- From contributing in Trolley Times to receiving 'best poet'award, this budding poet has come a long way
Last year, around this time of the year, local lad Nirvair Singh was busy churning out political write-ups, interviews and poetry on the farm movement at the Delhi borders for the Trolley Times, a weekly paper distributed at the kisan morcha.
- Sensodyne told to halt ?misleading? ad campaign
The Central Consumer Protection Authority has imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on GSK Consumer Healthcare, manufacturers of Sensodyne toothpaste, for misleading claims that the product is endorsed by dentists. The company has been asked to discontinue the misleading advertisements within seven days.
- Delhi to Amritsar by road in 4 hours
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari today said in the Lok Sabha that all toll collection points that were within 60 km of each other on national highways would be closed within next three months.
- ED attaches assets of Maha CM's kin
New Delhi: The ED has attached immovable properties worth around Rs 6.45 core belonging to Pushpak Group's entity, Pushpak Bullion, an official said here on Tuesday. These include 11 flats in the Neelambari project in Thane, belonging to Shree Saibaba Grihanirmit Pvt Ltd, which is owned and controll
- PM speaks to Johnson, sticks to Ukraine stand
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on phone with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday for a detailed discussion on the situation in Ukraine.
- Significant number of terrorists at Pak launch pads: Government in Lok Sabha
Nityanand Rai, Minister of State (MoS) for Home, today said in the Lok Sabha that there existed a significant number of terrorists waiting at various launch pads in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to enter India.
- MoD stresses self - reliance in defence procurement
Just a week after a Sweden-based think tank reported India was the largest global importer of weapons during 2017-21, the Ministry of Defence on Tuesday decided that requirements of modernising the armed forces would be sourced indigenously and imports would be allowed only as an exception. The deci
- Protest in Parl over increase in fuel prices, RS adjourned twice
Parliament today witnessed disruptions over the increase in prices of fuel and LPG, as Opposition MPs disrupted the proceedings in Rajya Sabha twice and walked out of Lok Sabha over the issue.
- Every Indian legally bound to answer Census queries: Govt
Minister of State (MoS) for Home Nityanand Rai today informed the Lok Sabha that every Indian was legally bound to answer Census questions and all requisite steps were being taken to carry out the enumeration and the National Population Register (NPR) exercises smoothly.
- Sonia meets G - 23 leaders, second meeting in 4 days
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday continued her engagement with the leaders of G-23, meeting MPs Anand Sharma, Manish Tewari and Vivek Tankha today.
- Article 370 shielded ultras: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Discussion on two appropriation Bills in the Rajya Sabha related to J&K Budget turned out be a debate on the merit and demerits of the abrogation of the special status of J&K on Tuesday. Congress’ MP from Madhya Pradesh, Vivek Tankha, said the Budget ought to have been discussed in the
- Minister: Yamuna to be cleaned by ?23
Advancing the deadline for the cleaning of the Yamuna in Delhi, Water Minister Satyendar Jain on Tuesday said the river would be cleaned by December 2023 and not 2025.
- Common test for all UGC - funded central varsities
From this year, the UGC-funded central universities will consider the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores to admit students to undergraduate courses.
- India ?shaky? on invasion: Biden builds up pressure
The US continues to mount pressure on India regarding its stand on Ukraine. US President Joe Biden said India was the only Quad member that was “somewhat shaky” in acting against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
- Cooking gas price hiked by Rs50; petrol, diesel up 80 paise
Petrol and diesel prices were on Tuesday hiked by 80 paise a litre each while domestic cooking gas (LPG) rates were increased by Rs 50 per cylinder as state oil firms ended a four-and-a-half-month election-related hiatus in rate revision. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 96.21 per litre as against R
- Delhi most polluted capital
Delhi continues to be the world’s most polluted capital for the fourth consecutive year and 35 of the 50 cities with the worst air quality are in India, says the World Air Quality Report for 2021.
- Six juniors clinch gold at Asian boxing
Six juniors clinch gold at Asian boxing
- Dr. Varun Gupta & Dr. Naresh Malhotra conferred upon the Champions of Change in Skill Development Award on behalf of On Sky Global (USA)
On Sky Global, a US based institution engaged in spreading skill based vocational education courses was awarded as Champions of change in Skill Development in the recently concluded Six Sigma Summit and Excellence Awards held at Hotel Pullman, New Delhi. On Sky Global is operating in many Asian &amp
- Bhagwant Mann to meet PM Modi tomorrow
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Thursday morning. Mann had sought time for a meeting with the PM, which had been conveyed to his office, said officials in the Chief Minister’s Office. They said it was a courtesy call by the CM after assuming offi
- Supreme Court panel report fake, say farm unions
A day after a member of the Supreme Court-appointed committee on farm laws, Anil Ghanawat, released a report stating that “over 85.7 per cent farmers were in favour” of the farm laws, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha and its leaders debunked it as “fake, bogus and trashy”.
- No provision for holding re - examination in case candidate fails to appear in exam, UPSC tells SC
The UPSC has told the Supreme Court that there is no provision for holding re-examination in case a candidate fails to appear in the test on the scheduled date for any reasons, including ailment or accident incapacitating him to take the exam.
- Ukrainian soldiers are abandoning positions and laying down weapons, says Moscow
Ukrainian soldiers are abandoning their positions in the face of a Russian offensive, Moscow has asserted.
- Akhilesh Yadav, Azam Khan resign from Lok Sabha, to battle it out in UP
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and SP MP Azam Khan on Tuesday resigned as the members of Lok Sabha from Azamgarh and Rampur constituencies, deciding to retain the Karhal and Rampur assembly seats they won in the recently held Uttar Pradesh polls.
- Wrestler Bajrang, Paralympian Amit Saroha receive financial assistance
The Sports Ministry’s Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) has approved a financial assistance of Rs 6.16 lakh for Tokyo Games bronze medallist Bajrang Punia for the 18-day special training camp he undertook in Iran.
- Slain photojournalist Danish Siddiqui?s parents lodge complaint in ICC against Taliban
The family of slain Pulitzer-winning Danish Siddiqui has lodged a complaint with the International Criminal Court to probe his killing and to bring to book those responsible, including high-level commanders and leaders of the Taliban, their lawyer Avi Singh said on Tuesday.