SIVASAGAR (Assam), Jan 18: Soon after ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ entered Assam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that perhaps the “most corrupt Government” in India is functioning in the state. Addressing party workers at Halowating in Sivasagar district, where the march entered Assam from Nagaland, Gandhi slammed the ruling BJP and its ideologue […]
NEW DELHI, Jan 16: India has logged 180 new cases of Covid, while the number of active cases of the infection has declined to 2,804, the health ministry said on Tuesday. Three deaths have been reported from Maharashtra in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry’s data updated at 8 am. The […]
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday termed the Supreme Court’s verdict in Bilkis Bano case a “victory of justice against the arrogant BJP government”. Commenting on the Supreme Court’s verdict, the Congress leader said that the tendency to “kill justice” for electoral gains is dangerous for the democratic system. “The tendency to ‘kill […]
Male: The Maldivian government on Sunday suspended three ministers who posted “derogatory remarks” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi as it distanced itself from their comments on social media and said these opinions are “personal and do not represent the views of the Government”. The development came after opposition leaders slammed the “appalling language” used by […]
Ayodhya: Ayodhya is all geared up for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit on December 30, with the city being decked up with flowers, murals and thematic ornamental columns amid heavy security deployment in the temple town. Divisional Commissioner of Ayodhya, Gaurav Dayal said preparations are in full swing for the visit and despite dense fog […]
New Delhi, Dec 23: India saw a single-day rise of 752 coronavirus infections, the highest since May 21, 2023, while the active cases have increased to 3,420, according to Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. The death toll was recorded at 5,33,332 with four new deaths, two from Kerala, one each in Rajasthan and […]
New Dehi: The Lok Sabha Secretariat has suspended eight personnel for the security breach in Parliament, sources said on Thursday. Those suspended have been identified as Rampal, Arvind, Vir Das, Ganesh, Anil, Pradeep, Vimitt and Narendra. In a major security breach on the anniversary of the 2001 Parliament terror attack on Wednesday, two persons — […]
New Delhi, Dec 9: India has showed that there is no irreconcilable trade-off between growth and distributive justice, and the government is making all efforts to further boost the country’s position as a growth engine, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. In an address at the annual general meeting of FICCI, Singh said India, […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre why did it single out Assam and exclude West Bengal from grant of citizenship under section 6A of the Citizenship Act when the latter shares a much larger border with Bangladesh. Section 6A of the Citizenship Act relates to illegal immigrants in Assam. Observing that […]
New Delhi: Ten of the 12 BJP MPs elected to state assemblies in the recent elections resigned from Parliament on Wednesday, and the two others will also quit. The 10 who put in their papers include nine Lok Sabha MPs, including Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar and Prahlad Patel, and the one Rajya Sabha member, […]