Will clean Yamuna with honest policy, intention: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta

IANS | August 16, 2025 6:45 PM

New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Vowing to clean the Yamuna river with honest policy and intention, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday greeted people on the occasion of Janmashtami and urged them to follow the teachings of Lord Krishna on compassion toward animals and protection of environment.

BJP’s Rahul-Jinnah analogy over NCERT module blaming Congress for Partition

IANS | August 16, 2025 4:33 PM

New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Amid the brewing controversy over National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT)’s new module blaming three entities for 1947 Partition – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Viceroy Lord Mountbatten and the Congress party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday upped the ante on the grand old party and accused it of facilitating division of the country, on basis of religion.

Will meet Trump on Aug 18: Ukraine Prez Zelensky reaffirms will to work to achieve peace

IANS | August 16, 2025 1:48 PM

New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday reaffirmed that Ukraine remains committed to working with maximum effort to achieve peace. He also announced that he will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, on Monday (August 18) to discuss in detail the prospects of ending the war and the ongoing violence.