‘Ready to face death’: Pappu Yadav defiant after FIR over Ram Temple donation ‘theft’ skit | India News

Independent MP Rajesh Ranjan and other Opposition MPs protested in Parliament over the issue of alleged Ayodhya Ram Mandir donations embezzlement on Friday. (ANI Photo/Rahul Singh) NEW DELHI: Independent MP Pappu Yadav on Sunday remained defiant after Varanasi Police registered a case against him, leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi…

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‘Mekedatu project is permanent solution’: Karnataka CM DK Shivakumar on Cauvery water dispute with Tamil Nadu | India News

Karnataka CM DK Shivakumar (centre) and former CMs Siddaramaiah (left) and BS Yeddiyurappa NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar on Sunday described the Mekedatu dam project, proposed by the state government on the Cauvery river, as a “permanent solution” to the long-standing dispute between Karnataka and neighbouring Tamil Nadu over the sharing of Cauvery…

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‘Drugs take families, careers to new low’: PM Modi launches ‘Nasha Mukt Yuva’ campaign – top quotes | India News

PM Modi virtually launches ‘Nasha Mukt Yuva’ campaign (File photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the ‘Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan’, calling on the country’s youth to stay physically and mentally fit and remain away from drug abuse. He said achieving the goal of a developed India requires…

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‘Dismantle terror infrastructure first’: India’s US envoy hits out at Pakistan over Indus Waters Treaty | India News

India’s envoy to the US, Vinay Mohan Kwatra said Pakistan had eroded the foundation of the Indus Waters Treaty over the past five decades. He added that Islamabad had “dismantled” the goodwill and friendship that underpinned the 1960 agreement, and that New Delhi’s decision to keep the treaty in abeyance merely acknowledged that reality.As reported…

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Monsoon hope as WMO sees an El Niño counter | India News

NEW DELHI: The risk of overall monsoon rainfall being ‘below normal’ continues to loom over India due to a strengthening El Niño, but World Meteorological Organisation’s (WMO) latest monthly global seasonal climate update, released late Friday night, offered a ray of hope. It predicted the possibility of a “positive” Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), which could…

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