Former Chhattisgarh chief minister and Congress leader Ajit Jogi on Tuesday announced his new party ‘Chhattisgarh Janata Congress (Jogi)’. He said each word in the party’s name has its own significance that represents 2.5 crore people. While making the declaration, Jogi slammed the BJP government for “lacking in vision” to[Read More…]
Lokayukta of Maharashtra, Justice (Retd) ML Tahaliyani has given a clean chit to former state revenue minister Eknath Khadse in the bribery case in which his “personal assistant” Gajanan Patil was involved and Khadse was indirectly linked in the case. Patil was arrested last month for allegedly demanding a ₹30[Read More…]
Harshitha C, a visually impaired Mount Carmel College student who spearheaded an initiative to scrap import duties on specialised equipment for the blind, passed her Bcom examinations with distinction in all subjects. She has received a congratulatory letter (accessed exclusively by Newsd) from Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi which reads, “As[Read More…]
Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Sanjeev Kumar Balyan on Monday on Monday said as per the BJP report on Shamli district’s Kairana migration issue, some Muslim families besides those of Hindus have moved out of Kairana mainly due to law and order problems. “It is a[Read More…]
The Karnataka High Court on Monday said Lokayukta police can file chargesheets or final reports in the cases filed by them prior to the creation of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). The court authorized them to carry on with probe in 747 pending cases. The move came after a PIL stated,[Read More…]
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said he is “focusing on higher education in Delhi”. Sisodia said the national capital may soon get a teachers’ and a journalism university. While responding to a query, he said during the hiring process of new teachers, the priority will be given to guest[Read More…]
The Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) on Monday filed an FIR in the ₹400 crore water tanker scam of Delhi Jal Board (DJB). The ACB will interrogate “both” Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former chief minister Sheila Dikshit. ACB chief MK Meena said they received two complaints, one from Delhi’s water[Read More…]
The state transport ministries data has revealed that Mumbai has the highest number of private cars on roads among others. According to the data, Mumbai has 430 cars/km of road which has spiked almost 56% in last 6 years. Maharashtra’s Mumbai has the highest density of private cars on the[Read More…]
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has claimed that as many as 7,000 Muslim students are studying in 1,200 RSS schools in Uttar Pradesh and in last 2 years, an increase of 30% has been noticed during the BJP-led government at the Centre. The RSS said the kids have been following[Read More…]
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Bihar topper scam on Sunday recovered a pistol and five live rounds during a raid at the office of the VR College principal Baccha Rai. A few days back, gold worth ₹20 lakh was found from Rai’s residence in Vaishali. On Friday, he[Read More…]
The Delhi University (DU) has once again declined to provide information related to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree, citing “privacy” reasons. It declined to respond to an RTI query filed by lawyer Mohammed Irsad, who demanded the information. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said the mystery into the matter has[Read More…]
In Mathura, Uttar Pradesh on Thursday around 14 people were died in a mob violence during an operation to clear the government land. There is a complete clash between the police and around 3000 interlopers at a park in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. Cheif Minister of Uttar Pradesh Mr Akhilesh Yadav has[Read More…]
