Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu tells his MPs that he is walking out of NDA. Confirming this TDP MP CM Ramesh said, We have decided to move out of the NDA, the support has been removed. We gave the NDA sufficient time to change their mind but nothing happened. BJP[Read More…]
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is sinking fast in the country. “The BJP is sinking quite fast,” Patnaik told reporters here, citing the defeat of the BJP in the by-poll to two parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh. The Biju Janata Dal (BJD)[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Congress is expected to state its position on alliances for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and unveil a vision document at its plenary beginning here on Friday with party chief Rahul Gandhi keen on making the three-day event “worker-centric and not leader-centric”. The plenary, being held after eight[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Indian government’s public debt increased to Rs 66.61 lakh crore by the end of the third quarter ending December, which represented a rise of 1.22 per cent over the previous quarter, official data showed on Thursday. According to a Union Finance ministry release, the government’s debt (excluding liabilities[Read More…]
Gandhinagar: Two candidates each of the ruling BJP and opposition Congress were elected unopposed to as many vacant seats in the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat after their extra nominees opted out of the fray on the last date for withdrawal of nominations on Thursday. Union Ministers Purushottam Rupala and Masukh[Read More…]
Chandigarh: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday apologised to former Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia for alleging the latter’s involvement in drug trade in the state, following which the SAD leader said he will withdraw his defamation suit. The Chief Minister withdrew his allegations and an application regarding the same[Read More…]
New Delhi: Taking note of alarming shortage of officers and other ranks in the armed forces, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence has recommended five-year compulsory military service for those aspiring for gazetted jobs in the state and central governments. It comes after the Centre told the panel that the Defence[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Indian football team jumped three places to 99 in the latest FIFA rankings for the month of February released on Thursday. The Stephen Constantine-coached side will take on Kyrgyz Republic in a 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualifying match on March 27 at the Dolon Omurzakov Stadium in Bishkek.[Read More…]
Washington: With a market value of nearly $150 billion per year, bottled water from leading brands, including from India, have been found to be 90 per cent contaminated by microplastics, posing potential harm to humans, a report has said. The report, led by Orb Media, a US-based non-profit, revealed widespread[Read More…]
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said his ties with the Congress will continue to be good but stopped short of saying if the two parties will fight the 2019 Lok Sabha elections together. “I cannot comment on what will happen in the future. Our ties with the[Read More…]
Madurai: Independent legislator and sidelined AIADMK leader T.T.V. Dinakaran on Thursday launched his new party called Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagham (AMMK). He announced his party’s name at Melur near the temple town here in Tamil Nadu. The party flag was later unfurled. “From today onwards we will function with a[Read More…]
United Nations: Using a two-pronged tactic in the Human Rights Council, Pakistan has raised the Kashmir issue while speaking on behalf of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and then for itself. In its reply during the debate on Wednesday at the UN in Geneva, India rejected the OIC statement[Read More…]
Patna: The RJD on Wednesday won the Jehanabad Assembly seat and established a winning lead in the Araria Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, but the BJP bagged the Bhabhua Assembly seat, officials on Wednesday said. The Rashtriya Janata Dal’s Suday Yadav defeated Janata Dal-United candidate Abhiram Sharma by 35,036 votes[Read More…]
Lucknow: Samajwadi Party candidate Nagendra Singh Patel was on Wednesday elected to the Lok Sabha from Phulpur in Uttar Pradesh, defeating his nearest BJP opponent by 59,613 votes, an Election Commission official said. IANS
Gandhinagar: Lawmakers in the Gujarat Assembly on Wednesday came to blows when Dalit leader Jignesh Mewani raised the matter of the deaths of two children in the Asaram ashram in 2008 in Sabarmati. The ruckus led to the House being adjourned shortly after Question Hour by Speaker Rajendra Trivedi till[Read More…]
New Delhi: Online hiring activity registered a 6 per cent growth year-on-year (YoY) in February as job markets continued to remain volatile, a Naukri.com report said here on Wednesday. The survey said the Naukri Job Speak index for February at 2,087 recorded a 6 per cent growth from the corresponding[Read More…]
New Delhi: With 67 per cent Indian businesses hit by ransomware — 38 per cent twice — they are at a high risk of repeated ransomware attacks and are vulnerable to exploits, a new report warned on Wednesday. While $13.74 million were spent by three per cent of the organisations[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Union Budget without any debate amid din, leading to a walkout by members of the Congress and Trinamool, while the TDP, YSR Congress, AIADMK and SP protested near the Speaker’s podium. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley moved the Finance Bill 2018, as[Read More…]
Lucknow: Counting of votes for the Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliamentary seats in Uttar Pradesh began amid tight security on Wednesday, a poll official said. In the initial rounds of counting, BJP is leading in both seats. While in the Gorakhpur bypoll, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Upendra Dutt Shukla is leading;[Read More…]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended the deadline for linking of various services with Aadhaar till it delivers its judgment on a batch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the biometrical identification scheme. Announcing the order, a five-judge constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, however[Read More…]
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Tuesday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file reply on the bail plea of senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram in the INX Media corruption case. Justice S.P. Garg also sought a status report from the probe agency and listed[Read More…]
Raipur: At least eight CRPF personnel were killed and three others injured in a Maoist attack in Sukma district of Chattisgarh on Tuesday. According to a CRPF official, Maoists targeted a team of 212 CRPF personnel between Kistaram and Palodi in the district at 12 noon and blew up a[Read More…]
New Delhi: Country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has substantially reduced charges for non-maintenance of average monthly balance (AMB) in savings accounts, which would benefit 25 crore banks’ customers, an official statement said here on Tuesday. The revised charges would be effective from April 1, 2018. This step[Read More…]
Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP R.K. Sinha from Bihar on Monday said prohibition has failed in the state and called for a review of the much-hyped policy, which is currently in effect in the state. The BJP is a ruling ally of Nitish Kumar-led government in the state. Sinha, a[Read More…]
Mumbai: Actor Ajay Devgn will soon be launching two Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) gyms here. “Yes it has been my yearning to spread awareness on the power and profundity of MMA all over our country. I will be committed to launching MMA studios across Maharashtra,” Ajay said in a statement.[Read More…]
