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MCD report blames AAP for oath taking ruckus
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has reportedly blamed the Aam Aadmi Party for not administering oath to the councilors in the House and not electing the mayor, deputy mayor and members of the standing committee. According to a report in Amar Ujala, the MCD, in its report to...
Chanda Kochhar leaves jail after court relief
A day after the Bombay High Court termed her arrest illegal and ordered that she and her husband be freed, former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar today walked out of jail. She, along with her husband Deepak Kochhar, was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on December...
Chouhan apologises on mistreatment of expat delegates
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had to apologise as many of the invited delegates for the Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas were unable to enter the main hall in Indore due to lack of space. The rush was for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inaugural speech for the 17th Pravasi...
BJP plans massive OBC outreach with eye on 2024
BJP is embarking on a mission to woo the Other Backward Castes (OBCs) by visiting each and every village and household with the significant number of voters from the community to showcase the measures taken by the Modi government for their welfare. The party has managed to make in-roads...
Pawar says Shah’s Ram temple remark to divert attention
NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday took a “pujari” dig at Union home minister Amit Shah for announcing that the Ram temple in Ayodhya will be ready by January 1, 2024 and said the matter is being raised to divert attention from real issues. Pawar wondered whether the temple...
Manik Sarkar asks EC to ensure fair elections in Tripura
Asking the Election Commission (EC) to ensure free and fair elections in Tripura, former chief minister Manik Sarkar alleged the poll panel set a bad precedent in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and the last by-elections as people could not vote freely. His comment came just two days before...
Rahul skirts questions about PM, CM faces as irrelevant
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday called questions regarding the party’s chief ministerial and Prime Ministerial candidates “distraction attempts”. Addressing a press conference in Haryana’s Samana, Gandhi said the media is not giving enough coverage to Bharat Jodo Yatra. Answering a question on the chief ministerial face of Congress for the Haryana assembly polls, Gandhi said,...
Brazil forces retake Congress after pro-Bolsonaro riot
Brazilian security forces retook the national Congress building Sunday from supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro after hundreds of them stormed inside and invaded the legislative chambers, AFP journalists said. Operations were still under way to evacuate rioters from the Supreme Court headquarters and Planalto presidential palace, which pro-Bolsonaro...
Sanjay Raut claims Shinde govt on ventilator support
The Eknath Shinde government in Maharashtra is on ventilator support and will fall by February, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut said here on Saturday. He said if the “judiciary is not pressured, then 16 MLAs (of the Shinde faction, which is also called Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena) will be...
J&K govt revives vigilante groups after terror strike
In a mega exercise to revive vigilante groups armed by the government to defend against terrorist attacks, revamp of erstwhile Village Defence Committees is going on aggressively in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri. There are already 5,000 armed members in the district and more villagers are registering to get weapons...
Fog delays trains, flights as Delhi shivers at 1.9 degrees
Amid a cold wave prevailing in parts of northern India, Safdarjung in Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 1.9 degrees Celsius, the India Meteorological Department said on Sunday. Meanwhile, Aya Nagar also in Delhi recorded a minimum temperature of 2.6 degrees Celsius, while Lodhi Road recorded 2.8 degrees Celsius...
Cracks on key defence road leading to China border
The crucial Joshimath-Malari border road in Chamoli district which connects the China border has developed cracks at several places due to landslides in Joshimath. Strategically important Joshimath-Malari border road is subsiding near the Malari taxi stand. Earlier today, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inspected the town and conducted...
Punjab minister Sarari resigns amid corruption charges
Punjab Horticulture Minister Fauja Singh Sarari resigned from Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s cabinet on Saturday, months after an audio clip surfaced in which he was allegedly heard “fixing a deal to extort money”. Sarari sent his resignation to Bhagwant Mann, who is learnt to have accepted it, according to...
Bihar caste census begins as Nitish claims benefits to all
The caste-based census began in Bihar today. Asserting that caste-based census will benefit all sections of the society, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday said the purpose of the exercise is to carry out developmental work for the people who are deprived. “The caste-based headcount will be beneficial for...
Pee-gate man held in Bengaluru, claims forgiveness by woman
Mumbai businessman Shankar Mishra, wanted by the police for urinating on an elderly woman on an Air India flight in November, was today arrested from Bengaluru and brought to Delhi. On November 26, Shankar Mishra, allegedly drunk, unzipped and urinated on the woman. He was allowed to leave without...
Himachal cabinet expansion in a couple of days
The Himachal Pradesh cabinet of the newly elected Congress government in the hill state would be expanded in the next one or two days, top party sources said on Friday. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu is in the national capital and held deliberations with top party leaders on the...
Sonia in hospital with respiratory infection, recovering
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi who was admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital here on Wednesday with a viral infection is stable and is recovering well, doctors attending on her said on Friday. “Mrs Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson UPA, who is admitted at the hospital for a viral respiratory infection...
People out in cold in Uttarakhand’s ‘sinking’ town
A temple collapsed in the Himalayan town of Joshimath in Uttarakhand on Friday evening, heightening fears among residents who have been camping out in the cold as over 500 houses and other structures have developed cracks due to the soil shifting. A team of experts and scientists is conducting a door-to-door...
