Barely six months after becoming Uttarakhand's youngest Chief Minister in July last year, Pushkar Singh Dhami finds himself facing the onerous task of piloting the BJP to a second consecutive victory in the state Assembly polls against a redoubtable opponent like Harish Rawat who leads the Congress's do-or-die comeback battle.
In the 2017 Assembly polls, the BJP had won 57 out of the 70 Assembly seats in the state, restricting the Congress to just 11.
Amid escalating tensions and an unfolding war in West Asia, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to make a first official visit to India. The visit is slated to take place from May 23 to May 26.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a five-nation tour, will be arriving in Italy shortly on the last leg of his tour. The tour, which included visits to the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and Italy, signifies a shift in India's foreign policy towards strengthening technology and supply chain security.
During Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Norway, a joint diplomatic press statement in Oslo saw Norwegian journalist Helle Ling question the Prime Minister on India's human rights record and press freedom.
Twisha Sharma, the 31-year-old Noida woman found hanging at her Bhopal home while two months pregnant, is now at the centre of explosive court claims.
