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New Delhi, Dec 19: In a reply to Minister of Parliamentary affairs Sri Prahlad Joshi's letter inviting leaders of four opposition parties for talks on Monday, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge has written a letter in…

Meerut, Dec 18: National president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said that if girls have right to vote at the age of 18 then why not the right of getting married. Addressing 'Shoshit Vanchit Samaj…

Patiala, Dec 18: Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) President Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said the election manifesto should be given the status of a legal document to ensure political parties were made liable for the promises made by them.…

Lucknow, 17 Dec: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday accused Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party governments of indulging in corruption and nepotism and said that governments led by these two parties distributed sugar mills in Uttar…

New Delhi, Dec 17 (UNI) Amid growing clamour to take strict action against former Karnataka Assembly Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar over his rape remark, the Congress on Friday condemned the statement of its senior leader. "I whole-heartedly…

Chandigarh, Dec 17: Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee chief Kumari Selja said on Friday that the central and state governments know how to do good marketing without actually doing anything as both are insensitive governments and they do…

Lucknow, Dec 16: Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday announced after meeting his estranged uncle and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) chief Shivpal Singh Yadav that they were willing to contest the Uttar Pradesh…

Belagavi, Dec 16: Former Karnataka Speaker and senior Congress leader KR Ramesh Kumar here on Thursday landed in trouble after he quoted a very popular saying "when rape is inevitable, lie down and enjoy it." On hearing the quote, the…

Shimla, Dec 16 (UNI) Supreme Court of India vide its order dated 9th and 14th December, 2021 in relaxation to restraint order dated 11th March, 2019 passed in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 202 of 1995 has allowed the Himachal Pradesh government…

Sangrur, Dec 16: Punjab Public Works Minister Vijay Inder Singla on Thursday informed that the state government has named the Sirhind-Fatehgarh Sahib-Bela road after Mata Gujar Kaur. The Minister said that the road connecting to three…

New Delhi, Dec 16: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the presence of President Ram Nath Kovind in Dhaka to attend the country’s 50th Victory Day celebrations as Guest of Honour is of special significance to every Indian, and…

Bengaluru/ New Delhi, Dec 15: Group Captain Varun Singh, the lone survivor of the IAF chopper crash, which led to the death of 13 people on December 8 in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday morning. "IAF is deeply…

New Delhi, Dec 15: Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana on Wednesday expressed concern over lack of investigative journalism in Indian media. He said the concept of investigative journalism was unfortunately vanishing from the media…

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 16: Prolific Malayalam writer M Mukundan has released a book "12 'O' Clock and 18 Years" (Panthrad Maniyum Pathinett Vayassum), a collection of Malayalam short stories, written by Ms Veda Sunil. Mukundan released…

Lucknow, Dec 15 : As the Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states visited Ayodhya on Wednesday to pay obeisance to Ramlala, the local residents waited all day long for their CM Yogi Adityanath. To welcome the CMs of BJP ruled states, Ayodhya…

Jaunpur, Dec 14: Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav claimed that the double engine BJP government has completely failed in Uttar Pradesh and now the people want change and that will certainly happen. Mr Yadav, who is on a…

Chandigarh, Dec 14: In yet another unique initiative to encourage maximum electors to exercise their franchise during forthcoming Punjab Assembly Elections 2022, Punjab Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Dr S Karuna Raju directed Deputy…

New Delhi, Dec 14: Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday slammed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, saying he has not yet removed the Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra from…

Chandigarh, Dec 13 (UNI) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar while attending the inaugural ceremony of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor on Monday described the scene of Sandhya Aarti in Varanasi as a mesmerising sight. Khattar himself…

New Delhi, Dec 14: Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, and others, after hearing a batch of writ petitions filed by 12 BJP MLAs challenging the resolution passed by the Maharashtra Legislative…