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Vijayan sees plot against Kerala in anti-KIIFB move
Thiruvananthapuram: People with a sadist mindset who want to halt Kerala’s progress are behind the move against KIIFB, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said. He was speaking at Chancelllor’s Award distribution ceremony held at Raj Bhavan. Vijayan reaffirmed that all the projects conceived and implemented for the progress of the...
FM asks people to put pressure on states to cut fuel tax
New Delhi: People should ask the state governments they had voted for if some of them have not cut fuel rates, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at a press briefing on Monday night. On why some states have not reduced Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel...
Delhi Govt to hand over liquor trade to private players
New Delhi: The Delhi government will formally exit the liquor business as nearly 600 vends run by it will be shut from Tuesday night, making way for new swanky private shops with walk-in facility which will begin operations the next morning under the new excise policy. Department sources...
Gujarat CM wants ‘unhygienic’ street food banned, not non-veg
Anand: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Monday said the state government has no problem with different food habits of people, an assertion coming amidst the demand for removal of non-vegetarian food carts from roads in various cities. However, Mr Patel said, action can be taken against street...
Salman Khurshid’s home set on fire after book on Ayodhya
New Delhi: The Nainital home of Congress leader Salman Khurshid was vandalised and set on fire today, days after his new book on Ayodhya sparked a controversy by drawing a parallel between “Hindutva” and radical Islamist groups. Visuals shared by Mr Khurshid on Facebook show tall flames, charred...
Shivraj Chouhan says cow dung, urine can ‘strengthen economy’
[ad_1u Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday said the cow, as well as its dung and urine, can strengthen an individual’s economy and make the country financially capable. The government has developed cow sanctuaries and shelters but it will not work alone and requires participation...
Rs 2 lakh for every protester arrested in Delhi tractor rally
Chandigarh: The Punjab government has announced financial help for 83 people arrested in Delhi after violence broke out during a farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day this January. The move is likely to spark a controversy and set up Punjab’s Congress government and the Centre for a new...
Ex-UP minister Prajapati, 2 others get life term in rape case
Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh minister Gayatri Prajapati and two others were awarded life imprisonment for raping a woman by a special court on Friday. The court that hears cases against lawmakers also imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on each convict. Gayatri Prajapati and two other convicts...
Smriti Irani’s dig at Priyanka’s ‘ladki’ remark
New Delhi: “Ghar par ladka hai par lad nahin sakta (There is a boy at home who can’t fight)”, Union Minister Smriti Irani said on Thursday, countering Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s slogan “Ladki hoon, lad sakti hoon (I’m a girl and can fight)” for her party....
Kerala Warms Up To Vietnam For Cooperation In Industry And Commerce
A visit to Kerala by a six-member delegation from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is expected to open up several collaborations in the State’s agriculture and industries sector. Vietnam is very similar to Kerala in the fields of agriculture and fisheries but they are far ahead at an international...
Hindu group accused of using forced labour at US temples
New York: A prominent Hindu organisation is facing new allegations in an updated lawsuit that it lured labourers from India and forced hundreds of workers to work for low wages at its temple sites across the United States. In May this year, a group of Indian workers had...
Amit Shah to hold brainstorming over UP polls
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah will go to Uttar Pradesh for a two-day visit starting Friday to hold strategy meetings regarding the coming elections in the country’s most politically crucial state. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath — who suffered some setbacks within the party and among allies...
China delivers largest, most advanced warship to Pakistan
Beijing: China has delivered to Pakistan the largest and most advanced warship that Beijing has ever exported, Chinese state media reported. Designed and built by China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC), the frigate was delivered to the Pakistan Navy in a commissioning ceremony in Shanghai, according to Global...
Farmer unions announce tractor march to Parliament
New Delhi: Farmer unions protesting against the Centre’s new farm laws have decided to take out peaceful tractor marches to Parliament, every day during the Winter Session from November 29, shortly after their protest at the Delhi border completes one year. The decision was taken today by the...
UK to recognise Covaxin, no quarantine for vaccinated
Britain said it would recognise COVID-19 vaccines on the World Health Organization’s Emergency Use Listing later this month, adding China’s Sinovac, Sinopharm and India’s Covaxin to the country’s approved list of vaccines for inbound travellers. The changes, which come into force from November 22, will benefit fully vaccinated...
French report says CBI decided not to investigate kickbacks
New Delhi: French aircraft manufacturer Dassault Aviation paid at least 7.5 million euros (nearly Rs 650 million) in bribes to a middleman to help secure the sale of 36 Rafale fighter jets to India and investigating agencies failed to investigate it despite evidence, French portal Mediapart has alleged...
Bhim Army chief to fight Yogi, Modi in polls
Lucknow: Dalit leader Chandrashekhar Azad has declared that he will contest against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the state election next year. The 34-year-old had in 2019 taken a u-turn after announcing that he would fight Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi. “I decided to...
Ansal brothers get 7 years in jail for evidence tampering
New Delhi: Businessmen Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal have been sentenced to seven years in jail for tampering with evidence linked to a fire in Delhi’s Uphaar theatre in 1997 that killed 59 people. The Ansal brothers who have a big property business were also fined Rs 2.25...
