Category: NEW DELHI

• NEW DELHI

Sunita Kejriwal, the wife of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, will join the INDIA bloc rally at Ramlila Maidan and read the message sent by the CM from Enforcement Directorate’s (ED’s) custody, said AAP on Sunday.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released a fresh advertisement, mocking and deriding the INDIA bloc for their "incompetency and inefficiency" despite being a rainbow alliance of multiple parties.

Rattled by the notices from the Income Tax (I-T) Department, the Congress has raised hue and cry over the freezing of its bank accounts and accused the BJP-led government of targeting its coffers ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

Asserting that it is promptly responding to complaints from its nationals who were lured with job opportunities in Cambodia, India said on Saturday that it has so far rescued and repatriated about 250 Indians.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday paid fitting tributes to the recipients of Bharat Ratna and said that their contributions towards India's progress and development will forever be cherished.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been appointed the convenor of the committee while Union Commerce & Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has been made the co-convenor.

Russian Ambassador to India, Denis Alipov, said on Saturday that his country is committed to fighting terrorism together with India and other nations, as he highlighted the strong statement of support from Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Special Cell of Delhi Police on Saturday filed its first charge sheet running into over 9,000 pages against NewsClick Founder and Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act over allegations that the news portal took money to spread pro-China propaganda.

In a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Saturday, President Droupadi Murmu honoured four great personalities of India -- former Chief Minister of Bihar Jan Nayak Karpoori Thakur, former Prime Ministers of the country P. V. Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh and the country's famous agricultural scientist credited for Green Revolution, M. S. Swaminathan.

Microsoft Co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on Saturday said that technologies like digital public infrastructure (DPI) that are created in India can be transformative for the world.

Days after the arrest of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday summoned Delhi Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot for questioning in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam.

Lal Krishna Advani, popularly known as LK Advani, is widely known as one of the tallest leaders of the BJP who scripted the party’s rise from oblivion to prominence. It was after his Rath Yatra in the 1990s that the BJP was catapulted into national politics.

Sridhar Vembu, Founder and CEO of cloud software provider Zoho, on Saturday said that India is now recognised as a legitimate rising power under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the country is no more treated as a "charity case to be pushed around".

Delhi Police is likely to submit a charge sheet, running to over 9,000 pages, in the NewsClick case in a court here on Saturday, accusing its founder and Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha of accepting foreign funds to destabilise the country, sources said.

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Anurag Thakur on Friday explained in great detail about India’s giant strides on economic, infrastructure and technological fronts while making an elaborate presentation on the swift changes during ten years of Modi government.

Addressing the Viksit Bharat Ambassador meet-up program in Lucknow, the I&B Minister said that the three mantras of the Modi government – ‘Reform, perform and Transform’ did a great deal in bringing this transformation, with a focus on extending benefits to even the last man standing.

In an open and wide-ranging conversation with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Friday, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar discussed the Kyiv's ongoing conflict with Russia and exchanged views on various initiatives.

The Government e-Marketplace (GeM) has closed the 2023-24 financial year with a Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) of a staggering Rs 4 lakh crore which is double that of the corresponding figure for the previous fiscal year (2022-23), the Commerce and Industry Ministry said on Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a candid conversation with Microsoft Co-founder Bill Gates, not only discussed AI, climate change, healthcare and digital inclusion but also gave him some useful tips about how to remain healthy while finding inner peace in hectic times.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India is making rapid advancements in the renewable energy sector, like solar, wind energy and green hydrogen, thus building 'Green GDP' which the world economies should embrace to tackle the burning issue of climate change together.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said artificial intelligence (AI) presents a huge opportunity but there is a significant risk of misuse, especially deepfakes, if such a powerful technology is placed in unskilled hands.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) in certain districts of Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh for another six months with effect from April 1, officials said on Thursday.

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday that China's repetitive claims on Arunachal Pradesh will not change India's position, and the northeastern state will remain an integral and inalienable part of India.

Reacting to an open letter to the Chief Justice of India, D.Y. Chandrachud, which was signed by over 600 advocates on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that to "browbeat and bully others is the vintage culture of the Congress".

Calling the US State Department's remarks on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal "unwarranted", India on Thursday said that any such external imputation on the electoral and legal process is completely unacceptable.