarks to Geo News. The Pakistani Defence Minister has made several inconsistent statements in the last few weeks following the Pahalgam terror attack. “The agreement was bilateral…
PM Modi and chess legend Susan Polgar NEW DELHI: Chess legend Susan Polgar reminisced about receiving a letter from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Republic Day eve 2022, acknowledging her contributions to developing young Indian chess talent.Recently, PM Modi extended congratulations to Gukesh Dommaraju for achieving his first classical chess victory against Magnus Carlsen, world…
Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal (Image credit: ANI) Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal held a bilateral meeting with Nigeria’s minister for trade, industry and investment, Jumoke Oduwole Oon, and discussed strengthening trade relations between the two countries.The productive half-hour meeting took place on the sidelines of international trade discussions in Paris.Following the…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday that Moscow is preparing “concrete proposals” for the next round of direct talks with Ukraine. According to a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry, Lavrov also updated Rubio on progress made since the recent call between the presidents of the United…