Rashtriya Lok Dal president Jayant Chaudhary, who joined BJP-led NDA on 2 March, also attended the rally, which was the PM's first in UP since the announcement of LS poll dates.
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar, Union ministers were present at Rashtrapati Bhavan for ceremonial reception accorded to Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is on a two-day state visit to India.
With 4-5 lakh devotees expected to visit Ayodhya each day in coming weeks, ThePrint's Senior Photojournalist Suraj Singh Bisht captures how fervour swept over temple town.
Ayodhya gripped by festive fervour ahead of 22 January ceremony to be attended by PM Narendra Modi, among others. ThePrint's Praveen Jain and Suraj Singh Bisht bring glimpses of the action.
The former BJP president and Union minister, who played a key role in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, was surrounded by family and friends at his government bungalow in Delhi.
Weeks before grand opening of Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Modi was in the city to inaugurate newly redeveloped airport & railway station. Ram Path leads straight to the temple.
ThePrint's photojournalists scan their archives to pull out 10 of their best captures this year. This is Praveen Jain's collection, and he also explains why he picked them.
ThePrint's photojournalists scan their archives to pull out 10 of their best captures this year. This is Manisha Mondal's collection, and she also explains why she picked them.
The issue of the Muslim quota has the potential to polarise SCs, STs, and OBCs along religious lines in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. It benefits the BJP.
Speaking at launch of economist Surjit Bhalla’s book, S Jaishankar also highlights Gen Z’s engagement with ‘reel culture’, which has 'promoted awareness, created interest in many subjects'.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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