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New Parliament Building: Opposition's boycott call unfair, says Mayawati
She said she will not be attending the inauguration on May 28 due to some other commitments, even though she has received an invitation
'Blatant disregard for democratic ethos': NDA slams Opposition parties for boycotting new Parliament's inauguration
As many as 19 Opposition parties including Congress and AAP claim that unveiling of the new building by PM Modi is an insult to president Droupadi Murmu
Row over new Parliament: Who inaugurated Sansad buildings in the past?
The inauguration of the new Parliament building on 28 May by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has stirred a huge row between the Opposition and the BJP. Congress and others argue that it should be the President and not the PM who should be at the opening event. But what has been the norm in the past?
Parkash Singh Badal death: Govt announces two-day state mourning on 26, 27 April
"The Government of India has decided that there will be state mourning for two days on 26 and 27 April throughout the country, following the demise of former Punjab CM and Shiromani Akali Dal patron Parkash Singh Badal," MHA said in a statement
'Inspired every Indian': PM Modi on Prez Murmu taking sortie on Su-30 fighter jet
On Saturday, President Murmu took a sortie on the Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jet at Assam's Tezpur Air Force Station
WATCH: Indian President Droupadi Murmu takes sortie on Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter aircraft
Developed by Russia's Sukhoi and built under licence by India's aerospace giant Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, the aircraft twin-seater multirole fighter jet developed
Israel Knesset Speaker begins India visit, signs MoU on exchange of info agreement between Israel & India parliament
The trip marks the first-ever visit of a Knesset Speaker to India. Speaker Ohana is also expected to meet Minister of External Affairs Dr S Jaishankar
President Droupadi Murmu on two-day tour of West Bengal from Monday, to visit Shantiniketan
The president will visit Netaji Bhawan in Kolkata to pay homage to Subhash Chandra Bose on Monday
Complete sensitivity towards dignity and safety of women in news, advertisements expected: President Murmu
In a video message while flagging off an All Women Bike Rally, the President said that according to the Constitution, it is the duty of every citizen of India to give up such practices which are against the dignity of women
International Women's Day: Being a woman in Narendra Modi's New India
India under Prime Minister Modi has fully endorsed the United Nations in its "Think equal, build smart, innovate for change', motto, with regard to women's empowerment
Two army officers to be Governor, LG of 'sensitive' Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh
While Lt Gen KT Parnaik (retd) has been appointed as the governor of Arunachal Pradesh, Brig. BD Mishra, who is presently serving as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh, has been shifted to Ladakh as the Lieutenant Governor
Can IPEF help India reach its target of $5 trillion economy by 2025?
For all IPEF partners, the pandemic experience has revealed an acute urgency for redesigning global supply chains — origins, structures, flows — to fight against the twin evils of monopolies as well as protectionism
Global Investors Summit to bring investments more than double UP's GDP, says CM Yogi
The Uttar Pradesh Global Investors Summit 2023 is set to take place from February 10 to February 12. The event will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while President Droupadi Murmu will likely be the prominent guest during the closing ceremony
Nirmala Sitharaman gives us ‘the first Budget of Amrit Kaal’: What does the term mean?
It is one of the buzzwords of the Union Budget 2023-2024. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman mentioned it more than once in her 87-minute speech, as she spoke about a ‘futuristic Amrit Kaal’. The Vedic-era term was first used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his 75th Independence Day speech
Budget 2023: 'India's budget will be ray of hope for world,' says PM Modi
The prime minister said the Budget, to be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday, will strive to fulfil people's hopes, aspirations and also boost the hopes with which the world is looking at India
Cheetahs, Morocco, and more: Some good news from 2022
It wasn’t the best year but there was some reason to cheer for India and the world. In the 75th year of Independence, India reintroduced the cheetah and got its first woman tribal president. The historic lawn bowls win at CWG and Morocco’s meteoric rise at the FIFA World Cup brought smiles
From Droupadi Murmu to Mahsa Amini: Those who grabbed headlines in 2022
They all scripted history in their own way. A tribal woman president, a 22-year-old whose death led to unprecedented protests in Iran, ‘the Messiah’ who brought joy to many at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. We take a look at the newsmakers of the year
A tribal president, indigenous aircraft carrier, and more: How India took some giant leaps in 2022
India scripted history in July when Droupadi Murmu was elected as the country’s first president from the tribal community. The year also saw the country bolster its defence sector with the first India-made aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant. And there was for women to cheer for with abortion laws amended
Jokes Apart | Why India will never win the football World Cup (yet we love to lament about it)
Maybe we just don’t want to get better at football, and this might have nothing to do with our natural talents but with our sense of exceptionalism
Why Congress did not support tribal woman in presidential election, asks PM Modi
PM Modi was speaking at an election rally in the tribal-dominated Dahod town of central Gujarat for BJP candidates in the region