TWO EUROPE LEADERS AS CHIEF GUESTS AT NATIONAL REPUBLIC DAY PARADE

NEW DELHI,24 Jan 2026 : European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa will be the chief guests at India’s 77th Republic Day parade at Kartavya Path here on January 26. This historic joint invitation signifies a strong diplomatic move as also a major shift in New Delhi’s engagement with […]

AMARTYA SEN HITS OUT AT SIR PROCESS IN BENGAL

NEW DELHI,24 Jan 2026 : Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has voiced deep unease over the SIR process in West Bengal, warning that the exercise is being conducted with “undue haste” and may jeopardise democratic participation, particularly with the assembly elections approaching in a few months. The economist, speaking from Boston, reflected on the democratic value […]

UP’S NATIONAL HIGHWAY NETWORK JUMPS 34% IN A DECADE

NEW DELHI, 24 Jan 2026 : Uttar Pradesh has recorded a sharp expansion of its National Highway network over the last decade, growing by 34 percent and crossing the 10,700-km mark, official data shows. Sources in the Uttar Pradesh government said the milestone was reached on Uttar Pradesh Diwas, marked on January 24 every year. […]

PM MODI HANDS OVER 61,000 GOVT JOB LETTERS

NEW DELHI,24 Jan 2026 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi today handed over more than 61,000 appointment letters to newly recruited candidates across government departments at the 18th edition of the Rozgar Mela, underlining the Centre’s focus on employment generation and youth-led growth. Addressing the appointees, the Prime Minister said India is among the youngest nations […]

THAROOR RECOMMENDS CANADIAN PM’S CALL FOR SURVIVAL

NEW DELHI,24 Jan 2026 : Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday suggested that India should copy the Canadian Prime Minister’s call for survival in the current economic situation. He said: “In the frost-bitten landscape of Davos this week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a speech that was less diplomatic routine and more clarion call. […]

CONG SLAMS BJP GOVTS VINDICTIVE IN TRANSFERRING JUDGES

NEW DELHI,24 Jan 2026 : The Congress on Saturday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party for its governments punishing the judges by transfers or threats and said the latest example was transfer of Sambhal Chief Judicial Magistrate Vibhanshu Sudheer who was transferred from Agra only five months ago on September 18, 2025. His crime was that […]

BJP INSULTING ICONS, DISTORTING HISTORY, SAYS MAMATA BANERJEE

NEW DELHI,23 Jan 2026 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has accused the BJP and the central government of insulting the national icons like Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi, and BR Ambedkar. Speaking at an event on Netaji’s birth anniversary, she also accused those in power at the centre of trying to distort […]

SHASHI THAROOR SNUBS RAHUL BY ATTENDING HIS KERALA MEETING ONLY ONLINE

NEW DELHI,23 Jan 2026 : Congress MP Shashi Tharoor – amid reports he is ‘upset’ with Rahul Gandhi over a lack of ‘due respect’ – was expected to snub a meeting of the Congress’ senior leaders to review preparations for the election in Kerala later this year. However, sources close to Tharoor said the Congress […]

SEVEN TOP INDIAN HONCHOS TO ATTEND TRUMP’S RECEPTION AT DAVOS

NEW DELHI,21 Jan 2026 : The world’s political and business elite are gathering in the Swiss Alps this week amid deepening global uncertainty, and few appearances are being watched more closely than that of US President Donald Trump, who is set to return to the World Economic Forum for the first time in six years. […]

NO RAJYA SABHA INNING YET FOR NEW BJP PRESIDENT NITIN NABIN

NEW DELHI,21 Jan 2026 : Nitin Nabin took charge as the BJP’s new National President Tuesday morning – 24 hours ago – and is already at work. The first decisions included appointing the party’s in-charge and co-in-charge for the Kerala Assembly election later this year, as also some local body polls. And Wednesday morning he […]