PM Modi meets Vice President Radhakrishnan
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called on Vice President C P Radhakrishnan here. The Vice President’s Secretariat shared pictures of the meeting. “Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met Vice President Shri C.P. Radhakrishnan at Uprashtrapati Bhavan today,” it said in a social media post. The vice president is also the chairperson of […]
LS Speaker Birla to represent India at Tarique Rahman’s oath ceremony in Bangladesh
New Delhi, Feb 15 (PTI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of Bangladesh’s next prime minister, Tarique Rahman, on February 17, the external affairs ministry announced on Sunday. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and Secretary-General of Lok Sabha Utpal Kumar Singh are also likely to accompany Birla, people familiar with […]
BNP’s Tarique Rahman meets Jamaat’s chief, NCP leader two days before forming govt in Bangladesh
Dhaka, Feb 15 (PTI) BNP chief Tarique Rahman on Sunday met Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shafiqur Rahman and National Citizen Party leader Nahid Islam as part of a “positive political beginning,” two days before his party is set to form the next government in Bangladesh. Led by Tarique Rahman, the BNP swept to power with a two-thirds […]
India raises its commitment to climate action to 5.6% of GDP: FM Sitharaman
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said India has hiked spending on climate action in the last six years to 5.6 per cent of GDP, demonstrating the country’s pursuit of meeting nationally determined goals on curbing carbon emission. Participating in a panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference, she said India has increased […]
Border dispute arose after India recognized Tibet as part of China: CDS Chauhan
Dehradun: Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan said the border dispute with China followed India’s recognition of Tibet as part of that country in 1954 with the signing of Panchsheel Agreement. The chief of defence staff (CDS) was delivering a lecture on ‘Frontiers, Borders and LAC: The Middle Sector’ under the India Himalayan International […]
PM Modi chairs last Cabinet meeting in South Block before PMO shifts to Seva Teerth
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired the last meeting of the Union Cabinet at his South Block office in the British-era secretariat building before the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) shifted to its new complex, Seva Teerth. All cabinet ministers were present during the meeting held at 4 pm. This was the Cabinet’s […]
Difficult to define friends or enemies in today’s world: CDS Gen Chauhan
Says India must act on its own Pune: Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Friday said assumptions about permanent friends or adversaries are increasingly becoming unreliable in the current global order and asserted India must remain prepared – mentally, structurally, materially – to act independently when required. Emphasising the need for pursuing […]
Lok Sabha passes Industrial Relations Code Bill
New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the Industrial Relations Code (Amendment) Bill, 2026, with an aim to bring legal clarity. The Bill would help avoid any “future unwarranted complication” over the continuity of certain laws replaced by the Industrial Relations Code of 2020. Replying to debate on the Bill, Labour Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said […]
Budget envisages total expenditure of Rs 53.47 lakh crore for 2026-27: FM
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that the government has envisaged a total expenditure of Rs 53.47 lakh crore for the next financial year, up 7.7 per cent from the current fiscal ending March 31. According to the revised estimate, the size of the Budget for the current fiscal is Rs 49.64 […]