Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who is also the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) President, will not campaign for his party’s candidates in the Gujarat assembly polls. The party has decided to send its 20 star campaigners minus Nitish Kumar to Gujarat, a JD-U leader said on Saturday. The JD-U, an ally[Read More…]
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Steep hike in fares will kill Delhi Metro: CM Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the steep hike in fares will kill the Metro. “This steep hike in metro fare will kill Delhi Metro. If people stop using it, then what purpose does it serve,” Kejriwal tweeted. The Chief Minister was referring to media reports on Friday[Read More…]
President raises concern over poor representation of weaker sections, women in judiciary
President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday expressed concern over the “unacceptably low” representation of women, OBCs, SC/STs in the higher judiciary and called for steps to remedy the situation. “There is unacceptably low representation of traditionally weaker sections such as OBCs, SCs and STs especially in the higher judiciary,” President[Read More…]
Indian women have evolved as able soldiers: President Kovind
More and more countries are entrusting women with greater responsibilities in their armed forces and in India too, women have evolved as able soldiers in whichever arm or service they have served in, President Ram Nath Kovind said here on Friday. Addressing the closing ceremony of the 42nd World Congress[Read More…]
BSP can come to power in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, says Mayawati
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Friday said public sentiment were against the BJP governments in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, and her party can come to power if its workers made some efforts. “People in these states are under stress due to the BJP rule. It is party workers’[Read More…]
Congress questions Gadkari on aide’s firm, BJP rejects allegations as ‘baseless’
The Congress on Friday alleged that a company owned by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari’s personal secretary Vaibhav Dange has been getting funds from his own ministry and other PSUs and demanded he come clean on it. The BJP rejected the charges as “baseless”. The Congress also alleged that this “scam”[Read More…]
Egypt terror attack claims at least 270 lives; India condemns
India on Friday strongly condemned the terror attack at a mosque in Egypt that claimed at least 270 lives. “Government of India strongly condemns the heinous act of terrorism that has claimed innocent lives in Bir-al-Abed, North Sinai in Egypt today,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted. “In this[Read More…]
BJP-JD(U) alliance natural: Sushil Modi
Kolkata: Taking a dig at RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and veteran BJP leader Sushil Modi on Friday said the alliance between Nitish Kumar’s JD-U and his party was “natural” and the “unnatural” Nitish-Lalu partnership died “naturally”. In July, Nitish Kumar became Bihar Chief Minister for the[Read More…]
Bengaluru: Madras HC summons jail official with Jayalalithaa’s fingerprints
The Madras High Court on Friday summoned the Superintendent of Parappana Agrahara Jail in Bengaluru to appear before it with the fingerprint records of Tamil Nadu’s late Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa in connection with affixing of the thumb impression on poll documents, said a lawyer. The prison official will have to[Read More…]
Amid raging controversy, Mamata welcomes ‘Padmavati’ in Bengal
Amid the raging controversy over Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period drama “Padmavati”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday asserted that her state was ready to welcome the film and its crew. “Yes we would welcome them. They are welcome here if they can’t do it in other states. We[Read More…]
National opposition should work together to challenge Modi: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday threw enough hints that she is not averse to taking the lead in bringing together opposition parties on a single platform against the BJP in the next Lok Sabha election in 2019. The Trinamool Congress chief also stressed on “collective leadership” and[Read More…]
I retired as I had enough of getting selected, says Sourav Ganguly
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly called it quits from Test cricket in 2008 because he had had enough of selection sagas, fresh from the Greg Chappell controversy which led to him being dropped from the Indian team, the southpaw revealed here on Friday. “I retired because at some point you’ve[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh: Engine gets detached thrice from train in three hours, no casualties
The Jammu-Patna Archana Express’ engine detached from the train in Uttar Pradesh‘s Saharanpur district thrice within a span of three hours on Friday while on its way to the Bihar capital, though there was no untoward incident, officials said. A Railway Ministry official said the engine of the train, that[Read More…]
India seems like ‘jungli’ country amidst unending row over ‘Padmavati’: ‘Haraamkhor’ director
India seems like a “jungli” country amidst the unending row over “Padmavati”, says “Haraamkhor” director Shlok Sharma, whose own movie had run into trouble with the censor board for showing a romantic relationship between a teacher and a student. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s historical drama “Padmavati” narrates the story of Rajput[Read More…]
Tamil Nadu: By-election in RK Nagar on Dec 21, says EC
The Election Commission on Friday announced by-election to the Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu on December 21, a day after it allotted the AIADMK’s “two leaves” symbol to the ruling faction headed by Chief Minister K. Palaniswami and Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam. The counting of votes[Read More…]
‘Padmavati’: Delhi HC dismisses plea for expert panel to review the film
The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a PIL seeking setting up of an expert committee of historians and social activists to examine Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati” to ensure there were no “distortions”, saying such pleas were “encouraging” those agitating against the film. The court said the plea against the[Read More…]
Delayed winter session to begin on December 15 and will continue till January 5
The delayed Winter Session of Parliament will begin on December 15 and continue till January 5, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar said on Friday. “The Winter Session of Parliament will be held between December 15 to January 5. It will have 14 sittings,” Kumar told reporters. He also said that[Read More…]
‘Courting Politics’ a much-needed ode to nine lawyer-politicians
One is described as calm as a millpond, another as an “incredible flirt” who terms himself a “sinner with a clean conscience”; then there is a “details lawyer” and another who is “arrogant about his gumption”. What binds these four individuals, and five others, together is the fact that they[Read More…]
‘Modi Ka Gaon’ clear all hurdles; set to release by mid-December
Eight months after it was denied a censor certificate on various grounds, the producers of the Hindi feature film “Modi Ka Gaon”, loosely inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s development agenda, has finally cleared all hurdles for release. The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) informed the producer, Suresh K[Read More…]
Railway minister orders probe into Patna-Vasco Da Gama express derailment
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday condoled the death of three passengers, who died after 13 coaches of the Patna-Vasco Da Gama express derailed in Uttar Pradesh’s Manikpur. He ordered a probe. “Immediate rescue and relief operations started and an inquiry ordered into the derailment of Vasco Da Gama-Patna Express[Read More…]
Elephant trampled a man to death in northern West Bengal
An elephant trampled a man to death in northern West Bengal’s Dooars forest area, forest officials said. The gruesome incident took place on Thursday night on the Lataguri-Mahakal Mandir Road of Jalpaiguri district as Sadik Rahman, 40, a security guard, made no attempt to step into his vehicle, which is[Read More…]
Pray for victory of faithful persons in Gujarat polls, says Archbishop
Cautioning that nationalist forces, or narrow-minded people, were on the verge of taking over the country, Gandhinagar Archbishop Thomas Macwan has asked Bishops across the country to hold prayers for victory of such persons in the Gujarat elections who remain faithful to the Constitution. As for his take on “nationalist[Read More…]
Congress asks when PM will act on Assam minister’s ‘cancer is justice for sins’ remark
The Congress on Thursday slammed Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his alleged ‘cancer is divine justice for sins’ remark and asked when will Prime Minister Narendra Modi act against such elements. “Now, BJP Minister and Convenor abuses India’s cancer patients and their families. Mr PM, as you tacitly support[Read More…]
Vyapam scam: CBI chargesheet names 592 people in 2012 pre medical test case
The CBI on Thursday filed a chargesheet against 592 persons in the multi-crore Vyapam examination scam linked with 2012 Pre Medical Test (PMT) case. Of the total persons named in the chargesheet filed in a Bhopal court, 245 are new names while remaining 347 are those who have already been[Read More…]
Micro-robots may used in delivering drugs in hard-to-reach areas of body
An international team of researchers has developed micro-robots that could soon be used to diagnose and deliver drugs in hard-to-reach areas of the human body. The robots were manufactured by coating tiny algae with magnetic particles and can smoothly swim in biological fluids, such as diluted blood and gastric fluid.[Read More…]