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Probe ordered into financial irregularities in MP churches
A day after Madhya Pradesh’s Economic Offences Wing (EOW) conducted searches at the residence and office of Church of North India Jabalpur Diocese’s bishop P.C. Singh in connection with a cheating case that led to the disclosure of large-scale financial irregularities, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday ordered...
BJP ruckus over amenities in Bharat Jodo Yatra caravans
Sixty truck-mounted containers with colour-coded occupant capacity, a 10-seater conference facility, mobile toilets and a dining area are some of the features of a “Bharat Jodo Yatra” campsite that moves daily to a new location. Rahul Gandhi is staying in a one-bed container that has a small sofa, an...
Kejriwal meets LG first time since CBI raid against Sisodia
Amid the ongoing political tussle in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday met Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena for the first time since the raids by CBI at Deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s residence and said whatever happened was “unfortunate”. He voiced hope that the situation will improve. He had...
Tharoor among MPs doubting transparency in party chief poll
Five Congress MPs have written to AICC central election authority chief Madhusudan Mistry expressing concern about the “transparency and fairness” of the party chief’s election and sought that the list of PCC delegates that make up the electoral college be provided to all electors and potential candidates. In a...
BJP assigns party roles to CMs, central ministers
The BJP, focused on state elections and the 2024 national polls, today announced new party roles for leaders sacked as chief ministers and central ministers. Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, and former Union Ministers Prakash Javadekar and Mahesh Sharma have all...
Rice prices jump 5% as Bangladesh cuts import duty
The prices of rice in India in the past week have increased about 5 per cent as neighbouring Bangladesh has again cut import duty on rice from 25 per cent to 15.25 per cent, according to an ET report. The reduction in import duty is expected to increase the...
Mamata Banerjee throws 2024 challenge to Modi
Mamata Banerjee yesterday said she along with other Chief Ministers in neighbouring states would come together to defeat the BJP in 2024. At a party gathering, she repeated the viral “Khela Hobey (game on)” catchphrase and jibed on Prime Minister Narendra Modi – “Your mann ki baat will soon...
Modi’s tribute to Queen recalls her ‘warmth and kindness’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tweeted his tribute to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who died today at the age of 96. “I had memorable meetings with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II during my UK visits in 2015 and 2018. I will never forget her warmth and kindness,” PM Modi...
Changes that new British King brings with him
From the national anthem to notes, coins, stamps, postboxes and passports: many aspects of life in Britain and beyond will change with the accession of Charles to the throne. The demise of Queen Elizabeth II means changes to the names of institutions throughout Britain and the wider Commonwealth realms....
Indian-origin Devika Bulchandani is new Ogilvy chief
Global advertising and public relations agency Ogilvy has named India-born Devika Bulchandani as its Global Chief Executive Officer. Ms Bulchandani, who has been serving as Global President and CEO of Ogilvy North America, succeeds Andy Main who is stepping down as Global CEO and will serve as a Senior...
Heavy rain disrupts rail, road traffic in Mumbai
Mumbai witnessed heavy rainfall on Thursday evening, which affected road and rail traffic in some parts of the city, civic officials were quoted as saying by news agency PTI. This was the second consecutive day that heavy rain lashed Mumbai. On Wednesday too, the city had witnessed rain along...
Chidambaram brushes off Opposition front sans Cong
Congress’s P Chidambaram today brushed off the possibility of an Opposition front without the Congress, insisting that barring it, all other parties are “one-state parties” and will not be able to muster more than 48 seats. Speaking to NDTV in the backdrop of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s efforts...
Security lapse during Amit Shah’s Mumbai visit, man held
In a security scare for Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Mumbai, a man pretending to be a home ministry officer came close to the leader and roamed freely in restricted areas before he was caught. Amit Shah ended his two-day visit on Wednesday but reports of the incident...
NItish Kumar hits back at Prashant Kishor
Bihar Chief Minister NItish Kuamr, normally silent on the digs from his former aide and election strategist Prashant Kishor, didn’t hold back today when asked about his reaction on the Janata Dal United’s split with the BJP. “That man (PK ) came with me and then I told him...
Fadnavis pot shots at Pawar over Baramati seat in 2024
With the Bharatiya Janata Party talking about wresting the Baramati constituency in the 2024 elections, the Nationalist Congress Party’s state unit chief Jayant Patil on Wednesday said that the sun may rise in the west, but the people of Baramati will never abandon NCP chief Sharad Pawar. However, Maharashtra...
Gujarat BJP chief calls Medha Patkar ‘urban naxal’
Bharatiya Janata Party’s Gujarat unit president C R Paatil on Wednesday termed activist Medha Patkar an “urban Naxal” and a “staunch anti-Gujarat person”, and claimed the AAP is planning to project her as its chief ministerial face in the upcoming state Assembly elections. However, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)...
Rahul Gandhi kicks off mega Cong Yatra with eye on 2024
In what is being seen as Congress’s “masterstroke” for the upcoming 2024 general election, party MP Rahul Gandhi will launch the party’s ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ from Kanyakumari today. Rahul Gandhi started his day with a visit to his father and former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s memorial in Tamil Nadu’s...
Kejriwal to launch own version of ‘Make India No. 1’ campaign
Keeping in view next month’s panchayat elections and the Adampur bypoll, Aam Aadmi Party national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is launching the outfit’s “Make India No. 1″ campaign in Haryana’s Hisar on Wednesday. Kejriwal is accompanied by Punjab chief minister and party colleague Bhagwant Mann for...
