Emphasising that the energy sector will play a huge role in accelerating India’s progress over the next 25 years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged states and union territories to clear pending power dues as soon as possible. Addressing the ‘Ujjwal Bharat Ujjwal Bhavishya – Power @2047’ programme, the Prime Minister said, […]
CWG 2022: Indian women’s table tennis team registers third straight win, defeats Guyana 3-0
Indian women’s table tennis continued their winning ways, registering their third win in a row after defeating Guyana in their Group 2 tie on Saturday. The Indian pair of Sreeja Akula and Reeth Tennison started off the match with a tie against the duo of Natalie Cummings and Chelsea Edghill. Akula-Tennison dominated the tie from […]
US has no plans for Blinken to meet with Lavrov in Cambodia: State Deptartment
The United States has no plans for a meeting between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during their visit to Cambodia for meetings with ASEAN, State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters. “We have no plans to meet with Foreign Minister Lavrov when they are in Cambodia,” Price […]
Congress hits back with ‘hoshiyari’ jibe as Maharashtra Governor’s remarks stir row
Congress has hit out at Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s controversial remarks about Mumbai owing its financial capital status due to the hard work of Gujaratis and Rajasthanis. “His name is ‘Koshiyari’, but as a governor, there is not a bit of ‘hoshiyari’ (smartness) in what he says and does. He is sitting on the […]
Punjab health minister under opposition fire for “misbehaving” with top doctor
Opposition parties demanded the resignation of Punjab Health Minister Chetan Singh Jouramajra after he forced a vice chancellor to lie down on a soiled mattress during a visit to the Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital on Friday. Following the minister’s visit, Dr Raj Bahadur, the vice-chancellor of the Baba Farid […]
Adhir Ranjan should seek forgiveness by touching President Droupadi Murmu’s feet: BJP MP
The controversy over Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury’s ‘Rashtrapatni’ remark refused to abate as BJP MP Harnath Singh Yadav on Saturday demanded that Congress chief Sonia Gandhi should apologise to the whole country while Chowdhury should seek forgiveness by touching President Droupadi Murmu’s feet. “The surprising thing is that despite Congress President Sonia Gandhi being a woman, […]
ED attaches assets worth Rs 110 cr in Karvy scam
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs 110 crore in its ongoing case in the Rs 2,800 crore Karvy scam, the agency said on Saturday. The federal agency identified additional assets and provisionally attached properties in the form of lands, buildings, shareholdings, cash, foreign currency and jewellery worth […]
Delhi: Liquor will be sold only through govt shops, says Manish Sisodia as AAP withdraws excise policy
The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government has decided to withdraw its new excise policy and directed that liquor be sold only through government-run shops from August 1, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Saturday. Sisodia claimed that his party’s government brought in a new excise policy to curb graft but […]
Bangladesh authorities seize 2700 cartons of foreign liquor smuggled from China
Bangladesh law enforcement agencies have seized a large consignment of foreign liquor, containing over 2700 cartons of liquor that was smuggled from China. The consignment was seized on the Chittagong-Dhaka highway in a special operation by Bangladesh (BD) authorities on July 22, Bangladesh Live News reported. This is the latest case of Chinese smuggling which […]
BJP national president JP Nadda to hold roadshow in Bihar
BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda is holding a roadshow in Patna on Saturday. Nadda on Saturday arrived at Patna airport on Saturday. He is scheduled to attend a two-day meeting of the Joint National Working Committee. This will be the first time that this meeting of the BJP is being held […]
‘Mumbai will cease to be financial capital if Gujaratis, Rajasthanis sent back’: Maharashtra Governor
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has triggered a row claiming that if Gujaratis and Rajasthanis were removed from Maharashtra then Mumbai will no longer remain the financial capital of the country. During a speech at an event held to name a chowk after the late Shantidevi Champalalji Kothari in Mumbai’s […]
Chinese authorities forcibly moving Tibetans to Indian border to bolster control
The Chinese government has announced plans to relocate over 100,000 Tibetans from their homes by 2030, aiming to end their traditional way of life and bolster its control over border areas including with India. This is part of China’s strategy of aggressively constructing new villages in disputed border areas to […]
UP: Six persons who offered namaz at Lucknow’s Lulu mall get bail
Six persons, who were accused of offering Namaz at Lucknow’s swanky Lulu mall were granted bail by a court on Friday. The accused who were given bail were identified as Mohammad Adil, Mohammad Sayeed, Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Atif, Mohammad Rehan, and Mohammad Luqman. The ACJM court granted them a conditional bail on […]
India reported 20,408 fresh Covid-19 cases in past 24 hours
India recorded 20,408 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Saturday. The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country now stands at 4,40,00,138 including 1,43,384 active cases. Active cases account for 0.33 per cent of the total cases. The government data […]
Strengthening District Judiciary is need of the hour: CJI Ramana
Chief Justice of India (CJI) N V Ramana on Saturday said that strengthening the district judiciary is the need of the hour as these courts are the driving force behind the legal aid movement in India. District judicial officers are the first point of contact for a majority of the […]