JD-U leaders came down heavily on the Begusarai MP for his snide remarks.
Recent photographs of Barack Obama, in which the United States President looks visibly thinner, has sparked concerns about his health.The photographs were taken as Obama left a gym in Fort McNair, Washington. The US President's slimmer figure was due to 'rigorous workouts and high-stress basketball games', according to the Drudge Report website. The website published the photographs with the caption 'Barack 'N Bones'.
In an apparent bid to strengthen ties both with India and Pakistan, and create new opportunities for the country's defence firms, the United States is considerably increasing arms sales to the two nuclear powered South Asian nations, a report in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) said.
'If the virulence of COVID-19 has muted the toxicity of the BJP's communalism, it will be an example of good coming out of the pandemic,' notes Amulya Ganguli.
Amidst exchange of barbs, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday struck a conciliatory note saying he wants to establish good relations with India.
Amongst the many characters in the Mahabharata, the impetuous Ashwathama comes across as a warrior lacking maturity and forethought.
'He deliberately encouraged my rivals to diminish my influence in the party.'
Beyond the barbed wire and watchtowers, though, lies a story that casts more than a little doubt on whether this dream will ever be realised. Praveen Swami reports.
Unfazed by the protests against the Act, Shah challenged protesters to oppose the legislation as much as they can. He also asked students who are opposing the legislation to read it properly and understand its meaning.
Continuing his tirade against Raghuram Rajan, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Friday said RBI Governor's policies have finished small industries and are anti-agriculture.
A two-member fact finding committee set up by the CBSE following the murder of seven-year-old Pradyuman Thakur last week said it appeared from the sequence of events that Ryan's International was guilty of gross negligence.
Two Pakistani intruders were shot dead by the Border Security Force troops at a village near the border in Punjab and fake Indian currency with a face value of Rs 65 lakh was seized, officials said on Friday.
He also hit out at the Congress saying governments in the past 70 years kept quiet on blackmoney because they were worried about losing power.
Gandhi questioned why it was keeping the posts of RTI commissioner, Lokpal and chief vigilance commissioner vacant.
An entirely new lexicon of political jibes emerged during the elections
Throwing security machinery into a tizzy, militants, taking advantage of dense fog, cut the barbed-wire fence along the India-Pakistan border for the first time in a bid to carry out infiltration. The incident has prompted the authorities to sound a high alert to thwart any infiltration attempt. Under the cover of thick fog, the militants had cut nine wires on the Pakistani side and ten wires on the Indian side, thereby creating a gap to facilitate infiltration.
Many are also stating that there were some clues and lapses, which could have avoided this entire incident from becoming a debacle.
Rangoli Chandel is in the news again. This time, for spreading communal hate through her Twitter posts.
Modi made a veiled attack on the corruption during United Progressive Alliance regime and a barb at the Congress president's son-in-law Robert Vadra.
Subtle and sharp, sarcastic and self-deprecating. And sometimes just downright rude. There are wife jokes, husband jokes, boss barbs, Modi jibes, weight gain worries and the inevitable China insults. Humour in all forms is the panacea it seems for people around the world who are united in their need to laugh or at least crack a smile in these troubled times.
When the temple issue predominated BJP's discourse, its victory margins have been narrow.
The AIMIM chief also said Adityanath was speaking the language of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that of the Bharatiya Janata Party and he was ignorant about history.
'Salmanbhai would be really worried if his fans and the people who pay money to watch his film were not happy.'
Curfew-like restrictions were imposed in large parts of Srinagar on Saturday to foil Mirwaiz Umar Farooq's rally to commemorate his father's death anniversary.
Joshi said the Congress is 'led by an infiltrator' and is targeting Modi who hails from a humble family and is a popular leader.
To lure the automaker, West Bengal seized small farms to give Tata nearly 1,000 acres -- and so far it has rejected compromise proposals.
'Kejriwal has given not only Modi and Shah some food for thought, but also to jaded Opposition leaders who must now wonder whether taking on the BJP's majoritarianism by the horns, as they have been doing so far, is the appropriate strategy in such extraordinary times,' notes M K Bhadrakumar.
Rahul Gandhi has also slammed Hegde, saying he is 'unfit' to be a Union minister.
A single armed sentry post and a strand of barbed wire atop the boundary walls are all that hint at an ultra high-security installation -- the Directorate General of Naval Design -- that has fathered battleships like the INS Mumbai, which turned heads across the globe when it sailed into war-torn Beirut in 2006 to evacuate hundreds of Indians stranded by Israel's attack on Lebanon.
Modi has repeatedly attacked Siddaramaiah over alleged corruption, calling his government "seedha rupaiya sarkar" (government that takes bribe for every work) and "10 per cent commission government."
The exact number of terrorists is not known but as per initial calls received at PCR Jammu four to five terrorists were involved.
The BJP MP also said that MP said that he will seek breach of privilege proceedings against Ghulam Nabi Azad for "falsely" saying that the UPA had blacklisted Finmeccanica, the manufacturer of AgustaWestland choppers.
17 MLAs of the TDP were suspended from the assembly for disrupting CM Jagan Mohan Reddy's address on the Andhra Pradesh Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions Bill, 2020.
With the Gujjar stir for ST status showing no sign of abating, the Army erected barbed wire fencings on village roads leading to the agitation hotbed here as the security top brass met to find fresh ways to break the fortnight-long deadlock.
Trump's verbal barbs directed at Alicia Machado, who won the Miss Universe title in 1996, started after the first presidential debate Monday when Hillary Clinton mentioned her and claimed that Trump used to call her "Miss Piggy" and "Miss Housekeeping."
A family of 12 people, including five children and an old lady, crossed over the LoC in the wee hours of Friday in Tanghdar area in Karnah sector of north Kashmir. The 12 people, which included an eight-month-old toddler, reached the police post, located 10 km away from the LoC, and presented themselves, sources in the state home department said.
The families of two Pakistani boys, who were detained after straying across the Barmer border into India a week ago, Tuesday urged the governments of the two countries to take steps for their early release. Azhar Ansari, 17, and his cousin Zohaib, 10, apparently dug below the barbed wire fence on the Indo-Pak border to slip into the Indian side on Saturday, Barmer police said. They were apprehended by a Border Security Force patrol party.
While the Congress will contest the Jammu and Udhampur Lok Sabha seats, National Conference will fight from Srinagar.
The government has also told the state governments that "special care" should be taken of Jammu and Kashmir residents and students residing in their state.
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