In an exclusive interview with India Today, Sushmita Dev, who on Wednesday resigned from Trinamool Congress and the Rajya Sabha, said that quitting the party was the best decision she could take for herself.
Sushmita Dev said, "I have no shame in saying that I'm a career politician. I'm not a part-time politician. It's not like I haven't dedicated my entire last thirty years in it. And I have to look at ground reality, and I have to be practical, and I thought this was the best decision I could take for myself."
The Ministry of External Affairs has summoned the United States' Charge d'Affaires and lodged a strong protest over a strike on a vessel off the coast of Oman carrying Indian nationals.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reached the milestone of becoming India's longest-serving prime minister, with an unbroken tenure of 4,399 days in office, surpassing the record of the first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
As war clouds hover over West Asia, the global sporting community is preparing to unite for the football World Cup. In India, the state of Kerala is already gearing up for the month-and-a-half-long football fiesta, with fans eagerly anticipating the upcoming sporting festival.
As the Modi government completes 12 years in office, India Today's Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai shares his take on the five biggest achievements and failures of the NDA government.
