Politics

Full text of 'Mann ki Baat': PM Modi praises ISRO's 104 satellite launch and more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosts his radio show Mann ki Baat to address the nation one Sunday of the month.

Feb 26, 2017

Kuala Lumpur airport declared free from toxic chemicals after Kim Jong-nam assassination

Kuala Lumpur international airport has been declared free of toxic chemicals. Malaysian authorities searched through a terminal area after it was revealed Kim Jong-nam had been murdered with the toxic nerve agent VX. The estranged brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un died last week after a liquid was splashed in his face by two women at the airport. The UN classes the nerve agent VX as a weapon of mass destruction. A single drop of the liquid can kill within minutes.

Feb 26, 2017

Donald Trump says he won't attend White House correspondents' dinner

Former President Ronald Reagan was the last one to have missed the dinner in 1981, because he was recovering from a gunshot wound he sustained from an assassination attempt.

Feb 26, 2017

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir makes landmark visit to Iraq

Saudi Arabias Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has made a landmark visit to Iraq becoming the first foreign minister to visit the country in 27 years. Adel al-Jubeir met Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to confirm the kingdom’s support in the fight against Isis.

Feb 26, 2017

'Mann Ki Baat': PM Narendra Modi congratulates Indian team for winning Blind T20 Cricket World Cup against Pakistan

PM Modi also congratulated the women players for winning silver at the Asian Rugby Sevens Trophy while adding that the women of India are as capable as the men of this country.

Feb 26, 2017

Assembly Elections 2017: EC warns parties against making speeches in UP laced with religious, casteist overtones

Top leaders of various parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, were found making remarks with divisive tones at speeches in UP, which is in the middle of a crucial election.

Feb 26, 2017

Post BMC elections 2017: If BJP can join PDP in J&K, why can't there be a Shiv Sena-Congress alliance in Mumbai? | OPINION

Politics, afterall, is about opportunities to bag power. If the Congress can keep a more powerful BJP at bay and staying relevant by backing the Shiv Sena, then so be it.

Feb 26, 2017

Kansas shooting raises fears with local Indian-Americans

The suspected gunman, U.S. Navy veteran Adam Purinton, 51, has been charged with the premeditated murder of Srinivas Kuchibhotla.

Feb 26, 2017

Francois Hollande calls Trump out on Paris comment

During a speech at the annual Conservative Political Action Committee US President Trump said Paris is no longer Paris because of immigration. French President Francois Hollande reacted by pointing out the much lower rates of gun crime in France compared to the US.

Feb 25, 2017

Trump said immigration is damaging Paris during CPAC 2017 speech

US President Donald Trump has used Sweden, Germany and the city of Paris as examples for the negative effects of unchecked immigration. Speaking in front of a crowd at the annual Conservative Political Action Committee in National Harbor, Maryland, Trump spoke of his friend Jim who would no longer visit Paris, saying Paris is no longer Paris. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault tweeted as a reaction to Trumps comment: 3.5 million American tourists visited France in 2016, they are always welcome.

Feb 25, 2017

#OscarsSoWhite? Here are the 6 black actors nominated for 2017 Oscars

For the past two years the Academy Awards ceremony was criticised for the lack of black actors nominated for an Oscar. It is unclear if #OscarsSoWhite had an effect on the selection of the nominees but this year a record six black actors were nominated for an 2017 award: Denzel Washington, Ruth Negga, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Mahershala Ali and Naomie Harris.

Feb 25, 2017

BMC Elections 2017: Shiv Sena denies approaching Congress for alliance

Gurudas Kamat, Congress MP from Mumbai's North East constituency, had said that Shiv Sena approached Congress for an alliance in Mumbai, but the latter did not show any interest.

Feb 25, 2017

PM Modi in Manipur: 10 things Narendra Modi said at the election rally in Imphal

Narendra Modi tore into the Congress rule in the state, and promised better governance and development in Manipur.

Feb 25, 2017

Akhilesh Yadav says everyone cheated in school, exposing the rot within UP

Akhilesh was trying to rebuff Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks on rampant cheating in examinations and the activities of the "copying mafia" in UP.

Feb 25, 2017

Jayalalithaa niece Deepa Jayakumar announces new party: How will it affect the politics of Tamil Nadu?

Deepa floated the party MGR Amma Deepa Peravai, and will contest elections from the RK Nagar constituency.

Feb 25, 2017