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'You can't talk about Rahul Gandhi without talking about Narendra Modi': Biographer

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As former Congress president and MP Rahul Gandhi completes nearly two decades in Indian politics, author Sugata Srinivasaraju’s upcoming book traces Gandhi’s political evolution and his ideology. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi With the 2024 general elections looming large, newly-reinstated Lok Sabha MP and former Congress party president Rahul Gandhi faces possibly the greatest challenge of his nearly two-decade-long political career. Fresh off the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the sixth-generation member of the Gandhi-Nehru family is seen as the de facto leader of the INDIA coalition, which is preparing to take on the might of the ruling BJP-led NDA coalition and by extension, Prime Minister Narendra Modi. At this crucial juncture, journalist-writer Sugata Srinivasaraju’s upcoming book, Strange Burdens: The Politics and Predicaments of Rahul Gandhi (Penguin India; Rs 699), charts the evolution of Gandhi’s politics and ideology. “I wasn’t planning to write this book. It was suggested by my publi...

Europe situation has raised questions about stability of international order, says PM Modi at BIMSTE

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 NEW DELHI: The recent developments in Europe have raised questions about the stability of the international orders , Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi Read More : https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/europe-situation-has-raised-questions-about-stability-of-international-order-says-pm-modi-at-bimstec-summit/articleshow/90533040.cms

Russia-Ukraine crisis Live: Russia to hold fire, open humanitarian corridors in Sumy, 3 other Ukrainian cities

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Russia Ukraine Conflict Live News, Russia Ukraine War Crisis News Today, 7 March : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold telephonic conversations with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin today, sources said. Russia Ukraine Crisis Live  : The north-eastern Ukrainian city of Sumy, where about 700-odd Indian students remain stranded awaiting evacuation, is among the cities where the Russian military will hold fire and open humanitarian corridors on Monday, Russia’s Defence Ministry informed. The other towns include capital Kyiv, Kharkiv and Mariupol.                       People killed by Russian shelling in the town of Irpin, Ukraine Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to hold telephonic conversations with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin today, sources said. Late last night, Zelenskyy delivered an impassioned address to his ...

Centre to send four Ministers to countries neighbouring Ukraine to oversee evacuation ops

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Union ministers Hardeep Puri, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kiren Rijiju and V K Singh are the ones who will be travelling to Poland and Romania to oversee the operations. PM Modi holds a meeting on Russia-Ukraine crisis.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi , while chairing a meeting over the ongoing crisis in Ukraine on Monday, decided to send four Union Ministers to Poland and Romania to oversee the evacuation of thousands of Indians, including students, who are still stuck there. Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs, and Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Puri, Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiradtiya Scindia, and and Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways and Civil Aviation General V K Singh are the ones who will be heading out soon and will be visiting as Special Envoys of the Indian government, sources said. Apart from the four ministers, the meeting on Monday was attended by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, National Security ...