Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan | Photo Credit: PTI Union Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) termed Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party’s objections to the selection of the next Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) as “another attempt to create controversy and peddle propaganda” around the appointment. Also Read:Gyanesh Kumar named new Chief … Read more
Mallikarjun Kharge termed as ironical the claim of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman that the Indian economy is giving good returns. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) termed as ironical the claim of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman that the Indian economy is giving good returns, and said … Read more
BJP’s IT department head Amit Malviya . File The BJP on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) dismissed Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and an Election Commissioner as “politically motivated” and accused him of undermining an elected government’s constitutional mandate through “malicious” judicial activism. The BJP’s reaction came after the Congress leader … Read more
The Vikatan magazine’s website was blocked ollowing the publication of a cartoon featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi | Photo Credit: Vikatan Group Logo/Website The Vikatan magazine’s website was blocked in India by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting through a referral to the Department of Telecommunications, three people with knowledge of the order told … Read more
Costa Rican migration police officers speak with Venezuelan migrants at the Costa Rica. File | Photo Credit: REUTERS Costa Rica has agreed to serve as a “bridge” to repatriate illegal immigrants in the U.S., including from India and Central Asia, according to an official release on Tuesday (February 18, 2025). The first group of 200 … Read more
An Air India Express flight. | Photo Credit: PTI Air India Express, a subsidiary of Air India and a part of the Tata Group, is all set to connect Kolkata with the Hindon airport in Ghaziabad district of Uttar Pradesh, an airline spokesperson said on Tuesday (February 18, 2025). The flight between the two places … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani hold talk at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025 | Photo Credit: @MEAIndia Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) held wide-ranging talks with Amir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani as the two … Read more
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Bhupender Yadav. File | Photo Credit: ANI Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) said India must maximize resource efficiency to achieve its goal of becoming a developed country by 2047. Addressing the conclave on “Waste Recycling and Climate Change” here, Mr. Yadav urged industries to design … Read more
Christian Michel, a key accused and alleged middleman in Agusta Westland chopper scam, is pictured inside a police vehicle outside a court in New Delhi on December 5, 2018. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 18, 2025) granted bail to Christian Michel James, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper scam, … Read more
Supreme Court to hear pleas against CEC, ECs appointments on February 19