Relations with Afghanistan back on track, but India expects attempts to derail

The rapidly evolving bilateral relationship between India...

Startup funding in India rises to $115 bn from $8 bn

New Delhi: The Department for Promotion of...

Abhinandan Mishra

Plea to PM on introducing interest free banking

New Delhi: The supporters of interest free banking have approached Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking the introduction of such participatory banking in the country,...

Police forces asked to explain personnel overstaying in CBI

157 CAPF personnel getting salaries though their deputation period had ended.   New Delhi: The directors of some of the police forces that comprise the Central...

Number of mainstream parties set to reduce

Regional aspirations are becoming an important part of BJP’s narrative.   New Delhi: Most of India’s national and regional parties that have been in the political...

BJP leaders and allies silently jostle for ministry berths

New Delhi: With too many names and not enough vacancies, silent lobbying has begun among leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies...

RJD leaders look for greener pastures in NDA

New Delhi: It will be too early to write the political obituary of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), which got 62 lakh votes or...

NDA wins 40% of its seats in non-Hindi belt states

Of the 10 states that comprise the Hindi belt, and have 225 seats between them, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance won on 203 seats.   New...

Decline in NDA share in seats with Muslim tilt

‘Narrow approach of the media about BJP and Muslims has led to a trust deficit’.   New Delhi: Out of the 46 parliamentary constituencies of the...

BJP working on options in case NDA misses majority mark

New Delhi: Though the results of the general elections will be announced on 23 May, the Bharatiya Janata Party, rather than wait for the...

‘JDU did not release manifesto to avoid row’

New Delhi: While campaigning for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls ended on 17 May, it was for the first time since its inception in...

Foreign diplomats believe NDA will regain power

Balakot air strikes are believed to be a ‘game changer’.   New Delhi: Foreign diplomats who are stationed in Delhi in different designations in their respective...

BJP expects good show in Bihar in last phases

‘Increase in polling will benefit BJP rather than Grand Alliance’.   New Delhi: Out of the 16 seats in Bihar that are a part of the...

Agencies alert to lone wolf terror attack

New Delhi: A “lone wolf” terror attack has become a “high possibility” in the coming days, security agencies have warned the government. The security agencies...

India is a precious partner, says Israeli envoy

Dr Malka said that irrespective of who comes to power in India, ties between India and Israel will continue to grow.   New Delhi: Calling India...

Amit Shah made local leaders support Pragya Thakur

There were reports that Thakur wasn’t receiving support in her campaign.   New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah had to intervene personally in Bhopal...

‘Pak running multiple concentration camps in Balochistan’

New Delhi: Senior Baloch nationalist leader Dr Allah Nazar, in an exclusive interaction with The Sunday Guardian, said that for the last two years,...

Flagship schemes not implemented properly in Bihar

Patna, Hajipur, Begusarai, Darbhanga: Had the execution of the government’s flagship programmes—the Ayushman Bharat and individual household latrines under the Swachh Bharat Mission—been more...

Tej Pratap asks Saran’s voters not to back father-in-law in poll

New Delhi: The political differences between Tej Pratap Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav have come out in the open with the former asking his supporters...

Prasad interacts with voters in parks, gardens

Shatrughan Sinha finds is being seen as an inaccessible leader and is accused of spending most of his time in Mumbai.   Patna: Union Minister for...

‘Outsider’ Kirti Azad faces ire of party workers, leaders

‘None of the senior leaders of Dhanbad are genuinely working for Azad’.   Ranchi: Kirti Azad, who is fighting from the coal belt seat of Dhanbad,...

Tejashwi’s inexperience likely to hurt Grand Alliance in Bihar

Patna, Hajipur, Darbhanga: “Faulty” distribution of tickets by Tejashwi Yadav is likely to hurt the prospects of the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) in Bihar in...

‘Educated Yadav youths tilting towards Modi’

‘The time when Yadavs would blindly support the RJD is gone’.   Hajipur, Patna: The much talked about Muslim-Yadav (MY) combination that accounts for nearly 32%...

Darbhanga is a fight between ‘accessible’ candidates

In a battle of equals between a newcomer and a veteran, it is the former who has the upper hand due to the Modi...

Voters happy Modi government taught Pakistan a ‘lesson’

Hajipur, Begusarai, Darbhanga, Madhepura, Supaul: The “lesson” taught by the Narendra Modi government to Pakistan following the Pulwama attack is emerging as the top...

Battle of ideas brewing in Begusarai

Begusarai: The result in Bihar’s Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency is likely to be close. This seat has become the most talked about seat of...

It’s Easy for NDA in Kosi as alliance lacks coordination

The Kosi belt has the high profile seats of Supaul and Madhepura.   Supal, Madhepura: The lack of coordination among the Grand Alliance (GA) candidates, which...

Pakistan misled US about F-16 target country

New Delhi: Multiple members of the United States Congress had expressed their serious concerns over the sale of F-16 aircraft to Pakistan while discussing...

Digvijaya sets up poll hub at ‘individual level’

Members of Digvijaya Singh’s team are engaged in media monitoring, booth management and party worker coordination.   New Delhi: Opposite the majestic Minto Hall in Bhopal,...

Officers responsible for Pulwama intelligence lapse not yet identified

New Delhi: More than 50 days after the Pulwama attack, in which over 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel lost their lives, the...

IB and RAW questioned Jet’s funding, were ignored

New Delhi: Jet Airways, which is fighting a battle for survival and is down to operating fewer than 20 of its aircraft daily, had...

Ex-babu’s book analyses work by Congress leaders

Former bureaucrat Arun Bhatnagar traces the political tapestry of the Nehru-Gandhi family.   New Delhi: It was the Muhammad Ali Jinnah founded Muslim League party that...

ED charge-sheet names key politicians, bureaucrats and journalists in Agusta case

It relied on, among other things, statements made by Christian Michel, corporate lobbyists and one of the accused Rajeev Saxena, who has turned approver.   New...

‘China is acting like a foe of the people of balochistan’

China and Pakistan are rogue states, they are criminals and occupiers who want to eliminate our nation: Hyrbyair Marri.   Leader of Free Balochistan Movement, Hyrbyair...

CBI officers apprise new chief of murky side of agency

New Delhi: With the appointment of a new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director, officials and whistleblowers working in the agency are approaching him...

China-protected Azhar resurfaces in Pakistan with anti-India rant

Terrorist Masood Azhar has resurfaced in Bahawalpur and has started giving incendiary speeches. He is also meeting youngsters who want to join the Jaish-e-Mohammed.   New...

BJP gave tickets with an eye to groom new faces

That was also the focus while appointing chief ministers and Union ministers.   New Delhi: Developing the next generation of Bharatiya Janata Party leaders has been...

DRDO uncomfortable with ex chief’s statements

DRDO officials said that no official permission was sought by Saraswat for the ASAT test when he was the chief of DRDO.   New Delhi: Serving...

Volunteer-based ‘Modi Once More’ campaign gathers steam

New Delhi: Just like in 2014, when volunteers and supporters of Narendra Modi had launched a massive campaign to create a buzz on social...

India readied missiles to counter Pak aggression

Decision was taken at the topmost level to respond to Pakistan’s nuclear threat by making it clear that India was ready to strike at...

Digvijaya will contest LS polls from Bhopal

Singh has traditionally contested from the Rajgarh  LS seat.   New Delhi: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh, who, according to sources close to him,...

Banned for 20 years, but terror outfits thrive under Pak GHQ patronage

New Delhi: Out of around 60 terrorist groups banned by the United States, including multiple subsidiaries of Al Qaeda and Islamic State of Iraq...

Father tries in vain to get justice for Kargil war hero

New Delhi: Seventy-year-old Dr N.K. Kalia has spent the last 20 years of his life fighting to get justice for the death of his...

LeT tries to indoctrinate Baloch youths for terror ops in Kashmir

New Delhi: Pakistan based terror group Lashkar-e-Tayyaba (LeT) is recruiting Baloch people from the restive region of Balochistan and sending them to Kashmir to...

Save-Masood bid may hit China’s trade with India

Many of the big Chinese telecom firms have invested millions of dollars in India.   New Delhi: More than $90 billion of bilateral trade between India...

Pak army using terror group to carry out attacks in Iran

New Delhi: Jaish al Adl, a terrorist outfit which is operating from Pakistani soil along its border with Iran, and is carrying out terrorist...

BJP may drop one third of its MPs

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to deny tickets to at least 90 of the 268 Lok Sabha members that it presently...

Baloch leaders want India to recognise their government-in-exile

New Delhi: The Baloch National Movement (BNM), which is fighting to free Balochistan from Pakistani occupation and make it an independent country, wants the...

BJP hoping for pro-Modi, anti-Mamata wave in Bengal

The situation is favourable, but the organisation is lacking.   New Delhi: The BJP, which does not have much of organisational network in West Bengal where...

Baloch nationalists readying for major offensive against Pak army

New Delhi: With Pakistan already engaged with India militarily on its eastern border, it is facing the possibility of opening another warfront, this time...

Balakot hit hard, GHQ orders Azhar to lie low

New Delhi: On the morning of 26 February, hours after the Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out its precision airstrike on the Balakot terrorist...

ISI protecting Azhar, asks Jaish cadre to stay in hiding

‘Our main focus right now is crippling Masood Azhar,’ say Indian agencies.   New Delhi: Under instructions from Pakistan army’s intelligence arm, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the...

- A word from our sponsors -

spot_img

Follow us