New Delhi: Foreign minister S Jaishankar today found a Ramayana reference to his job -- and an epic diplomat. In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with NDTV Editor-in-Chief Sanjay Pugalia, Mr Jaishankar spoke of finding examples in the Indian context for things instead of borrowing from the west.In this context, he said even his job was featured in the great epic Ramayan."Hanuman was big diplomat....
Amartya Sen's lawyer contended that the eviction order was passed in an arbitrary manner (File)Suri, West Bengal: A court in West Bengal's Birbhum district on Wednesday set aside an order of eviction issued by Visva-Bharati on Nobel laureate Amartya Sen from a plot of land in Santiniketan.The court of Birbhum district judge Sudeshna De (Chatterjee) held that Amartya Sen, who had appealed against the order...
Rahul Gandhi expressed gratitude to the people of West BengalMalda, West Bengal: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asserted that a countrywide caste census would be conducted if the party comes to power at the Centre in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.While addressing a rally as part of 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' in West Bengal's Malda district, Rahul Gandhi accused the RSS and the BJP of...
Foreign Minister S Jaishankar says staying fit is key to surviving a busy scheduleNew Delhi: An old viral post by Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's extremely tight work schedule, from his official visits abroad to how many hours he sleeps and meetings he attends in how much time, has now been explained with more details by the Foreign Minister in an interview to...
Chandigarh Mayoral poll "an example of murder of democracy", said Bhagwant Mann. (File)Chandigarh: A day after the high drama witnessed in the Chandigarh Mayoral poll results, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress will move to the Supreme Court.He also called the Chandigarh Mayoral poll "an example of murder of democracy.""Whatever happened...
RBI has stopped the Paytm Payments Bank from offering some services to customers.New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India has taken action against Paytm Payments Bank after it directed the bank to not onboard new customers over supervisory concerns. In 2022, the RBI directed the bank to appoint an Income Tax audit firm to conduct a comprehensive System Audit of its IT system over non-compliance concerns.The...
Mamata Banerjee is in north Bengal, at the time as Rahul Gandhi's yatra passes throughMalda (West Bengal): In remarks that indicated that the INDIA bloc's troubles in Bengal are far from over, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today said the Congress must part ways with the CPM if they want any tie-up with her party.The Bengal Chief Minister also said that the Congress had rejected the Trinamool's...
Nitish Kumar said he left INDIA alliance and came back to who he was with initially.Patna (Bihar): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday said that now he will stay in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) forever and will continue to work for the people of his state.The Janata Dal (United) supremo's remarks came days after he dumped the Mahagathbandhan (grand alliance) and the INDIA bloc to form...
Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar has received a notice from his residents welfar association.New Delhi: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar and his daughter Suranya Aiyar have received a notice to vacate their home in Delhi's Jangpura over a social media post condemning the Ayodhya Ram Temple consecration ceremony on January 22. The notice, sent by the Resident's Welfare Association (RWA) urges them to...
Ranchi: An Enforcement Directorate team reached Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's Ranchi home this morning, to question him in connection with a money laundering scam, over 48 hours after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader went "missing" from his Delhi residence and "resurfaced" in his state.Visuals from outside his home showed a large convoy of vehicles, some with security personnel inside, driving...