BJP to organise Har Ghar Tiranga campaign; 70 thousand people to hoist national flag
Chandigarh: Chandigarh BJP will distribute 70 thousand national flags to be hosted in homes on Independence Day under Har Ghar Tiranga campaign.
All the mandals of the BJP will celebrate and work under the campaign. The campaign will…
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EC team in J&K to firm up Assembly election roadmap
SRINAGAR: Leaders of political parties, after meeting with the Election Commission (EC) in Srinagar, expressed hope for the conduct of Assembly polls in J&K. They demanded a level playing field for all political parties and called for…
Lalu meets Shahabuddin’s wife
PATNA: RJD chief Lalu Prasad has embarked on consolidating Muslim votes ahead of Bihar assembly poll seemingly in fear of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM and political strategist Prashant Kishor’s proposed party cutting into the…
Maharashtra poll yatra as parties draw up strategies
MUMBAI: With Maharashtra assembly elections round the corner, all major political parties are hitting the road, by launching yatras for mass outreach.
Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar has launched Jan Samaan Yatra on…
‘Act before it’s too late’
RANCHI: The Jharkhand High Court, while hearing a PIL on Thursday seeking probe on Bangladeshi intrusion changing the demography of Santhal Pargana, reprimanded the Centre and asked it to act before it is too late.
Disappointed over the…
‘One nation one poll implementation needs constitution amendment’
NEW DELHI: The implementation of ‘One nation, One election’ would require amendments to the Constitution of India as per the recommendations of the Ram Nath Kovind committee, the Centre informed Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
The decision…
Govt withdraws Waqf Properties, Bill, 2014
NEW DELHI: The BJP-led government on Thursday withdrew the Waqf Properties (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Bill 2014, which sought to provide for a mechanism for the eviction of unauthorised occupants from waqf properties, in Rajya…
Jaishankar discusses situation in Bangladesh with British counterpart Lammy
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday discussed the unfolding situation in Bangladesh with his British counterpart David Lammy during a phone conversation.
In a post on X, Jaishankar said he and Lammy also…
Former West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee passes away
KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee died on Thursday at his Kolkata home, CPI(M) state secretary Mohd Salim said.
He was suffering from old age-related ailments.
The former chief minister was 80 and is…
PM Modi to visit disaster-hit areas on Aug 10, says CM Vijayan
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting the landslides-hit areas of Wayanad on August 10 and hoped that the PM will take a positive stand with regard to…
Gujarat government rejects 40 per cent of tribal claims over forest land
AHMEDABAD: As India gears up to mark “World Tribal Day” on August 9, new figures from the Rajya Sabha reveal a significant challenge: over 40 per cent of tribal claims under the Forest Rights Act (FRA) have been rejected by the Gujarat…
Kejriwal’s judicial custody extended till August 20 in excise policy case
NEW DELHI: The Delhi court on Thursday extended Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s judicial custody till August 20 in a case registered against him by the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) in the excise policy case.
Special Judge…
Stylistic change behind India’s hockey glory
New Delhi: After that utterly chaotic and ultimately fateful loss to New Zealand on penalties at the World Cup in India last year (3-3 after regulation time), something had to change.
Sure, under Graham Reid as the team coach , the side…
Neeraj Chopra wins silver
PARIS: Consistency is Neeraj Chopra's thing. And he has used that plank to dominate javelin events at the highest levels for a few years. It's why a silver, at least right now, felt like a disappointment. One legal throw out of six seemed a…
Wrestler Aman Sehrawat loses semifinal, to fight for bronze
Paris: Indian wrestler Aman Sehrawat lost his 57kg semifinal bout against top seed Rei Higuchi of Japan (10-0) by technical superiority on Thursday. Now he will face the winner of one of the two repechage rounds in the bronze medal round on…
Fairytale finish for India’s wall PR Sreejesh
PARIS: He calls this space his home—the 17-by-12 feet rectangle between the posts and the turf in front. His life revolved around this space over two decades. Just before the game, PR Sreejesh went out onto the turf in the north-eastern…
FM Sitharaman asserts GST on insurance decisions rest with GST Council
NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman emphasized in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that the decision regarding the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on health and life insurance premiums rests solely with the GST Council. She stated that…
Disconnect resources of entity caught engaging in spam activities: TRAI
NEW DELHI: In a bid to combat the rising menace of spam calls in the country, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) directed telecom service providers (TSPs) on Thursday to disconnect the telecom resources of any entity caught…
RBI warns lenders on top-up loan push
MUMBAI: With the lenders (commercial banks) pushing top-up loans like never before, the Reserve Bank has flagged this as a potential risk for the system and asked all lenders to review such practices and take remedial action.
Top-up…