New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) With International Yoga Day being observed across the country, NDA leaders on Sunday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his efforts towards garnering global recognition for India’s ancient tradition. The leaders also underlined the importance of yoga, calling it a way that binds young and old together.Addressing a Yoga Day event in the national capital, Union Minister J.P. Nadda mentioned how it was PM Modi who approached the United Nations (UN) to …
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New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) A day before the scheduled NEET-UG 2026 re-examination following the alleged paper leak, opposition leaders hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government, saying that the problem with conducting such examinations are still the same. However, the NDA asserted that this time the Union government has taken all measures to ensure a transparent exam.Students’ Federation of India (SFI) leader P.S. Sanjeev said: “The problems have not changed. The NTA and it…
Patna, June 20 (IANS) The alleged gang-rape of two sisters in the Naubatpur area of Patna has triggered a major political controversy in Bihar. The two women, who had come from Jharkhand to perform at a Tilak ceremony, have accused 13 individuals of gang-rape.Police have initiated an investigation into the allegations.Reacting to the incident, Rohini Acharya, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and daughter of party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, on Saturday criticised the state government and quest…
Kolhapur (Maharashtra), June 20 (IANS) Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Saturday accused Congress and Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray of surviving in politics by turning infiltrators into a vote bank. However, he clarified that India is not a ‘Dharamshala’ and under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership, every aspect of India’s security is being ensured.Addressing a public rally in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, HM Shah said that over the course of 12 years, under the …
Mumbai, June 19 (IANS) Shiv Sena chief and Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde on Friday took a swipe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying that wherever he goes, defeat follows.He further stated that Rahul Gandhi is “the captain of those who keep losing” while attacking the INDIA bloc.Contrasting Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s slogan, “Neither will I indulge in corruption nor allow corruption”, with what he described as the opposition’s approach, Shinde said: “Neither will I win…
Agartala, June 19 (IANS) Communist Party of India (Marxist) General Secretary M.A. Baby on Friday said all constituent parties of the opposition INDIA bloc must undertake honest and sincere introspection of the 2024 Lok Sabha election outcome to emerge as a stronger alternative to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Maintaining that the INDIA Bloc remains a viable platform to challenge the BJP and its allies, Baby said greater unity, realism and accommodation…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday stated that for the US-Iran peace deal to sustain, both sides should feel that “they have won”, while highlighting that apart from Tehran and Washington, the deal comes as a relief for all those nations, including India, who were reeling with the impact of the West Asia crisis.During an exclusive interaction with IANS, Tharoor also raised questions on the viability of having 850 MPs in the Lok Sabha if the Constitution (131st Amendme…
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor, expressed his views on the split in the Trinamool Congress in an exclusive interview with IANS. “Look, frankly, I don’t think anyone has any very serious doubt that either some inducements, some incentives or some threats have been involved. And that can only come from the ruling party because they have the power,” Tharoor said.Referring to the decision by the rebel MPs to back the NDA, he said t…
Ranchi, June 19 (IANS) The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Friday hit back at the Congress after the latter accused its MLAs of cross voting in the Rajya Sabha elections, with a counter allegation that a section of Congress MLAs might have “made a deal” with the BJP, exposing cracks in the INDIA Bloc.Following Congress candidate Pranav Jha’s defeat in the Rajya Sabha polls, the party’s Jharkhand incharge K. Raju said the party and JMM legislators voted as expected, but alleged that the RJD and the…
Ranchi, June 19 (IANS) Allegations and counter-allegations have started flying in the INDIA bloc in Jharkhand as the defeat of Congress candidate Pranav Jha in the Rajya Sabha elections triggered a sharp exchange of words between the alliance partners.Within hours of the results, the Congress accused its allies — the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist (CPI-ML) — of cross-voting. Both parties, however, rejected the charge and hit back, questioning the C…