After foreign visits, PM Modi briefs President Murmu - a protocol Rajiv Gandhi refused with Zail Singh

IANS | September 7, 2025 5:10 PM

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) In the grand corridors of power in Delhi, the relationship between the President of India and the Prime Minister has often been symbolic — one ceremonial, the other executive. But the symbolism carries weight, respect, and tradition. How that tradition is upheld — or ignored — tells a deeper story of political culture, constitutional respect, and the character of leadership.

FairPoint: NC's emblem 'activism' can again take Kashmir to the edge

Deepika Bhan | September 7, 2025 4:13 PM

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The barbaric stone attack on India's national emblem in Kashmir's revered dargah has shocked the nation. Does the national emblem have a religion? Perhaps this question, never seriously contemplated in all the decades since India became a Republic, has now surfaced as a disturbing reality in the 79th year of Independence.

PM Modi sits in last row among BJP MPs during party workshop

IANS | September 7, 2025 2:19 PM

New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday attended the BJP workshops at the GMC Balayogi Auditorium in the Parliament complex, choosing to sit in the last row among fellow MPs, as the session unanimously passed a resolution endorsing the Centre's sweeping Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms.

In viral video, Trinamool MLA threatens acid attack on BJP leaders

IANS | September 7, 2025 12:21 PM

Kolkata, Sep 7 (IANS) A purported video went viral on Sunday, in which a Trinamool Congress MLA was heard threatening the BJP leaders with acid attacks unless they stop describing Bengali-speaking migrant workers as illegal Bangladeshi or Rohingya infiltrators.