People across the country celebrated Christmas eve with mass mid-night prayers taking place in different states. The churches were lit up and people even burst firecrackers in Madhya Pradesh to celebrate the winter festival.
Chhattisgarh Deputy Chief Minister Arun Sao slammed the Congress party and said that while opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the grand old party and other opposition parties are not shying away from opposing the country as well.
Reacting to the remarks made by DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran that Hindi speakers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar come to Tamil Nadu to do jobs like construction work and cleaning of toilets, Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi on Sunday said that it is people like Dayanidhi Maran that are spreading filth
Congress leader Girish Chodankar questioned the silence of Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Income Tax raids against a member of the Town and Country Planning Board along with an IAS officer posted in Goa.
With the Lok Sabha polls barely a few months from now, the Congress needs to count its pieces, identify and fix what went wrong, and take on the Modi juggernaut with new-found energy.
Amid the recent terrorist attacks in the Poonch-Rajouri sector, India Army chief General Manoj Pandey is likely to visit Jammu to review the situation there and discuss further strengthening the counter-terrorism grid there on Monday, defence sources said.
The World Health Organization has urged the countries in the Southeast Asia Region to strengthen surveillance and asked people to take protective measures in view of rising cases of respiratory diseases including influenza and Covid sub-variant JN.1.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched various public welfare schemes and ensured that these schemes reached each and every person in the country.
Ahead of India's two-game Test series against the Proteas, bowling all-rounder Shardul Thakur said playing the longest format cricket in South Africa is always difficult.
The President further said that women empowerment and equal participation of women in the workforce contribute significantly to social and economic progress.
Advocating the necessity to counter cross-border terrorism, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar emphasized that India has grappled with this issue since its independence, taking a pointed jab at Pakistan.