New Delhi: Making a U-turn, West Bengal Assembly Deputy Speaker Asish Banerjee on Wednesday administered oath to newly elected TMC MLA Babul Supriyo. Supriyo, former union minister who quit BJP and joined the TMC after being dropped from the ministry by the PM, won Assembly polls from Ballygunge con
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind accepted credentials from the Ambassadors of Slovak Republic, Republic of Sudan and Nepal at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday. Those who presented their credentials were Robert Maxian (Slovak Republic), Abdalla Omer Bashir Elhusain (Sudan) and Shankar Prasad Sharm
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday said it has been unanimously elected as the new Chair of the Association of Asian Election Authorities (AAEA) for 2022-2024. It said, India was elected at the recently held meeting of the executive board and general assembly at Manila, t
Asserting that even detractors of Prime Minister Narendra Modi agree that he is a “phenomenon”, Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu today said while Mahatma Gandhi took the freedom struggle out of the hands of the elite to turn it into a mass movement, Modi had converted developmental initia
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday inaugurated the party’s state headquarters in Guwahati, besides taking part in a function in the city that saw a large number of workers of other regional and national parties join the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC. Banerjee’s visi
India has made it clear that it has no desire to intervene in Sri Lankan politics even as the island country continued to face political crisis with curfew in force and its Central Bank Governor threatening to quit if stability was not restored in a fortnight.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) today claimed to have unearthed a novel modus operandi and seized 62 kg heroin after interdicting an air cargo consignment at the IGI Airport here.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended till May 13 the interim stay on the Allahabad High Court order issuing an NBW against senior IAS officer and Noida Chief Executive Officer Ritu Maheshwari in a contempt case even as one of the judges on the Bench recused from hearing the matter.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Delhi Police on an appeal filed by student activist Gulfisha Fatima challenging refusal of bail in the 2020 Delhi riots conspiracy case. tns
New Delhi: The civic authorities on Wednesday carried out anti-encroachment drive in Najafgarh, Dwarka, Lodhi Colony and several other areas in south Delhi as bulldozers continued to roll in the city amid stiff opposition from locals. Meanwhile, East Delhi MC's planned drive in Seelampur couldn't st
BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga today alleged that he was arrested by the Punjab Police for questioning AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal about his promises to act against the accused in the sacrilege case, drug mafia and separatists in the state.
Punjab Minister for NRI Affairs Kuldeep Dhaliwal today met Union MoS for External Affairs V Muraleedharan and demanded direct flights to Canada, US, Australia and UK from Amritsar and Chandigarh airports.
Bareilly: A 10-year-old boy from Delhi, who has embarked on a 2,500-kilometre cycling expedition to spread the message of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, .
New Delhi: The Delhi government has initiated a free online coaching programme to assist students of Class XII to prepare for the JEE and NEET entranc.
New Delhi: BJP on Wednesday launched a “Pol Khol” campaign against alleged “false promises and tall claims” of the AAP government in the city over the.
Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik pleaded guilty before a special NIA court on all charges, including the UAPA in connection with a terror case, for hatching a criminal conspiracy, waging war against the country, and other unlawful activities disturbing the peace in the Valley. — IANS
AS the Gujarat Chief Minister, Narendra Modi was a fervent champion of the principle and practice of cooperative federalism. In June 2011, at the BJP’s national executive meet in Lucknow, he moved a resolution whose heading, “UPA: A grave threat to our federalism”, was self-explana