Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday dedicated to the nation a 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, believed to be the tallest in the world, and said it will be a reminder about the courage of a man who thwarted efforts to disintegrate India.
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A senior professor at the prestigious Indian Institute of Science here has been retired compulsorily over allegations of sexually harassing a PhD student, IISc said Tuesday.
Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda Tuesday said regional parties alone cannot make someone Prime Minister without Congress backing and expressed “complete support” for Rahul Gandhi to be made Prime Minister after the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi Tuesday said Rahul Gandhi’s criticism against Prime Minister Narendra Modi over an apparent RBI-Centre rift reflects Congress party’s grounding, “which is fast eroding in national politics.”
Activists of a Kannada outfit will “picket” Parliament House in New Delhi on 28 November against the Kerala governments “attempts to close down Kannada schools and enforce Malayalam language” in Kasaragod district bordering Karnataka.
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Tuesday extended his party’s support to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s efforts to bring non-BJP parties onto a single platform to take on the BJP-led NDA.
Union Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who has locked horns with the Centre on various issues, Tuesday showered praise on each other over taking up development projects.
BJP Tuesday condemned AMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi’s comments challenging the Modi government to bring in an ordinance for early construction of Ram temple at Ayodhya.
BJP intensified its agitation over the Sabarimala issue by staging a day-long fast here Tuesday even as remarks of Congress chief Rahul Gandhi favouring entry of all women into the Lord Ayyappa temple contrary to Kerala unit’s stand created ripples in the state.