While announcing that all schools in the Capital will remain closed until further notice keeping the Covid-19 situation in mind, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday said that school students graduating this year will have more opportunities as the government has added around 1,330 seats in the state’s higher […]
Dismiss Nitish Kumar govt immediately over Munger firing, Grand Alliance tells PM Modi
Amid the first phase of polling for the Bihar assembly election, the opposition Grand Alliance (GA) comprising RJD-Congress and Left parties on Wednesday came down heavily on chief minister Nitish Kumar over the Munger police firing incident calling it brutal and a reflection of the state government’s total inability to handle law […]
ED takes CM Vijayan’s former secretary M Sivasankar into custody
The Kerala high court on Wednesday rejected the anticipatory bail plea moved by suspended IAS officer, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s former secretary M Sivasankar in connection with the gold smuggling case. Customs and the Enforcement Directorate opposed his bail plea saying that he was aware of the smuggling activities of […]
NIA raids several locations across Kashmir in terror-funding case
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday conducted raids at multiple locations in Srinagar, including the office of Greater Kashmir newspaper and the residence of human rights activist Khurram Parvaiz in Sonwar in connection with ‘unaccounted funding’. The offices of NGO Athrout are also being raided. The NIA has registered a new […]
2 terrorists killed in J-K’s Badgam in encounter with security forces: Police
Two unidentified terrorists were killed by security forces in an encounter on Tuesday night in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and J-K police launched a joint cordon-and-search operation at Machama in Chadoora area of Budgam district around 7pm on Tuesday following a […]
India registers 43,893 new Covid-19 cases as tally nears eight million
A day after India reported its lowest daily novel coronavirus (Covid-19) count since July, the country logged nearly 44,000 cases in the last 24 hours, taking its overall tally closer to the eight million mark, the Union health ministry’s dashboard showed on Wednesday. With 43,893 new Covid-19 cases in the […]
Campaigning for phase-2 of Bihar polls begins; Modi, Rahul to address rallies today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will address rallies for the second phase of assembly elections in Bihar on Wednesday. The rallies will coincide with the first of the three-phase polling in the state. Modi will address meetings in Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur, and Patna, where voting will be […]
Defence minister Rajnath Singh to address top brass at army commanders’ conference
Defence minister Rajnath Singh will address the top brass at the ongoing army commanders’ conference, officials said. The minister’s address is expected to touch on different aspects such as the security situation along the borders, modernisation of the armed forces and achieving self-reliance in the defence sector. The four-day conference, […]
Indian Air Force to get a big Rafale boost, 16 fighters to land by April
The Indian Air Force’s strike capability is set for a boost with 16 omni-role Rafale jet fighters to be inducted into the Golden Arrows squadron by April 2021 and with France’s biggest jet engine maker Safran ready to make fighter engines and ancillaries in India, people familiar with the matter […]
Rajya Sabha poll: BJP candidate Naresh Bansal files nomination
Senior BJP leader Naresh Bansal filed his nominations on Tuesday as the party’s candidate for the Rajya Sabha polls from Uttarakhand. Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, Pradesh BJP president Bansidhar Bhagat, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Madan Kaushik, Minister of State for Higher Education Dhan Singh Rawat and a host of party MLAs accompanied […]
‘Corruption hurts development’: PM Modi calls for transparent admin process
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday singled out corruption as the biggest enemy of transparent and responsible administrative processes. PM Modi was addressing the national conference on vigilance and anti-corruption via video conferencing. “It is imperative for development that our administrative processes are transparent, responsible, accountable and answerable to the […]
As Pompeo visits India, a warning from China against ‘sowing discord’
China on Tuesday accused the US of sowing discord between Beijing and regional countries as the US secretary of state of Mike Pompeo held high-level talks in New Delhi with a focus on strengthening bilateral defence and strategic ties. Pompeo arrived in India on Monday along with defence secretary Mark […]
Sensex rallies 377 points; Kotak Bank zooms 12 per cent
Equity benchmark Sensex rallied 377 points on Tuesday, tracking massive buying in Kotak Mahindra Bank after the lender posted strong quarterly earnings. The 30-share BSE index ended 376.60 points or 0.94 per cent higher at 40,522.10. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty surged 121.65 points or 1.03 per cent to 11,889.40. […]
Anurag Thakur reminds Bihar voters of Gabbar Singh to keep ‘jungle raj’ away
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday used the iconic ‘so ja bete nahi to Gabbar Singh aa jayega’ dialogue of the 1975 Bollywood blockbuster ‘Sholay’ to warn people against Bihar’s return to ‘jungle raj’ if the RJD was voted to power. Thakur, the Union Minister of State for Finance, asked […]
Woman shot dead outside her college in Ballabhgarh, accused arrested
The man, who shot dead a 21-year-old woman just after she took an examination in a college in Haryana’s Ballabhgarh on Monday, and his accomplice have been arrested, according to reports. The main accused, who the police have said knew the victim, had tried to pull the woman inside his […]