ED to interrogate Azam Khan, others in money laundering cases

Enforcement Directorate (ED) will interrogate three jailed politicians in Uttar Pradesh including Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in alleged money laundering cases. Besides Khan, the agency will interrogate BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari and former MP Atiq Ahmad. All three politicians are currently lodged in different jails in Uttar Pradesh. ED has got permission from courts for custodial […]

BJP to hold two-day Scheduled Caste wings meeting in Varanasi from today

The national executive meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Scheduled Caste wings is scheduled to be held for two days starting from Saturday in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi. The programme will be inaugurated by BJP president JP Nadda through a virtual medium at 5 pm and will […]

India, El Salvador hold third Foreign Office Consultations

India and El Salvador held the third Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) on September 17 and reviewed the whole gamut of bilateral relations in all fields including health, trade and investment, the Ministry of External Affairs (EAM) informed on Saturday. An MEA release stated that the Indian side was led by Riva Ganguly Das, Secretary (East) and […]

IRCTC dedicates new food plaza for passengers at New Delhi railway station

To offer an enhanced travel experience with taste, the Indian Railway Catering And Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) offered a new food plaza for the passengers at New Delhi Railway Station on Friday. Minister of Railways, Ashwini Vaishnaw also paid a visit to the railway station. He also inaugurated the Food Plaza set up by IRCTC on […]

MoS External Affairs Muraleedharan inaugurates first Girmitiya Conference

Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Friday inaugurated the first Girmitiya Conference virtually organised by the India Foundation with the support of the Overseas Indian Affairs Division of the Ministry of External Affairs. Muraleedharan invited the Indian diaspora to be an integral part of ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ in their countries of residence. Taking on Twitter, […]

Navjot Singh Sadhu lashes out at Sukhbir Badal, calls him ‘creator, defender of black farm laws’

Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) President Navjot Singh Sidhu hit out at Sukhbir Singh Badal, the president of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) calling him the ‘creator and defender’ of the farm laws passed in the Parliament last year. “There are lies, white lies, then there is a bundle of lies called Sukha Gappi @officeofssbadal. The […]

GST council meet today: Key agenda to bring petroleum products under GST regime

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the 45th GST Council meeting at Lucknow on Friday. This is the first time in 20 months that the GST council will be doing any physical meeting. After December 18, 2019, all the GST Council meeting was done in virtual mode. The key agenda of the meeting is how to bring diesel, petrol […]

PM Modi turns 71: President Ram Nath Kovind, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, others extend birthday greetings

President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nirmala Sitharaman, and other political leaders greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday on Friday. PM Modi turned 71 today. Wishing him a long and healthy life, President Ram Nath Kovind said may […]