- India
India or Bharat: SC gave citizens the name-choice in 2016
New Delhi: The citizens are free to call the country India or Bharat as per their wishes, the Supreme Court had said in 2016 while dismissing a PIL which sought a direction that India be called ‘Bharat’…
- India
‘Change in name of India will require several Constitutional amendments’
New Delhi: ‘India, that is Bharat’ written in Article 1 of the Constitution is only descriptive and the two cannot be used interchangeably, constitutional expert P D T Achary said on Tuesday and…
- Hyderabad
‘Practice what you preach’: BJP reacts to Kavitha’s letter for women’s quota bill
Hyderabad: Telangana BJP President Kishan Reddy on Tuesday said the ruling BRS can raise the issue of 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and assemblies after giving adequate representation to…
- Politics
AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel demands all-party meeting to resolve Maratha quota issue
Aurangabad: AIMIM MP Imtiaz Jaleel has demanded that the Maharashtra government convene an all-party meeting in Mumbai to find solution to the Maratha quota issue amid protests. “If the government fails to…
- India
Udhayanidhi Stalin’s ‘Sanatan’ remark is ‘hate speech’: Eminent citizens to CJI
New Delhi: Over 260 eminent citizens, including former judges and bureaucrats, have written to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud urging him to take cognisance of DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin’s eradicate “Sanatan…
- India
Gyanvapi management opposes ASI plea for more time to complete mosque survey
Varanasi: The Gyanvapi mosque management committee has objected to the Archeological Survey of India (ASI) seeking eight more weeks to complete the survey of the complex. The Varanasi district court had on July…
- Photos
In pics: Amit Shah in Jabalpur
Jabalpur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah being welcomed upon his arrival in Jabalpur, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023. Amit Shah will launch BJPs’ ‘Jan Ashirwad Yatra’ at Mandla and Sheopur on Tuesday. Madhya…
- India
‘India’ has incalculable brand value, hope govt won’t dispense with it: Tharoor
New Delhi: With a G20 dinner invite in the name of ‘President of Bharat’ going viral, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Tuesday said while there is no constitutional objection to calling India ‘Bharat’,…
- Photos
Volvo’s C40 Recharge car launch
Mumbai: Volvo Car India Managing Director Jyoti Malhotra poses for photographs during the launch of Volvo’s C40 Recharge car, in Mumbai, Monday, Sept. 4, 2023. (PTI Photo/Kunal Patil) Mumbai: Models pose for…
- India
BJP likens Udhayanidhi Stalin’s remarks to Hitler’s characterisation of Jews
New Delhi: Keeping the heat on the opposition over Udhayanidhi Stalin’s Sanatan Dharma remark, the BJP on Tuesday likened the DMK leader’s controversial comments to Hitler’s characterisation of Jews “Uday Stalin’s meditated…
- Photos
Scrap metal sculpture at NDMC Park
New Delhi: A sculpture of USA’s national mammal American bison made from scrap metal, installed in preparations for the G20 Summit, at G20 Park, Chanakyapuri, in New Delhi, Monday, Sept 4, 2023.…
- Sports
KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan find place in India’s 15-man World Cup squad
Pallekele: Wicketkeeper batter KL Rahul, whose fitness is under the scanner, was on Tuesday named in India’s 15-member World Cup squad as the selectors drafted in seven batters and four all-rounders for…
- Photos
President Murmu inaugurates Gandhi Vatika
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu with Delhi Lt. Governor VK Saxena and Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti Vice Chairman Vijay Goel after unveiling a statue of Mahatma Gandhi near Rajghat ahead of…
- India
Will BJP rename Bharat if INDIA bloc rechristens itself ‘BHARAT’: Arvind Kejriwal
New Delhi: Amid a controversy over G20 dinner invites purportedly sent on behalf of the ‘President of Bharat’, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday asked a “flustered” BJP whether it would…
- India
Kerala CM opposes ‘one nation, one election’
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday criticised the BJP-led Union government’s “one nation, one election” idea alleging that such a move was meant to give supremacy to the Centre. He…
