Hyderabad, June 7 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday came down heavily on Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy, alleging that he is blocking the Centre’s approval for the expansion of Hyderabad Metro Rail. The Chief Minister also claimed that Kishan Reddy, while being in the BJP, is helping Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).Amid the war of words between the Chief Minister and the Central minister, the former launched a scathing attack on the BJP leader while add…
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Abu Dhabi, June 5 (IANS) India’s traditional nonalignment strategic autonomy is being redefined into proactive engagement and power projection for an era of competitive multipolarity, a report has stated. The recentering of force in Indian foreign policy in the Defence Force vision 2047 document released by the Defence Ministry indicates that strategic autonomy is not merely a defensive plan but is becoming proactive and power projective, a report in Modern Diplomacy mentioned.“This shift is…
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday claimed that more political setbacks are waiting for the Trinamool Congress supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for all the misdeeds committed by her and her party members during the previous 15-year Trinamool Congress government in the state led by her from 2011 to 2026. BJP’s Information Technology Cell Chief and the party’s central observer and Co-Incharge for West Bengal, Amit Malviya, made this ob…
Gandhinagar, June 2 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Tuesday urged newly recruited agriculture personnel to help farmers reduce dependence on chemical fertilisers and adopt natural farming, saying the current global situation had underscored the need for greater self-reliance in agriculture. Speaking at an appointment letter distribution ceremony in Gandhinagar, Patel told newly selected Agricultural Assistants that they had been given an opportunity to contribute to healthier li…
Ahmedabad, May 28 (IANS) The Gujarat government on Thursday directed all offices, institutions, universities and corporations functioning under the state Agriculture Department to install solar rooftop systems, with Agriculture Minister Jitu Vaghani ordering departments to begin the process immediately in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent appeal to promote green energy and reduce fuel consumption.The decision was taken under the guidance of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel after …
Tokyo/New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) India remains an important and indispensable partner for Japan in realising a free and open Indo-Pacific, spokesperson of Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) stated in New Delhi on Tuesday. “India is a very important and indispensable partner for Japan in realising a free and open Indo-Pacific. In this regard, we welcome the commitment of the Indian government, especially Prime Minister Modi, to work with the Japanese government,” Press Secretary of Japan’…
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Sunday accused the Trinamool Congress of oppressing Hindus in West Bengal while the party was in power in the state. Moreover, he alleged that the Congress has become a “party of abuses”.Speaking to IANS regarding the FIR registered against Uttar Pradesh Congress Chief Ajay Rai, Poonawalla said: “Congress has become a party of abuses instead of Gandhian values.”Referring to the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi’s “traito…
Mumbai, May 22 (IANS) Shiv Sena Spokesperson Krishna Hegde, on Friday, demanded that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) should conduct a probe into the rise of the digital-only political satire outfit ‘Cockroach Janata Party’ (CJP). He said that the investigation should emphasise on whether there is an attempt to create “unrest” in the country, similar to what transpired in Nepal and Bangladesh.Talking to IANS, Hegde said: “An NIA inquiry should be initiated about how the ‘Cockroach Jan…
Oslo, May 19 (IANS) India strongly pushed back against questions raised by a Norwegian journalist on press freedom and human rights, stating that Delhi guarantees fundamental rights to all citizens and also provides legal mechanisms to address violations whenever they occur. The episode unfolded during the Prime Minister’s visit to Oslo on Monday (local time) when Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng urged PM Modi to take questions from the media. Visuals from the venue showed the Prime Minister wa…
Gothenburg, May 18 (IANS) As Prime Minister Modi concluded his successful visit to the third leg of his five-nation tour to Sweden on Sunday, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise Director General Jan-Olof Jacke said that the “Free Trade Agreement between the European Union (EU) and India sends a signal to the world that ‘trade is a part of the future, not of the past'”, adding that the trade pact between EU and India is a “fantastic foundation, but it will take more to make it come to full fruiti…