New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met shuttler P.V. Sindhu at his residence and congratulated her for winning gold at the BWF World Championships, yesterday. The PM met Sindhu in the presence of Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and Sindhu’s coach Pulela Gopichand. In a tweet, PM. Modi said, “India’s pride, a champion who has…
Feroz Shah Kotla is now Arun Jaitley Stadium
August 28, 2019The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) yesterday decided to rechristen the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium as Arun Jaitley Stadium in the memory of its former President who passed away on Aug.24. The renaming will take place on Sept.12 at a function where a stand at the Stadium will be named after India captain Virat…
Jaitley’s final journey
August 25, 2019To be cremated on Yamuna River banks New Delhi: Former Finance Minister and BJP veteran Arun Jaitley (66), who died yesterday, will be cremated with State honours this afternoon on the banks of Yamuna River. His body was kept at the BJP headquarters where party workers and leaders paid their last respects before cavalcade carrying…
Arun Jaitley passes away
August 24, 2019New Delhi: The month of August seems unlucky for BJP as it has lost two stalwarts within a span of three weeks. First it was former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Aug.6) and now it is Arun Jaitley who passed away this noon. The party lost its tallest and most loved leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee…
I have apprised PM Modi on flood damages in the State: CM
August 16, 2019New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa has said that he has apprised Prime Minister Narendra Modi in detail about the havoc caused by floods in the State. Speaking to press persons at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi this morning, Yediyurappa said that he spoke to Modi for over 40 minutes at the latter’s residence…
World condoles Sushma Swaraj’s death
August 7, 2019Calls her fierce leader, great orator New Delhi: Illustrious BJP leader, one of the most prolific politicians of India and former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (67), breathed her last after a cardiac arrest yesterday night. Sushma’s sudden demise triggered a wave of shock and grief with leaders cutting across political spectrum paying glowing tributes…
When Sushma threatened to shave off her head
August 7, 2019New Delhi: In a highly emotional moment, former External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had once vowed to live her entire life like a Hindu widow if UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi became India’s Prime Minister. When the Congress won the 2004 Lok Sabha elections, the grand old party backed Sonia Gandhi for the Prime Ministerial post,…
Former External Affairs Minister and BJP Stalwart Sushma Swaraj passes away
August 7, 2019New Delhi: Former External Affairs Minister and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj passed away on Tuesday night, AIIMS sources said. She was 67. The senior BJP leader was brought to AIIMS around 9:30pm and was straight away taken to the emergency ward. AIIMS doctors said she died of a cardiac arrest. “A glorious chapter in…
State Cabinet Expansion: CM Yediyurappa in Delhi
August 6, 2019To discuss on Cabinet expansion with party’s top brass; pays courtesy visit to Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu New Delhi: With the BJP central leadership busy in analysing the situation after tabling the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill-2019 in Lok Sabha this morning, a day after it was passed in Rajya Sabha, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, after…
Article 370 to be REVOKED
August 5, 2019* Union Territory of Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir to be created, announces Amit Shah * Army and Air Force put on high alert Kashmiri politicians under house arrest New Delhi: The Narendra Modi Government has finally dropped the big Kashmir bomb this morning with Home Minister Amit Shah moving to revoke two key Constitutional provisions…
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