A tea shop owner in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla has replaced Bharatiya Janata Party minister Suresh Bhardwaj who has contested the Shimla Urban seat four times consecutively. Suresh Bhardwaj will now contest the Assembly polls from Kasumpti after the party’s candidate Sanjay Sood, who runs a tea shop in Shimla got […]
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RSS misleading people, says Brinda Karat on Hosabale’s ‘population imbalance’ remarks
: Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat has lambasted RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale for his comments where he said that religious conversion and infiltration are causing “population imbalance” in India. Karat alleged that RSS was misleading the country. Hitting out at RSS, the left leader Karat told ANI that everybody knows […]
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AIUDF alleges Assam Congress working as ‘A-Team’ of BJP to eliminate Opposition
At a time when the country’s oldest political party Congress gets its first non-Gandhi president after 24 years and the party is preparing to emerge as a new avatar to take on the ruling BJP heavily, Badruddin Ajmal-led All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) alleged that the Assam Congress is […]
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UP to begin teaching engineering, medical courses in Hindi, CM Yogi confirms
Uttar Pradesh will begin teaching medical and engineering courses in Hindi as well, Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath has said. Yogi tweeted, “Some books of medical and engineering courses have been translated into Hindi. The students will be able to study those subjects in Hindi from the coming year.” उत्तर प्रदेश […]
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Uttarakhand: Preparations in full swing in Kedarnath ahead of PM Modi’s visit
Preparations are in full swing in Kedarnath ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kedarnath and Badrinath to lay the foundation stone of a few roads and the Hemkund Sahib ropeway on Friday. PM Modi will visit Kedarnath tomorrow to review and initiate various development projects. Ganga Dhar Linga, Pradhan Pujari of Badrinath-Kedarnath Mandir Samiti said, “The preparation is in […]
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Delhi: FIR lodged for harassing IAS officer to extract confidential information by posing as govt official
A woman IAS officer on Tuesday lodged a complaint against an anonymous person for allegedly harassing her by posing as a government official over WhatsApp intending to extract ‘confidential information’ from her, Delhi Police said today. The complaint was lodged in the national capital earlier this week. According to the […]
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Tamil Nadu passes bill to ban hookah bars in state
Tamil Nadu Assembly has passed a bill to ban hookah bars in the state. On Wednesday, the state’s Health Minister M Subramanian introduced the Bill in the Assembly where it was passed unanimously. The Bill stated that hookah bars have mushroomed in a large scale in Chennai city causing severe […]
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US returns 307 stolen antiquities, worth nearly USD 4 million, to India
After the 15-years of investigation, the US authorities returned 307 antiquities that were stolen by multiple smaller trafficking networks to India, valued at nearly 4 million Dollars, according to a press statement released on Monday. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L Bragg Jr on Monday announced that they are returning 307 antiquities valued at nearly USD […]
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PM Modi holds bilateral talks with UN Secretary General ahead of Mission LiFE launch
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a bilateral meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Gujarat’s Ekta Nagar, Kevadia. The duo paid floral tributes at the Statue of Unity at Kevadia and the UN Secretary-General joined Prime Minister Modi at the launch of the Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for […]
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Uttarakhand: Idol changes its form 3 times a day in this Uttarakhand temple
Dhari Devi Mystic Temple is an ancient temple located near the Srinagar area in the Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand and there is a mysterious story behind it. There is a belief that the Goddess Dhari Devi’s idol in this temple changes its form three times a day. The idol looks like a girl in the morning, a […]
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Anti-encroachment drive held in Jammu
An anti-encroachment drive was conducted on Thursday by the Revenue Department in Jammu, officials said. The drive was held near the Office of Divisional Commissioners. Further information is awaited. Previously, this year in February, an anti-encroachment drive was conducted by the enforcement team of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) in the […]
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JP Nadda to hold meeting with Rajasthan BJP leaders tomorrow
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda will hold a meeting with the top party leaders of Rajasthan in Delhi on Friday. According to sources, the meeting has been called to discuss the current political developments in Rajasthan. Union Ministers from Rajasthan, BJP state president Satish Poonia, Leader of the […]
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Indian stocks decline after 4-day gains; Rupee near all-time low
Indian stock indices, after having extended gains for the fourth straight session till the previous session, fell marginally on Thursday morning, tracking overnight weak sentiments from US markets. Also, foreign capital outflows, widening current account deficit, and tightening monetary policy globally to tame inflation were some of the concerns among […]
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PM Modi to launch Mission LiFE in Gujarat’s Kevadia today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on a visit to his home state Gujarat, will launch Mission LiFE in Kevadia today. Prime Minister will have a bilateral meeting with UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres in Kevadia. Thereafter, the launch of Mission LiFE will be done by PM Modi, in the presence of the UN Secretary-General […]
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US, Japan raise concerns over China buying land near military bases
US and Japan have raised concerns over the Chinese company purchasing land near defence base areas. Chinese company acquired a piece of land in Hokkaido near Japanese Air Self-Defense Force radar site and Fufeng Group purchased 300 acres of farmland near Grand Forks, North Dakota in the US. After the […]