Author: Urvashi Khona

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has welcomed the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) probe into alleged irregularities in the renovation of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s new official residence. The CBI registered a preliminary enquiry on Wednesday against “unknown public servant(s) of the Government of Delhi” to investigate allegations of “irregularities and misconduct.” […]

NEW DELHI: India has said that Canada has not yet provided any evidence to support its allegation that Indian agents were involved in the killing of Khalistani separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia last June. Speaking at an event at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, external affairs minister Dr S […]

Dr Jaishankar says there has been a certain degree of ambiguity while dealing with China

However, some political pundits believe that the fielding of Union ministers and MPs in state elections could be seen as a sign that the BJP is not confident in its local leadership.

PM Modi mocks Rahul Gandhi, says some in Congress are in contact with urban naxals

NEW DELHI:  Amid backlash against BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s abusive comments pouring in from the INDI alliance, troubles have increased for him as his own party members have pilloried him for his derisive commentary on the floor of the House. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has described Bidhuri’s attack on Danish Ali as ‘highly objectionable words’. “During […]

The recent diplomatic sparring between India and Canada has left students anxious and exploring alternative options for their overseas education.

NEW DELHI: Union minister of state for external affairs & parliamentary affairs, V Muraleedharan, has expressed his excitement about the new Parliament building, calling it a “depiction of the developed India” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has envisioned. “I look forward to going to the new building which will be the depiction of the developed India […]

NEW DELHI: Former Union minister and Congress MP Manish Tewari, who has supported PM Modi on several issues in the past, has accused the BJP government of not being serious about the Women’s Reservation Bill, despite introduction of the legislation in the parliament after 13 years. “What I see is that the 128th Constitution Amendment Bill […]

NEW DELHI: Former Union minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has claimed his party’s ownership of the Women’s Reservation Bill, ahead of debates on the bill in the new parliament. “We will support it since we authored it,” he said, while questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government’s intentions in introducing the bill “after 9 years […]