India Firmly Rejects Chinese Claims of Mediation in India-Pakistan Ceasefire

New Delhi, India on Wednesday categorically rejected China’s claim that it played any mediatory role in securing a ceasefire between India and Pakistan during the military confrontation earlier this year, reiterating its long-standing position that there was no third-party intervention in the process. Highly placed government sources clarified that the ceasefire followed direct military-level communication between […]

Congress Throws Down the Gauntlet: Seven Questions That Still Haunt PM Modi in 2026

New Delhi, As India steps into 2026, the Congress party has sharpened its political attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, listing what it calls seven “great challenges”—or unanswered promises—that continue to define his leadership more than a decade after the BJP first came to power at the Centre in 2014. Framed as a report card […]

INDIA SURPASSES JAPAN AS 4TH LARGEST ECONOMY ?

NEW DELHI: Before 2025 ended, India overtook Japan to become the world’s fourth-biggest economy, with officials hoping to pass Germany soon, according to the government’s end-of-year economic review. Officials are hoping to pass Germany within the next three yearData shows that India’s nominal gross domestic product (GDP) has reached $4.18 trillion, placing it in the […]

CJI SURYA KANT DECLARES THAT SC WILL OPEN EVEN AT MIDNIGHT

NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Wednesday declared that the Supreme Court doors will open even at the midnight under a new system to ensure the citizens get an immediate justice to their fundamental rights. Introducing the new system, he said the complainants can come to the Supreme Court even at the […]

CONG SEEKS PM’S RESPONSE TO CHINA’S WAR MEDIATION CLAIM

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Wednesday termed Chinese claims of mediation between India and Pakistan concerning and said Prime Minister Modi must clarify as the people of India need clarity on the issue. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh asked the Prime Minister to break his silence on the claim, which he said seemed to make […]

AMIT SHAH, MAMATA TRADE JABS OVER SIR, INFILTRATION

NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and union home minister Amit Shah traded allegations and snide remarks Tuesday in equal measure, ramping up campaign rhetoric before next year’s Bengal election. This was after Shah, in Bengal for a three-day visit to jumpstart his party’s poll campaign, accused the Trinamool Congress boss of having […]

JAIRAM URGES SC TO RECONSIDER SARISKA BOUNDARY REVISION

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of three other “urgent” environmental matters, including the redrawing of the Sariska tiger reserve boundaries. In a post on X, the Congress general secretary referred to the apex court’s order on Monday — recalling, on its own, […]

PRIYANKA GANDHI’S SON RAIHAN ENGAGED TO LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND AVIVA BAIG

NEW DELHI: Raihan Vadra, the son of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi and businessman Robert Vadra, is now engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Aviva Baig. Raihan Vadra, 25, proposed to Aviva Baig, his girlfriend of seven years, on Monday in the presence of both families and she said yes. Priyanka also has a 23-year old daughter […]

IS NAIDU AMBITIOUS TO REPLACE MODI AS PRIME MINISTER ?

CHANDRA BABU NAIDU AMBITIOUS TO REPLACE MODI AS PRIME MINISTER ?  NEW DELHI: Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N. Chandra Babu Naidu, who is also the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, is ambitious to become the prime minister after Narendra Modi and he sees in Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat fulfilling his ambition […]

SC KEEPS IN ABEYANCE ITS ARAVALLI HILLS JUDGMENT, FRESH EXPERT PANEL TO BE SET UP

NEW DELHI: In a suo motu case initiated over concerns surrounding revised definition of Aravalli Hills, the Supreme Court on Monday (December 29) has kept in abeyance its earlier directions concerning the change in definition of Aravalli Hills, after expressing concern that the expert committee report and the Court’s observations were being misconstrued. A bench […]