Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for delaying the Winter Session of Parliament on “flimsy grounds”, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday warned the NDA regime that it can not escape constitutional accountability by “locking the temple of democracy”. Addressing the Congress Working Committee, which met here to finalise[Read More…]
Virat Kohli authored a captains knock of 104 not out while Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned spectacular figures of 11-8-8-4 as India narrowly missed a spectacular win when the first Test match against Sri Lanka ended in a draw at the Eden Gardens here on Monday. Brief scores: India 172 and 352/8[Read More…]
Minister for Road, Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari on Monday said that he will meet the Mayor of London to boost the government’s efforts to adopt the London Transport System, including electric double-decker buses. Addressing a two-day conference on Smart Mobility, Gadkari said the meeting is scheduled next month[Read More…]
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was left red-faced on Monday after a video of a senior Minister peeing in public went viral, with many raising questions on the government’s Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. A video clip showed Water Conservation Minister Ram Shinde urinating in public on the Solapur-Barshi Road while[Read More…]
As the makers of “Padmavati” have announced to defer the release of the film from its December 1 date, a string of filmmakers have asked where’s the freedom of speech and expression, and have raised a question on a “culture of censorship on art”. Here’s what the filmmakers have said:[Read More…]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday condemned the ongoing controversy over Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s historical drama “Padmavati”, labelling it as “unfortunate” and a “calculated plan” to destroy freedom of expression. “The #Padmavati controversy is not only unfortunate but also a calculated plan of a political party to destroy[Read More…]
Congress leader and former Union Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi, who was in coma since 2008, died on Monday at Apollo Hospital here, doctors said. “He died at 12.10 p.m.,” an Apollo doctor told IANS. He had suffered a brain stroke in 2008 and was admitted to AIIMS. Later he was[Read More…]
The world could see an increase in the number of strong earthquakes in 2018 and the next few years due to periodic slowing of the Earth’s rotation, scientists have warned. There is a clear correlation between the speed of the earth’s rotation and global earthquake activity, said Roger Bilham of[Read More…]
The Congress Working Committee formally initiated the process for the election of party chief on Monday. Reportedly, a poll notification will be issued on December 1. The nomination process will be completed by December 4 while the voting will be held on December 16. The results will be declared on[Read More…]
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Monday began a meeting here to chart out a schedule for the election of the Congress President which will see the elevation of Vice President Rahul Gandhi to the party’s top post. The meeting was attended by Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, former[Read More…]
The body of a Rashtriya Swayamsewak Singh (RSS) worker was found in a sack in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut city, police said on Monday. The victim identified as Sunil Garg, was also a prominent iron trader. He was last seen earlier on Sunday campaigning for a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate[Read More…]
The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Monday decided to contest the Gujarat Assembly elections on its own and expressed confidence it would bag the maximum number of seats in the “solo fight”. The party’s decision came a day after the Congress declared its first list of 77 candidates for the[Read More…]
In a spectacular display of daredevilry, 58 men of the Indian Army set a world record on Sunday by riding a single motorcycle at the IAF base in the city’s northern outskirts, official sources said. “The 58-member motorcycle team of the Army Service Corps (ASC) christened ‘Tornadoes’ set another world[Read More…]
Hindi has played a historic role in the development of India’s unity, integrity, and linguistic goodwill and for the unification of the nation there is no element more powerful than the language spoken by most Indians, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu said on Sunday. Naidu was addressing the 16th annual[Read More…]
Senior Congress leaders Shaktisinh Gohil and Arjun Modhwadia figure in the party’s first list of 77 candidates for the first phase of Gujarat Assembly elections on December 9. As per the list finalised by the Congress’ Central Election Committee on Sunday, senior leader and sitting MLA from Abdasa, Shaktisinh Gohil,[Read More…]
The Congress on Sunday released its first list of 77 candidates, which included one PAAS leader, for the first phase of Gujarat assembly elections on December 9. The party’s Central Election Committee finalised the list, as per which senior leader and sitting MLA from Abdasa, Shaktisinh Gohil, has been fielded[Read More…]
New Delhi: A 27-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fake website resembling a government one and cheating several thousand persons of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of providing them jobs, police said on Sunday. Sumit Kumar along with two others had hosted a website named ‘Women[Read More…]
New Delhi: Indira Gandhi “fought for secularism, against all those forces seeking to divide the Indian people on lines of religion and caste”, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said on Sunday. On the centenary of the birth anniversary of the former Prime Minister, Sonia Gandhi spoke at the inauguration here of a[Read More…]
Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad on Sunday taunted Prime Minister Narendra Modi by saying that earlier people used to fear the lion but now they fear the cow thanks to cow vigilantism across the country. “Pahle log sher se darte the, ab gai se darte hain. Yeh sab Modi sarkar ki[Read More…]
Without commenting on the reports that the application for “Padmavati” had been sent back to the makers, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chief Prasoon Joshi said on Saturday the film’s application had come up for review and that the makers admitted that the paperwork was incomplete. In a statement,[Read More…]
Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leaders have given the Congress party a 24-hour deadline to declare their stand on the reservation status for the community. As the Congress leaders are under pressure and busy over selection of candidates for the Gujarat Assembly elections, there seems to be trouble brewing as[Read More…]
Even as camera-friendly and Internet-savvy Prime Minister Narendra Modi waxes eloquent on his “Beti Padhao Beti Bachao” campaign, the right-wing fringe elements openly threaten a leading actress — an inspiration and role model for thousands of young Indian girls — under his government’s nose. Modi and his government have done[Read More…]
No past Prime Minister of India evokes as much passion as Indira Gandhi. Her admirers believe she could do no wrong and was the messianic leader India needed in her time; her detractors hold her responsible for creating a personality cult, encouraging dynastic politics and weakening the institutions of democracy.[Read More…]
Darbhanga Medical College and Hospital authorities in Bihar have imposed Rs 50,000 fine each on 54 second-year students for ragging their juniors, an official said on Saturday. DMCH Principal RK Sinha imposed the fine. The students have been directed to pay the penalty amount by November 25, the official added.[Read More…]
More than 100 Rohingya refugees have drowned in shipwrecks and boat capsizes as they fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh, according to a UN official. Stephane Dujarric, the chief UN spokesman, on Friday said that the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has received reports of some 30 improvised rafts, carrying more than[Read More…]
