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Priyanka announces 40 pc tickets to women in UP Polls
New Delhi, Oct 19 (UNI) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's announcement of giving 40 per cent tickets in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections to women has posed a new challenge for all the political parties,…
Festive demand push: Domestic air traffic count nears pre-Covid levels
With 3,27,923 passengers travelling on domestic flights, Sunday recorded the highest domestic air traffic count since flights were resumed in May 2020, inching towards pre-pandemic levels. According to data from the civil aviation ministry,…
‘All issues will be resolved’: Channi plays down differences with Sidhu
A day after Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu posted on twitter his letter AICC chief Sonia Gandhi flagging his “13-point agenda” for the state, CM Charanjit Singh Channi Monday said that all matters will be resolved and party’s…
Explained: Why October’s been so rainy
The monsoon is over but several parts of the country are still receiving rainfall. Delhi, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand, for example, have received very high rainfall in the last few days, resulting in loss of life and property in…
Uttar Pradesh: BJP finds Dalit face to reach out to Jatavs, counter Mayawati
In an attempt to reach out to Dalit voters ahead of the assembly elections, particularly those from Jatav community which forms a chunk of BSP chief Mayawati’s vote base, the ruling BJP has started projecting party national vice-president…
More than 56.62 LMT paddy procured under Kharif Marketing Season
New Delhi, Oct 18 (UNI) The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on Monday
said that more than 56.62 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) of paddy has been procured in Kharif Marketing
Season (KMS) 2021-22 up to October 17.…
Terrorists could not enter Srinagar when I was governor: Satya Pal Malik
Jhunjhunu, Oct 18 (UNI) Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik launched an attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led government over the farmers' agitation, and said it would not return to power if the demands of the farmers are not…
VP Naidu expresses grief over loss of lives in Kerala floods
New Delhi, Oct 18 (UNI) Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday expressed anguish over the loss of lives due to floods in Kerala.
"Deeply distressed by the loss of lives due to floods in Kerala. My deepest condolences to the bereaved…
Home Minister reviews security status, meets top police officials
New Delhi, Oct 18 (UNI) Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday chaired the National Security Strategies Conference, which was attended by senior police officials and chiefs of the paramilitary forces.
The Home Minister reviewed the security…
Eye on caste votes in UP polls, BJP starts community meetings
With an eye on UP’s caste equations ahead of the assembly elections to be held in a few months, the ruling BJP Sunday held the first of a series of ‘Samajik Pratinidhi Sammelan’, or meetings for representatives of society, with Chief…
Separate statehood: BJP Tripura ally reaches out to Debbarman-led outfit
STARING AT political marginalisation, the IPFT, a constituent of the BJP-led government in Tripura, has reached out to the Pradyot Kishore Debbarman-led TIPRA Motha alliance, seeking to revive the demand for a separate state for “protecting…
It’s SP rebel vs SP MLA for UP Deputy Speaker poll
With two Samajwadi Party (SP) MLAs, one supported by the ruling BJP, in the fray for the UP Assembly Deputy Speaker’s post, the SP on Sunday termed the saffron party’s move “undemocratic”, arguing that usually, a legislator from the biggest…
Harish Rawat: ‘For Congmen, no difference between president, interim president. We have confidence…
Harish Rawat says Cong had no choice but to replace Amarinder, explains how Sidhu’s public statements “indirectly” help Cong, refuses to commit on who will lead party in Punjab polls, and says Mamata Banerjee’s taking away of Cong leaders…
Killing spree continues in J&K: Two labourers from Bihar shot dead, 1 injured
The string of attacks against migrant workers and local residents in the Kashmir Valley continued Sunday with suspected militants gunning down two labourers from Bihar, and injuring a third from the state, in South Kashmir. The latest…
First vaccination dose given to all those eligible: Uttarakhand CM
The Uttarakhand government on Sunday announced that it had completed it’s target of 100 per cent first dose vaccination against Covid-19 among the eligible population in the state.
Speaking to reporters on Sunday, Chief Minister Pushkar…
Channi, Sukhbir Badal condemn armed fighters forcibly entering Kabul gurudwara
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal strongly condemned the forcible entry by armed fighters in a gurudwara in Kabul on Friday, the second such incident to be reported in less than…
Air Chief Marshal visits Leh station to take stock of IAF’s operational readiness
Air Chief Marshal V R Chaudhari visited the IAF’s Leh station and deployments at forward areas in the northern sector on Saturday to take stock of operational readiness of the service’s units.
The Chief of Air Staff also interacted with…
Encounter in Poonch enters Day 7; three locals held for questioning
ammu and Kashmir Police detained three locals including a 45-year-old woman and her son at Bhatta Durian on Sunday, as the security forces operation against militants in the dense forests between Mendhar-Dehra Ki Gali-Thanamandi and Bhimber…
New Army aviation brigade for LAC in eastern sector
WITH THE Line of Actual Control (LAC) remaining tense across all sectors, India raised a new aviation brigade in the eastern sector this year. The brigade is mandated with the task of increasing surveillance along the LAC in the eastern…
Jaishankar lays wreath at cemetery for Indian soldiers in Israel
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday began his five-day visit to Israel by laying wreath at a cemetery for Indian soldiers who laid down their lives in the region during the World War I in Talpiot, Jerusalem.
About 900 Indian…
