TRS to back Maya as first dalit PM: Rao
With less than a week left for the trust vote in Parliament, the TRS declared that it will be the first party to back Mayawati for the Prime Minister's post.
By HT Correspondent | PTI, Hyderabad
UPDATED ON JUL 16, 2008 08:56 PM IST
With less than a week left for the trust vote in Parliament, the TRS on Wednesday declared that it will be the first party to back Mayawati for Prime Ministership.
"If and when the situation comes, we will be the first party to present Mayawati's name for the post of dalit woman Prime Minister. Any progressive party will be happy to support her," TRS chief K Chandrasekhar Rao told NDTV.
Rao is slated to meet Mayawati in Delhi on Saturday ahead of the July 22 confidence vote in the Lok Sabha.
We were a preeminent economy, now we are a laughing stock: Rahul Gandhi targets
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 02:39 PM IST
- We were a preeminent economy, now we are a laughing stock: Rahul Gandhi targets govt over farm laws
Government writes to WhatsApp, asks it to withdraw new privacy policy
By Deeksha Bhardwaj
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 02:23 PM IST
It has also issued a detailed questionnaire to WhatsApp seeking more details about its data-sharing protocols and business practices
'Tragedy unfolding today in country': Rahul Gandhi on protest over farm laws
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Shivani
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 02:34 PM IST
"There is a tragedy unfolding today in the country, govt wants to ignore the issue and misinform the country," Rahul Gandhi said while addressing a conference after the release.
Supreme Court shouldn’t stay but scrap farm laws: Congress’s DK Shivkumar
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Kanishka Sarkar
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 02:04 PM IST
DK Shivakumar said that the Congress party will hold a big protest on Wednesday backing the farmers protesting against legislations enacted in September.
India debuts largest nuclear reactor with more planned
Bloomberg
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 02:01 PM IST
India is counting on its nuclear program to help meet its Paris climate commitments to reduce the emissions intensity.
Maharashtra mulls police action against Arnab in leaked chats case: State home minister
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 01:59 PM IST
A delegation led by Maharashtra Congress general secretary Sachin Sawant met Deshmukh and demanded action in the leaked chats case. The delegation said the state government has every right to initiate action
Subhas Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary to be celebrated as Parakram Diwas
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 01:43 PM IST
In a gazette notification, the ministry stated that decision was taken to “honour and remember Netaji’s indomitable spirit and selfless service to the nation”
Maharashtra resumes Covid-19 vaccination drive after delay over CoWin
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 01:43 PM IST
The state intends to inoculate 28,500 people in a day through sessions at 285 centres across the state
Fresh case filed in Greater Noida against makers of web series ‘Tandav’
By Shafaque Alam
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 01:11 PM IST
A BSP member filed the case for showing the UP Police in a bad light and hurting religious sentiments and social beliefs
News updates from HT: Rahul Gandhi targets PM over Chinese village in Arunachal
By hindustantimes.com, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 01:00 PM IST
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Climate change may change rainfall patterns in south India: Study
PTI
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 12:59 PM IST
The study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, examined computer simulations from 27 state-of-the-art climate models, and measured the tropical rain belt's response to a future scenario in which greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise through the end of the current century.
Why is Congress misleading farmers, surrendering to China: Nadda to Rahul
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 01:47 PM IST
The BJP has also targeted the Congress for accepting donations for the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) from the Chinese government
Rahul Gandhi to release booklet to highlight pitfalls of farm laws today
ANI, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON JAN 19, 2021 12:53 PM IST
Congress has been continuously demanding a repeal of the three laws and has also called a nationwide protest and a "Raj Bhavan Gherao" in all the states.
Nearly 10 days after accident, minister Shripad Naik briefly brought out of ward
By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 02:26 PM IST
Naik, 68, was on his way from Yellapur to Gokarna in Karnataka on January 11 when the accident took place. The minister's wife Vijaya and personal assistant were killed in the accident.
China’s PLA may ramp up military activity in Ladakh in 2 months
UPDATED ON JAN 19, 2021 01:33 PM IST
- India does hope that the incoming Biden administration will stand by its commitments on China, South China Sea, Taiwan or Indo-Pacific at large but New Delhi is not dependent on the US for handling the PLA on land frontiers