New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das called on Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley here on Sunday. Das, in a tweet, described the visit as a courtesy meeting. The meeting comes amidst reports and speculations of Jaitley’s poor health. “Had a courtesy meeting with[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The government on Sunday dismissed reports about the health condition of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as “false and baseless” and asked the media to avoid “rumour mongering”. “Reports in a section of the media regarding Union Minister Arun Jaitley’s health condition are false and baseless.[Read More…]
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) The West Bengal Government on Sunday reinstated former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar as Additional Director General, CID, an official statement said. The Governor is pleased to direct Rajeev Kumar to resume his government duties as ADG and IGP, CID, WB with immediate effect, it said.[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The number of graduate and post-graduate MLAs have increased in the newly-elected Assemblies in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha while the education profile of the winners in Sikkim Assembly remains the same as the previous Assembly. According to PRS Legislative Research, the Assembly elections in Andhra[Read More…]
Ahmedabad, May 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the next five years would be crucial for India to regain its global position. He equated his first tenure as the Prime Minister (2014-2019), with the five years from 1942 to 1947 leading to Independence, which were key[Read More…]
Gurugram, May 26 (IANS) A Muslim youth was allegedly accosted and beaten up by four unidentified assailants here on Saturday night for wearing a traditional skullcap and not chanting religious slogans, police said. In a police complaint, Mohamad Barker Alam, 25, who hails from Bihar and is a resident of[Read More…]
Gurugram, May 26 (IANS) Twenty-four people, including six women, were arrested on Sunday for their alleged involvement in flesh trade at an upscale building in Sector 57 here. The accused have been booked under Immoral Trafficking Act under sections 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8, and were produced in a[Read More…]
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) The Kolkata airport declared emergency for over an hour on Sunday after a threat call was received for a Kolkata-bound flight at the airline’s office in Bengaluru airport, an official said. Emergency was declared at the airport at around 6.05 p.m. after a threat call was[Read More…]
Amethi, May 26 (IANS) A former village head known to be close to newly-elected BJP MP Smriti Irani was shot dead here early on Sunday, leading to the arrest of seven suspects even as the MP pledged to find out the killer “even if he is hiding in hell”. An[Read More…]
Gandhinagar, May 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in home state Gujarat on Sunday on a two-day visit after the BJP’s landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections, called on his mother and sought her blessings. Modi, along with BJP President Amit Shah, landed at the Ahmedabad airport[Read More…]
Hyderabad, May 26 (IANS) AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was only paying lip service by saying minorities live in fear as he and his party BJP had been “practicing hypocrisy” for five years. A day after the Prime Minister stated that minorities live[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) A 28-year-old man was shot dead by three unidentified assailants in Welcome area of North-east Delhi at around 4 p.m. on Sunday, the police said. According to the police, three men, who came on a scooter, pumped four bullets into the deceased who was later[Read More…]
Guwahati, May 26 (IANS) Assam Finance Minister and convener of the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that the BJP and its partner Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) will field one candidate each for the two Rajya Sabha seats which will fall vacant on June 14.[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) After its overwhelming success in the Lok Sabha, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is expected to get a majority in the Rajya Sabha by the end of next year which will make it easy for the Modi government to push its legislative agenda that[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Rahul Gandhi on Sunday took back his offer to quit as the Congress President, a proposal he made during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Saturday following the party’s rout in the Lok Sabha elections, party sources said. A party source told IANS: “Rahulji[Read More…]
Bengaluru, May 26 (IANS) Chennai’s Nirmal Umashankar and Bengaluru’s Mihir Suman Avalakki emerged as the heroes after Round 1 of the JK Tyre-FMSCI National Karting Chamionship 2019, X-30 class, at the Meco Kartopia here on Sunday. Nirmal, a regular in the Euro JK category of JKNRC, proved to be the[Read More…]
Ahmedabad, May 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday stated that the people of West Bengal always wished the BJP to take power in the state as they aspired for development like what has taken place in Gujarat. “I watched a social media interview of an elderly woman in[Read More…]
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Terming West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s wish to resign from her post as “a blatant lie and drama to capture newspaper headlines”, BJP leader Mukul Roy on Sunday said the Trinamool Congress supremo will never step down unless people vote her out of power. Two[Read More…]
Guwahati, May 26 (IANS) Slamming the BJP for its “religious polarisation” across the country, newly-elected Congress MP from Assam’s Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency Pradyut Bordoloi on Sunday vowed to fight against the “divisive” politics spread by the saffron party. Bordoloi, a senior Congress leader and a former minister in the[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) A 30-year-old man committed suicide after he jumped into the Yamuna river from the DND flyover in south-east Delhi, a police officer said on Sunday. The incident occurred at around 11.30 p.m. on Saturday when the deceased, who was later identified as Virender, came to[Read More…]
Panaji, May 26 (IANS) Former Goa Chief Minister late Manohar Parrikar’s son Utpal on Sunday said that he would submit his “internal assessment” of the loss of the prestigious Panaji assembly seat, formerly represented by his father for over two decades, to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state leadership. Utpal[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The model code of conduct (MCC) for the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls was lifted on Sunday following the declaration of election results, the Election Commission said. “The Model Code of Conduct has ceased to be in operation with immediate effect,” said a release from[Read More…]
Los Angeles, May 26 (IANS) Actor Harrison Ford has commented on the future of the Indiana Jones franchise amidst rumours that Chris Pratt may take over the role. “Nobody is gonna be Indiana Jones! Don’t you get it? I’m Indiana Jones. When I’m gone, he’s gone. It’s easy,” Ford, 78,[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar, May 26 (IANS) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who won the state Assembly election for the fifth consecutive time, on Sunday said politics is not complicated when people and their welfare are kept in the forefront. “People ask me often what is the secret of the BJD’s continuous success[Read More…]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) The Delhi police have arrested one person in connection with the murder of an 11-year-old boy whose body was recovered from under a flyover in the capital’s Khajuri Khas area on Saturday night, the police said on Sunday. The deceased was reported missing for the[Read More…]
