NEW DELHI: The Punjab government has announced that chief minister Bhagwant Mann, his cabinet colleagues and all Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs will donate one month’s salary to support relief measures for those affected by the floods in the state.In Hoshiarpur district’s Abdullahpur village, AAP MLA Jasvir Singh Raja Gill drew attention after relocating the…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Wednesday reiterated the need to focus on self-reliance and ‘vocal-for-local’ while chairing the cabinet meeting. He also said India is ready to face all challenges and asked ministers to encourage and motivate people to buy more ‘Made in India’ products, TOI has learnt.The PM’s remarks gain significance as the…
Bangladesh’s foreign adviser on Sunday raised “unsettled” issues, including an apology for the 1971 war with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar but said he was not on the same page with the senior most leader Islamabad sent to Dhaka since 2012. Dar, who arrived here on Saturday on a two-day visit aimed at rebuilding ties…
Union home minister Amit Shah (File photo) NEW DELHI: The government will on Wednesday introduce three bills in Parliament to provide a legal framework for the removal of prime minister, a Union minister, chief minister, or a minister in a state/Union territory if they are arrested or detained on serious criminal charges.According to PTI, the…
NEW DELHI: Amid discussions for reduction of GST for many products, a group of ministers from states, headed by Bihar deputy CM Samrat Chaudhary, will meet next week. Several members of GoM, especially those from the Opposition, had suggested maintaining status quo on slabs and rates, citing possible adverse impact on revenue, but govt has…
NEW DELHI: Heavy rains wreaked havoc in the national capital on Thursday, claiming three lives within 12 hours and leaving parts of the city paralysed by waterlogging, fallen trees and traffic chaos.In southwest Delhi’s Vasant Vihar, two boys died after a wall collapsed on them in Basant Nagar near Hanuman Mandir around 4.40 pm. Police…
File photo: Union minister Piyush Goyal with Singapore deputy PM Gan Kim Yong (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: The Indian government will host the third India-Singapore Ministerial Roundtable (ISMR), a key platform for advancing cooperation on issues of mutual interest including new and emerging areas, on August 13 this week. The talks will also set…
A UN Security Council travel ban is widely thought to be behind the cancellation of a planned visit by Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to Pakistan, according to a media report. Muttaqi was expected in Islamabad on August 4, continuing the recent high-level contacts initiated by Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar’s visit to Kabul in…
The foreign ministers of the US, India, Japan, and Australia issued a joint statement condemning the April 22 terrorist attack in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, which claimed the lives of 26 people. The Quad partners strongly denounced the act of violence and called for those responsible to be swiftly brought to justice. Terrorists opened fire…
NEW DELHI: “The world saw India’s strength (duniya ne humari takat dekhhi),” PM Narendra Modi said as he addressed the Union Council of Ministers on Wednesday about Operation Sindoor’s success.“The PM said it took us only 25 minutes to demolish the terror infrastructure Pakistan built over decades as part of its policy to use terrorism…