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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today said that the declaration of Emergency by Indira Gandhi was indeed one of the darkest times in the history of India’s Democratic Journey. “Declaration of Emergency by Indira Gandhi was indeed one of the darkest times in the history of India’s Democratic Journey,” said Sawant He further said that this day is rightly observed as a ‘Black Day,’ serving as a reminder of when the Congress Government misused its power to silence the media, opposition leaders, and the people of India. “Today, I honour and salute the brave leaders who stood up…

NEW DELHI: As India marks 49 years of the 1975 Emergency on June 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hit out at the Congress for protesting with Constitution copies in their hands, saying the Opposition party had no right to “profess its love” for the Constitution. “Today is a day to pay homage to all those great men and women who resisted the Emergency. The Dark Days Of Emergency remind us of how the Congress Party subverted basic freedoms and trampled over the Constitution of India which every Indian respects greatly,” PM Modi posted on X (previously Twitter) on Tuesday. “Just to cling…

New Delhi: Five cases of alleged malpractices in the medical entrance exam NEET-UG in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Bihar were taken over by the CBI, while two school teachers were arrested in Maharashtra on Monday. This comes even as a political storm intensified over the paper leak issue, with the opposition gearing up to confront the Centre in Parliament. The five new cases were being investigated by police in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Bihar. The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra police arrested two zilla parishad school teachers from Latur and registered a case against four persons after it emerged that a racket…

New Delhi: After days of uncertainty over the Lok Sabha Speaker’s post, the NDA has decided to nominate Om Birla for the post again. BJP’s Om Birla was the Speaker in the previous Lok Sabha. Sources said that Mr Birla will file his nomination at 11.30 am today. The opposition INDIA bloc has fielded K Suresh against Mr Birla, the first time elections will be held for the key post. A Lok Sabha Speaker is elected by a simple majority of MPs voting and all speakers until now had been elected with consensus. The BJP, thanks to brute majorities after the 2014 and 2019…

INDIA: The relationship between India and the US is not just “addictive”, it is “multiplicative”, US envoy to India Eric Garcetti has said. Garcetti also said that the relationship between the two countries has never been so good. He made these remarks on Monday at an event on the sidelines of the SelectUSA Investment Summit, to which the largest delegation is from India. “This (India US) is a relationship that isn’t just additive. It’s not just the US plus India. It’s multiplicative. It’s the United States times India,” Garcetti said on the sidelines of the summit, to which the largest…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Moscow in the second week of July to hold summit-level talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The visit for the annual India-Russia dialogue comes against the backdrop of the two-and-a-half-year-long Ukraine conflict, during which New Delhi has repeatedly urged the warring sides to choose the path of diplomacy. India recently participated in peace talks on Ukraine in Switzerland, sending Pawan Kapoor, Secretary West in the Ministry of External Affairs, to represent the country. India and six other nations, opted out of signing the joint communique, saying peace requires ‘bringing together…

West Indies: No longer the ‘minnows’, Afghanistan proved once again why they belong to the cricketing elite as they defeated Australia in T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8s to qualify for the semi-finals, for the first time in their history. Afghanistan first got the world to stand up and take notice after they defeated Australia in the Super 8s. After the men from Down Under suffered a defeat against India as well, the Afghans only needed to defeat Bangladesh to secure their maiden semi-finals berth, in any format of the World Cup. It wasn’t a straightforward affair against Bangladesh by…