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BJP announces Rajya Sabha list; Sitharaman, Goyal re-nominated
New Delhi: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday announced a list of 16 candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has been nominated from Karnataka, while Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal has been…
Women, kids ‘vulnerable witnesses,’ says Supreme Court
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said the issue pertaining to vulnerable witnesses directly concerns the plight of women and children as they are in a ‘position of vulnerable witnesses’ and impleaded the Ministry of Women and Child…
Centre to hand over 10 stolen antiquities, idols to Tamil Nadu govt
New Delhi: The central government will hand over 10 stolen antiquities – four objects retrieved from Australia in 2020-2022, and six from the US last year– to Tamil Nadu next week, officials said.
Chief Minister MK Stalin has been sent…
Ladakh Accident: President, PM express anguish
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condoled the bus accident in Ladakh in which seven Indian Army personnel lost their lives.
"Anguished by the bus accident in Ladakh in which we have lost our brave army personnel. My…
India too needs to tighten laws on acquisition of firearms: Chidambaram
New Delhi: In the wake of the Texas school massacre, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday noted that American laws are too lenient on gun control and said India too needs to review and tighten laws relating to acquisition and…
ED chargesheets Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar in money-laundering case
Bangalore: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday filed a prosecution complaint (equivalent to a chargesheet) against Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar in connection with a money-laundering case it registered against him in…
KC Rao meets Deve Gowda in Bengaluru, discusses national issues
KCR plans to meet veteran Anna Hazare in Ralegaon Siddhi in near future
Stalin places 4 key demands, including NEET exemption to PM, seek centre’s approvals
Chennai: Urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to increase the Centre's share to developing state like Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin today placed four key demands concerning the State before him, including exemption from NEET,…
PM inaugurates 5 projects, lays foundations for 6 others involving Rs 31,400 cr investment
Modi arrives to a rousing reception, State Guv receives PM, though CM gives it a miss; BJP organize road shows to greet him
Mohanlal: Indian cinema is breaking barriers of language
New Delhi: It is true that cinema is transcending barriers, and while language might have been one, it looks like that most definitely is not the case. To a large extent, regional cinema is now mainstream cinema just as much. And well,…
Sibal is 3rd Congress leader to quit after ‘Chintan Shivir’
Lucknow: Eminent lawyer and former Union Minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday filed his nomination for the Rajya Sabha with the support of the Samajwadi Party after announcing that he has quit the Congress. But he clarified that he has not…
AAP’s Uttarakhand CM candidate joins BJP
Dehradun: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief ministerial candidate in the recently concluded assembly polls, Colonel Ajay Kothiyal (retired) on Tuesday joined the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
Kothiyal joined the BJP here in the presence of Chief…
Punjab Min. Vijay Singla arrested over corruption charges
Chandigarh: Anti-corruption cell of Punjab Police on Tuesday arrested state Health Minister Vijay Singla after corruption charges were made against him.
Earlier, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today dismissed Health Minister Dr…
Bharat Bandh on May 25 over demand of caste-based census
Lucknow/Saharanpur: The All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF) has called for a Bharat Bandh on Wednesday (May 25) over the Centre not conducting a caste-based census for the Other Backward Classes (OBC),…
Shutting down madrassas, bringing UCC is for benefit of Muslims
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi is indirectly encouraging secessionist elements by calling India a Union of states and anyone who shuts down madrassas and talks about the Uniform Civil Code is, in fact, a friend of Indian Muslims, Assam Chief…
RS poll: Punjab to issue notification today
Chandigarh: The notification to elect two members of Rajya Sabha from the state of Punjab will be issued on Tuesday, Punjab Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju said on Monday.
He said according to the schedule, the issue of the…
Cheapest petrol-diesel in country in UP
Lucknow: Due to the concern of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath towards the public, the prices of petrol and diesel in Uttar Pradesh are the lowest in the country.
Adityanath rejected the proposal given by the officials about a month ago to…
Varanasi Distt. Court reserves order on procedure on Gyanvapi mosque for today
Varanasi: The District Judge on Monday reserved his order regarding deciding the process of hearing the Gyanvapi mosque complex case till today.
The court has to decide whether a hearing in the case could be done or not. District Judge…
Yes, Indian Foreign Service has changed, it is called defending national interest
New Delhi: In a sharp retort to Rahul Gandhi on his comments quoting unnamed European bureaucrats that the Indian Foreign Service has completely changed and become arrogant, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday said it is…
India will provide 25% of global workforce and contribute 15% of world GDP by 2047
New Delhi: Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has said that India has to focus on “building capability, capability and capability” as the country is on the road to providing “25 per cent of the total global workforce and contributing 15…
