Jammu: A prominent lawyer joined the Congress on Sunday in the presence of party leader Rajni Patil who welcomed her into the party fold and appreciated her decision to fight BJP’s “communal and divisive” politics. Patil, who is the AICC incharge for Jammu and Kashmir, also lashed out at the BJP-led central government for its […]
Ranchi: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat reached Dhanbad on Friday morning on a three-day visit to take stock of the organisation in Jharkhand. Bhagwat was given a rousing welcome by state BJP leaders, and ABVP and Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh activists as he reached Dhanbad from Patna on the Ganga-Damodar Express around 4.50 am. The organisers took […]
Washington: The United States hit a six-month high for new COVID cases with over 100,000 infections reported on Wednesday, according to a Reuters tally, as the Delta variant ravages areas where people did not get vaccinated. The country is reporting over 94,819 cases on a seven-day average, a five-fold increase in less than a month, […]
Mumbai: Superstar Salman Khan on Sunday sent out five thousand food packets to frontline workers engaged in the fight against coronavirus pandemic. Khan visited a Bandra-based restaurant, where the food was packed and sent out for delivery, to supervise the process. Yuva Sena member Rahul Kanal took to Twitter and shared pictures of the actor […]
Jaipur: 320 doses of COVAXIN missing from cold storage of Hari Bux Kanwatia Govt hospital, Jaipur. A case has been registered. According to Nodal Officer of the vaccination centre, “There’s systematic record of doses coming at centre. So it’s suspected that vaccines went missing from store.” According to Police, an FIR with charges of theft […]
Washington: US President Joe Biden has announced that US will begin Its final withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan from May 1 this year. He said, “We will not conduct a hasty rush to the exit. Taliban should know that if they attack us as we draw down, we will defend ourselves and our partners with […]
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has directed Uttar Pradesh government to consider imposing a complete lockdown for two-three weeks in the most-affected districts . The Court has also asked government to ramp up tracking, testing & treatment facilities. #COVID19: Allahabad High Court directs UP govt to consider imposing a complete lockdown for two-three weeks in […]
New Delhi: Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra is set to become the next chief election commissioner, sources said on Sunday. Going by the convention of appointing the senior-most election commissioner as the CEC, the government is learnt to have cleared his name for the top post at Nirvachan Sadan. The order of his elevation maybe issued […]
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has demanded Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s resignation over firing by central forces at Sitalkuchi in Cooch Behar, which resulted in the deaths of four people. Addressing an Election Rally in Siliguri, Mamata Banerjee said, ‘We have sought Home Minister Amit Shah’s resignation.’ She also said, ‘I will […]
New Delhi:Amid a surge in coronavirus cases, the authorities in Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Buddh Nagar, Allahabad, Meerut and Ghaziabad imposed a night curfew to tackle the infection spread. Earlier on Wednesday, similar restrictions were imposed in Kanpur and the Lucknow Municipal Corporation area. Till Thursday, coronavirus has killed 9,003 people in the state while the […]
New Delhi: Ex Congress leader PC Chako today met with Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) Chief Sharad Pawar in Delhi. According to sources, PC Chako may join NCP today. After meeting NCP Chief Sharad Pawar, PC Chako said, “I’m meeting Sharad Pawar. Whatever crisis party is facing, it needs to be discussed. I’m also meeting Sitaram Yechury […]
New Delhi: Taj Mahal ticket prices likely to increase for tourists. Indian tourists currently pay Rs 250; foreign tourists pay Rs 1300. “ADA has proposed to charge Rs 200 to enter main dome, separate to Rs 200 already charged by ASI,” said Agra Divisional Commissioner Amit Gupta Nitin Singh, a tour guide at Taj Mahal […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre and the Election Commission on a plea seeking to direct the poll panel to nullify an election result and conducting a fresh poll if the maximum votes are for NOTA in a particular constituency. A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and […]
Guwahati: AIUDF Chief Badruddin Ajmal has slammed BJP IT Cell for spreading fake video. About a video going viral on social media, Badruddin Ajmal said, This is 100% fake. AIUDF Chief said that Parts from different speeches have been merged to make this and project that if Congress-AIUDF alliance comes to power, it will make […]
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader PC Chako has resigned from Congress. After his resignation from the congress party, PC Chako said, “I have quit Congress and sent my resignation to party’s interim chief Sonia Gandhi.” He also said that I’d been deliberating upon this decision for past many days. I come from Kerala where there’s […]
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee files her nomination as TMC candidate from Nandigram. Before her nomination, Mamata Banerjee visited and offered prayers at Shiv Temple in Nandigram. Earlier On Tuesday, Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee said in Nandigram, “Some people are saying that I am an outsider. I, being a Bengali, is an outsider […]
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that she will contest from the Nandigram assembly seat in the West Bengal assembly elections. At the same time, Bharatiya Janata Party has announced that party leader Suvendu Adhikari will contest against Mamta Banerjee. After getting ticket to contest from Nandigram, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said, […]
Kolkata: Congress and left parties alliance have finalised the seat distribution for West Bengal Assembly Election. According to West Bengal Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Congress will contest on 92 Assembly seats. In a Press Conference, State Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, “As per discussions held with left so far, 92 seats have been […]
New Delhi: The first part of Parliament Budget session concluded on Saturday. According to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, “The first part of budget session is recorded highly productive.” He said, “The first part of the Budget Session, 2021 which concluded today has been highly productive. As many as 117 Members took part in the […]
New Delhi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will not be implemented in Kerala. Reverting back on Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement in West Bengal to implement CAA after covid vaccination, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said, “Some people have started talking about the Citizenship Amendment Act. Union Home Minister […]
Mumbai: Hearing the TRP scam case on Friday, Bombay High Court extended the interim protection against coercive action granted to journalist Arnab Goswami and other employees of ARG Outlier Media that runs Republic TV channels till March 5. The interim relief was extended after the high court adjourned the hearing on ARG’s plea challenging the investigation […]