Bengaluru, Feb 4 (IANS) The BJP high command warned its disgruntled Karnataka legislators of disciplinary action for dissent over the second cabinet expansion on Thursday, a party official said on Tuesday. “BJP national General Secretary B.L. Santosh has warned dissident legislators of disciplinary action if they precipitated crisis over their[Read More…]
Bhopal, Feb 4 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Tuesday questioned the BJPs sincerity about Mahatma Gandhi. In a tweet he said BJP MP Anantkumar Hegde couldn’t have dared to insult Mahatma Gandhi had the saffron party taken firm action against its Bhopal MP Pragya Singh Thakur for[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday asked the industry to shun hesitation and invest to pull the economy out of the stress while making it clear that government spending will never be enough so the industry has to chip in too. “I don’t think in[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra has reacted to the news of a petition seeking a stay on the release of his upcoming film “Shikara: The Untold Story of Kashmiri Pandits”, by stating that he will let his legal team handle the matter. “We have just learnt from[Read More…]
San Francisco, Feb 4 (IANS) Google has admitted it accidently sent private videos of some users of its Google Photos service to strangers, blaming a technical glitch behind the incident. Google alerted the affected users via an email but did not disclose the amount of individual videos that were distributed[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) West Bengal West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday likened the Citizenship Amendment Act, the National Register of Citizens and the National Population Register to “black magic: and called the BJP a “party of Dushasanas’ and “off-spring of Delhi Sultan Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq”. While Dushasana is a[Read More…]
Lucknow, Feb 4 (IANS) For the first time, Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) manufactured Dornier aircraft will be used to ferry passengers. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Tuesday that his government will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with HAL for two 19 seater Dornier aircraft for non-military[Read More…]
By Aarti Tikoo Singh New Delhi/Thimpu, Feb 4 (IANS) Bhutan’s lower house on Monday passed a legislation that makes it mandatory for visitors from India, Bangladesh and the Maldives to pay a fee of Rs 1200 per day for its “sustainable development” from July this year. The Himalayan kingdom, which[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, Feb 4 (IANS) The proposed heritage corridor plan in the holy city of Puri will not affect the existing rituals or practices at the Jagannath Temple, Krishan Kumar, Shri Jagannath Temple Administration’s (SJTA) chief administrator, said on Tuesday. A discussion with key stakeholders was held under the chairmanship of[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) The students of Presidency University confined the Vice Chancellor and other officials to their rooms for over 28 hours in two stretches till Tuesday night, pressing for a host of demands including reopening of the entire Hindu Hostel and resignation of its superintendent. The gherao or[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The government on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha that the Delhi Police have registered three cases and arrested 15 persons in connection with the violence that broke out at Jamia Millia Islamia in December. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha, Minister of State[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Delhi Police’s Crime Branch on Tuesday said that the shots fired in the air by a youth near the protest site at Shaheen Bagh is part of a larger conspiracy, adding that the matter is sensitive keeping in mind the law and order situation[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh said on Tuesday his party will file a complaint with the Election Commission and send a legal notice to Crime Branch DCP Rajesh Deo after he claimed that the gunman who fired shots in Shaheen Bagh[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) All is not well between actress Rashami Desai and her beau Arhan Khan. In one of the recent episodes of “Bigg Boss 13”, Rashami was seen talking about how badly she wants to end her relationship with Arhan after coming out of the house. She even[Read More…]
Guwahati, Feb 4 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 40 others were injured in two separate bus accidents in Assam’s Goalpara district on Tuesday, the police and the Army said. According to the police, five people were killed and 40 others were injured when a Guwahati bound bus[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for selling the country’s public sector undertakings (PSUs), taunting that he might even sell the Taj Mahal or Red Fort. The Congress leader also dared the BJP leaders to raise the[Read More…]
Gwalior, Feb 4 (IANS) Provocative disruption of a Dalit familys wedding by upper caste students of a hostel on Monday night has led to tension in Gwalior with ‘Safai Karmis’ (cleaning staff) striking work on Tuesday. The city police have registered a case of assault and robbery under the SC-SC[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) Electric vehicles assembled in India will cost more from April 1, 2020 as the Union Budget 2020-21 has proposed to raise the custom duty structure. Passenger vehicles, two-wheelers, three-wheelers and buses which are assembled here will be impacted by the proposal. “Under Make in India[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) After resigning from the post of Secretary in Uttarakhand Congress, party MLA Harish Dhami met Congress General Secretary K.C. Venugopal here on Tuesday. After the meeting, Dhami said, “I have met Venugopal ji and expressed my grievances. He has assured me that he will find[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) BJP has lapped up the revelation that one of the Shaheen Bagh shooters — Kapil Gurja — is said to be an Aam Aadmi Party member and has gone to town with it, just ahead of the February 8 Delhi Assembly polls. Delhi BJP released[Read More…]
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) Suspected IS operative Mohammad Masiuddin alias Musa created a flutter by hurling s shoe at the judge during a court hearing here on Tuesday, prompting the National Investigative Agency to seek his in-camera trial. Musa, who was arrested in 2016 for having alleged links with foreign[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India’s six-member interest rate panel started its three-day meeting on Tuesday amidst Union Budget projecting a higher fiscal deficit, slowing growth and rising inflation. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which new Deputy Governor Michael Patra has been given charge of to[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) BJP MP Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday took a sharp jibe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, calling him the ‘chief pretender’. His comments came in the wake of revelations by Delhi Police that the second shooter at the Shaheen Bagh protest site was a Aam[Read More…]
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Tuesday reserved its judgement on JSW Steel’s aquisition of the insolvent Bhushan Power and Steel Ltd (BPSL). A bench headed by NCLAT Chairman Justice S.J. Mukhopadhaya concluded its hearing on several petitions over BPSL’s takeover. JSW Steel[Read More…]
Mumbai, Feb 4 (IANS) The government has budgeted for a 36 per cent increase in dividends from state-owned companies, more than the tax savings of about 20 per cent from abolition of the dividend distribution tax, which is credit negative for them, Moody’s said on Tuesday. “This is credit negative[Read More…]
