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Rahul, Priyanka padyatra in Amethi against inflation
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi is leading a footmarch in his former Lok Sabha constitutency of Amethi today against e rising inflation and government policies. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, his sister and the party’s UP in-charge, is part of this padyatra. The six-km foot march comes just a week after the...
Samajwadi MP’s shocker on marriage age
New Delhi: A day after the union cabinet approved the proposal to increase the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21 years, two Samajwadi Party leaders have come under criticism for expressing regressive views while opposing the move. While one linked marriage with fertility in women,...
Omicron spreading very fast worldwide, 101 cases In India
New Delhi: The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is “spreading rapidly” – there are now 101 cases in 11 states in India – the Health Ministry said Friday, warning that 19 districts were at high risk of a surge in COVID-19 cases. Faced with the threat of a...
Amarinder announces alliance With BJP
Amarinder Singh today announced an alliance with the BJP for the Punjab election, a move that had been anticipated ever since he quit the Congress last month. The former Punjab Chief Minister made the announcement after meeting with the BJP leadership in Delhi. He also tweeted photos hugging...
Modi’s breakfast meet with 40 UP MPs to focus on poll
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet BJP MPs from Uttar Pradesh over breakfast today. The meeting, which will be attended by nearly 40 party leaders, comes months ahead of assembly polls in the state. During the Winter Session of Parliament, the PM has been regularly holding breakfast meetings with...
Rahul reiterates demand for Ajay Mishra sacking
New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday renewed his attack on junior Home Minister Ajay Mishra over his son, Ashish Mishra, being accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri farmers killing case, calling him “a criminal” and demanding that he either be sacked or resign. “The minister must resign. He...
Boris Johnson faces another crucial leadership test
London: Under-fire British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday faced another crucial test of his leadership with a by-election in a constituency always won by his party, where defeat would intensify calls for a new leader. Johnson, 57, is already reeling after around 100 of his own MPs on...
Aryan Khan gets relief from weekly NCB visit
Mumbai: Aryan Khan, son of megastar Shah Rukh Khan and an accused in the drugs-on-cruise-ship case, will not have to appear at the Mumbai office of the Narcotics Control Bureau every Friday. The relief came today from the Bombay High Court, which scrapped this bail condition. The court said...
Omicron spreading at unprecedented rate: WHO
The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that the new coronavirus variant Omicron was spreading at an unprecedented rate and was likely already present in most countries around the world. Since the new, heavily-mutated variant was first detected in southern Africa last month, it has been reported in 77 countries,...
BJP falls short of majority in Karnataka Council poll
Bengaluru: The ruling BJP in Karnataka fell short of majority in the Legislative Council today, winning only 11 of the 25 Legislative Council seats for which voting was held last Friday. The Congress fared no better, winning another 11 seats, leaving HD Kumaraswamy’s Janata Dal Secular in a position...
Trinamool out of Sonia’s opposition strategy meet
New Delhi: The strategy meeting of opposition party leaders called by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi over the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs has been marked by the absence of Trinamool Congress. The meeting was attended by leaders of opposition parties including Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party, DMK and...
Supreme Court okays Centre’s plan to widen Char Dham roads
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has cleared the way for widening of roads as part of the Char Dham project, agreeing with the Centre’s arguments that wider roads in the area were of strategic importance. Border security concerns need to be met and movement of troops and equipment is needed,...
Tejashwi Yadav’s bride takes name suggested by Lalu
Patna: Bihar’s Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Prasad Yadav today broke his silence on his low-key wedding. Speaking to reporters in Patna, he revealed that the newlywed couple decided to keep the event small and intimate so that there was enough space for the two families to mingle and understand...
Nagaland firing victims’ families refuse compensation
Guwahati: A week after the tragic death of 14 young people in Nagaland’s Mon District during a botched operation by the special forces of the Army, the family members of the victims, and the villagers, have decided not to receive any government compensation until the Army personnel involved in...
Karnataka right-wing groups set Christian books on fire
Bengaluru: Members of right-wing groups have set fire to Christian religious books in Kolar in Karnataka, alleging conversions by the church in the latest communal attack against Christians in Karnataka. No arrest has been made in the case. The police said the Christian community was warned against distributing...
Ex-CJI Gogoi criticised for ‘insult to parliament’
News Delhi: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday called out former Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi’s explanation about his low attendance in the Rajya Sabha. Ramesh said that Justice Gogoi’s remarks in an interview to NDTV in which he said he will attend the Upper House “when he feels...
Armed man chases away Karnataka church priest
Bengaluru: A man armed with a machete barged into a church in Karnataka’s Belagavi yesterday afternoon and chased the priest in charge. CCTV footage of the incident shows the man, machete in hand, following Father Francis D’souza, in-charge of the church. On spotting him, the priest is seen...
Nagaland protest targets Amit Shah
Kohima: Protesters in Nagaland’s Mon district burned the effigy of the Home Minister Amit Shah to underline the extent of their anger in the botched army operation that led to the death of six civilians. – The protesters – who included residents from the village of Oting, the home...
