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Uttarakhand Assembly: AAP announces CM face for coming Elections
Dehradun, Aug 17 (UNI) Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP), national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday announced the launch of election campaign for Uttarakhand Assembly polls and announced Colonel Ajay Kothiyal as the CM…
PM conducts High-level Cabinet Committee on Security meeting on Afghanistan
New Delhi, Aug 17 (UNI) With Kabul being taken over by the Taliban, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the situation.
A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security was held at the Prime…
Navjot Sidhu tightens grip on Punjab Cong, Pargat Singh appointed Gen. Secretary
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday appointed his close associate and Jalandhar Cantt MLA Pargat Singh as PPCC general secretary (organisation).
“With the approval of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, AICC general…
Supreme Court pulls up govt on new tribunals, seeks logic
THE SUPREME Court on Monday quizzed the government over the enactment of a new law dealing with the tenure and criteria for selection of members of tribunals despite the court striking down some provisions dealing with the same in an…
Govt must wake up and protect Indians in Afghanistan: Congress
The Congress on Monday said that the Modi government should “wake up from its slumber” and protect Indians in strife-torn Afghanistan.
Describing the situation in Afghanistan as “extremely alarming” Congress chief spokesperson Randeep…
Job, income, education incentives in Uttar Pradesh law panel draft 2-child plan
The Uttar Pradesh Law Commission on Monday submitted the Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Draft Bill to the Chief Minister’s Office for consideration and further action.
The draft Bill aims to bring down the…
BSF DG Deswal:Flying objects with blinking light spotted in bordering Samba district
Jammu, Aug 16 (UNI) A day after Director General Border Security Force, SS Deswal had said that drone threat is a new challenge, flying objects were spotted at three different locations on Monday evening in the bordering Samba district of…
MEA sets up special cell to help repatriation, ‘other requests’ from Afghanistan
New Delhi/Kabul, Aug 16 (UNI) The Ministry of External Affairs on Monday set up a Special Afghanistan Cell to coordinate repatriation and other requests from Afghanistan, with hundreds of people trying to leave the country following the…
Sonia Gandhi’s initiative to bring Oppn unity welcome, urge her to strengthen Congress: Kapil Sibal
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday welcomed party chief Sonia Gandhi’s initiative of bringing like-minded political parties together, but urged her to strengthen her own party, saying no Opposition unity is possible without it.…
In CMs’ Independence Day speeches: Population control, health cards, water disputes
Punjab
‘Dalit welfare law soon’
Amritsar: Months before Assembly polls, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced that a law will be enacted soon to ensure budgetary spending on the welfare of Dalits in proportion to their population.…
Wrong to call residents of Sao Jacinto ‘anti-nationals’: Jose Philip D’Souza
Panaji, Aug 15 (UNI) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Goa unit President Jose Philip D’Souza has said that the residents of Sao Jacinto island prevented the Navy officials from hoisting the national flag on Friday as there was fear and…
CPI(M) for the first time hoists national flag in party offices in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 15 (UNI) CPI(M) on Sunday commemorated the Independence Day by hoisting the tricolours at the party's state headquarters 'AKG Centre' for the first time in Kerala.
The national flags were hoisted in all the party…
DDC chairperson Safina Baig hoists tri-colour in Baramulla
Baramulla, Aug 15 (UNI) Asserting that the youngsters of Jammu and Kashmir believe in peace and tolerance, District Development Council (DDC) Baramulla Chairperson Safina Baig on Sunday said that the youth of present era believe in…
Ranjit Sagar Helicopter Crash: Search team recovers body of one missing pilot
Jammu, Aug 15 (UNI) The joint rescue and search teams of the Army, Navy, Submarine Rescue Unit and police have finally succeeded in tracing out the body of one of the missing pilots of the August 3 Ranjit Sagar Helicopter crash in Basholi…
Congress takes swipe over PM’s I-Day speech, calls its another rhetoric
New Delhi, Aug 15 (UNI) Taking a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech on 75th Independence day, Congress General Secretary Randeep Surjewala on Sunday released a video of Mr Modi's address of 2019 independence day, where he has…
CJI concerned over ruckus and lack of discussion on Bills in Parliament
New Delhi, Aug 15 (UNI) Chief Justice of India NV Ramanna on Sunday raised concern over the manner of passing Bills in Parliament, and said there is lack of clarity on Bills due to lack of debate, causing loss to both government and…
World leaders greet India on 75th Independence Day
New Delhi, Aug 15 (UNI) Congratulatory messages on India’s 75th Independence Day poured in on Sunday from several world leaders and their representatives, including the US, Russia, Canada, and nearer home from Nepal, Sri Lanka and the…
All boundary issues with Assam to be settled out-of-court, reiterates CM Khandu
Itanagar, Aug 15 (UNI) Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Sunday reiterated that all interstate boundary issues between Arunachal and Assam would be settled out-of-court.
"I and my Assam counterpart, Himanata Biswa Sarma…
Revamp likely after party conference: Young guns may get important roles in Bengal CPM
The CPI(M) could be in for a major revamp soon, replacing seasoned leaders with young guns in key leadership roles.
If the party’s plan to ring in changes in the top leadership is implemented, key West Bengal campaigners such as Biman…
Divisive politics ahead of polls, say Congress and key Opposition parties
The Government’s decision to declare August 14 as “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day” drew sharp criticism from the Congress and other Opposition parties. Barring the Bahujan Samaj Party which supported the move and the Samajwadi Party…
