New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal here on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi was unable to handle Pakistan and advised him to focus on the neighbouring country and leave the city to its elected government. The Aam Aadmi Party leader said Delhi Police was under[Read More…]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has said that it will hear, on April 25, the plea seeking directions to Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) not to use the R.P. Mehra block at the Ferozshah Kotla Stadium in the upcoming matches including the IPL till it[Read More…]
Srinagar, March 4 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora on Monday said that the upcoming Lok Sabha elections should be the most inclusive with absolute neutrality by people organising them. In his opening remarks during the Commission’s meeting with political leaders here, he said, “Elections are soon going[Read More…]
Amaravati, March 4 (IANS) Reacting sharply over the alleged data theft case, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Monday warned the Telangana government that if it files one case, he will respond with four cases. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) President said that he would not keep quiet[Read More…]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The BJP-led NDA will win 41 out of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, while the grand alliance of the SP, BSP and Ajit Singh’ RLD is projected to win only 35 seats, according to an India TV-CNX survey conducted after the air[Read More…]
Kolkata, March 4 (IANS) Two lawyers of the Barrackpore Court in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district have been suspended for six months for allegedly sharing an “anti-India post” on their social media profiles, a senior member of the state’s bar council said on Monday. Lawyer Wais Goni and his[Read More…]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Deputy National Security Adviser and Prime Minister’s special envoy for the Naga peace talks, R.N. Ravi, is arriving in Dimapur and would travel to Kohima over the next two days to conclude the protracted Naga peace talks, sources said. Government sources said with the Naga[Read More…]
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), March 4 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said India is a land of faith and spiritualism that gives the country a “certain determination” and “resolve”. Speaking at the Isha Yoga Centre here on the occasion of Mahashivratri, he said: “Faith and spiritualism also give India[Read More…]
Kolkata, March 4 (IANS) E-commerce company MSTC Ltd, a mini-Ratna under the Ministry of Steel, on Monday said it has got approval for its IPO from the Securities and Exchange Board of India. The MSTCAIPO comprises an offer for sale of 17,600,000 equity shares equivalent to 25 per cent of[Read More…]
Mumbai, March 4 (IANS) A musical evening — a fairly “private affair” — with around 1,600 guests in attendance at the Ambani residence Antilia here on Monday kickstarted the pre-wedding celebrations of Akash Ambani and Shloka Mehta. Akash is the son of Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani,[Read More…]
Kolkata, March 4 (IANS) A 48-year-old documentary filmmaker from Kolkata hanged himself, apparently due to depression, police said on Monday. “Arghya Basu living in Santoshpur area was found hanging in his flat on March 1. He was declared brought dead in a hospital,” said an officer of Survey Park police[Read More…]
Ahmedabad, March 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, here on Monday, launched the “One Nation, One Card” programme to ensure seamless travel across the country. The card can be used for payments across different segments, including Metro, bus, suburban railways, toll, parking and retail purchases. The Indigenous Automatic Fare Collection[Read More…]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has directed Facebook to remove a video containing allegations against yoga guru Baba Ramdev from its platform. The court was hearing a plea filed by Ramdev seeking to restrain videos which contain defamatory statement against him. Justice Prathiba M. Singh said:[Read More…]
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, March 4 (IANS) Mizoram and Tripura governments are keen on changing school timings for better utilisation of daylight and allow students more time for extracurricular activities. The day breaks early in the northeastern states with the sun rising and setting at least 60-90 minutes ahead of[Read More…]
Madrid, March 4 (IANS) Real Madrid’s Luka Modric here on Monday said he did not see Gareth Bale leaving the club anytime soon and that the Croatia midfielder had done a lot for the club and deserved respect. Modric said Cristiano Ronaldo’s departure had affected the team, and although some[Read More…]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The CPI-M on Monday proposed “no mutual contest” in six Lok Sabha seats currently held by Congress and the Left Front in West Bengal even as it indicated that it would lend support to the Congress on seats it is not contesting in states where[Read More…]
Ranchi, March 4 (IANS) Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das here on Monday handed over cheques of Rs 1 lakh each to pilgrims from the state to Kailash Mansarovar. As a token gesture, 15 people were handed over cheques of Rs 1 lakh each at a programme organised at the Chief[Read More…]
By Rajnish Singh New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The “sole” agenda of the Centre’s ban on Jamaat-e-Islami (J&K) is to curb separatism in Jammu and Kashmir as the organisation has been the “brain” behind the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) which, the investigating agencies claim, has been ideologically supporting Pakistan-sponsored[Read More…]
Kolkata, March 4 (IANS) Giving a guarded response to the CPI-M’s announcement that it would avoid a mutual contest in the six West Bengal Lok Sabha seats currently held by it and the Congress, the state Congress on Monday said while it saw no reason to “discourage” them, there were[Read More…]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The government may introduce an ordinance soon to revive the university-wise recruitment system for faculty, an official from the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) said on Monday. It was changed to department-wise in 2017 by an Allahabad High Court order, the official added. A[Read More…]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) “Azaadi Ke Diwane”, a museum paying homage to the unsung heroes of Indian freedom struggle, was inaugurated by Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma in the Red Fort complex on Monday. The museum talks about the sacrifices of great freedom fighters. It pays tribute to the[Read More…]
New Delhi/Jaipur, March 4 (IANS) An Indian Air Force Su-30 MKI on Monday shot down a Pakistani Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in the Nal sector on the International Border in Rajasthan today morning, sources said. The Sukhoi-30MKI reportedly brought down the drone by using an air-to-air missile soon after it[Read More…]
Geneva, March 4 (IANS) Air pollution, both outside and inside home, is a silent and invisible prolific killer responsible for premature death of 7 million people each year, including 600,000 children, according to a UN expert on environment and human rights. According to David R. Boyd, UN Special Rapporteur, more[Read More…]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Women are likely to play a decisive role in the upcoming general elections as their voting participation is likely to be higher than that of men in the 2019 polls, a Centrum report said on Monday. According to the report, “Election 2019 – The Swing[Read More…]
Dubai, March 4 (IANS) South Africa leg-spinner Imran Tahir will step down from ODI cricket after the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, it was announced on Monday. The Pakistan-born twirler is currently contracted to Cricket South Africa (CSA) until 31 July, after which he will make himself available for T20[Read More…]
