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Amit Shah on first J&K visit after Article 370 repeal
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah landed in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday morning for a three-day visit – his first since he led the government’s charge to scrap Article 370 in August two years ago. He was received at Srinagar airport by J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. After landing...
CJI raises concern over judiciary infrastructure
New Delhi: Chief Justice NV Ramana raised several concerns over judicial infrastructure today as he shared the stage with Law Minister Kiren Rijiju. He also urged the Law Minister to make sure the proposal to set up the National Judicial Infrastructure Authority is taken up in the winter session...
Congress to contest all 40 Bihar LS seats
Patna: Cracks seemed to have deepened in the opposition Grand Alliance in Bihar with the Congress in-charge of the state, Bhakt Charan Das, on Friday asserting that the grand old party will contest all 40 Lok Sabha seats in 2024, as its ally, the RJD, “did not follow the...
Gandhis keen on dalit CM face in Uttarakhand
Is it time for another Dalit CM from the Congress after Punjab? Sources say Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are keen on replicating their Punjab move in Uttarakhand as well next year, though no final decision has been taken yet. Fuelling the speculation was the homecoming of veteran...
Kisan Morcha suspends Yogendra Yadav
Collective wisdom must prevail over individual understanding in any public movement, activist Yogendra Yadav said today as he accepted the Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s decision to suspend him for a month after he visited the family of a BJP worker killed in the violence at Lakhimpur Kheri. Mr Yadav has...
Aryan says NCB trying to implicate him
NCB Mumbai: Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, in his plea in the Bombay High Court seeking bail, has said the NCB was “misinterpreting” his WhatsApp chats to implicate him in the case of seizure of banned drugs aboard a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast...
1 billion vaccination feat symbol of ‘New India’, says Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a nation today after the country’s massive milestone of 100 crore vaccinations, said it was not just a number but a symbol of the country’s ability and of “new India”. He also said India’s critics had been silenced. “100 crore vaccine...
Amarinder’s new party sets Punjab political cauldron simmering again
A day after former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh announced that he would soon announce his own political party and will look for an alliance with like-minded parties in state assembly elections, several political parties have reacted to it wherein some advised him to leave the Congress first,...
Channi slams CBSE move to exclude Punjabi as major subject
New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on October 21 said the decision of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to keep Punjabi out of the major subjects is against the federal spirit of the Constitution and it violates the right of Punjabi youth to learn their...
Rajbhar in SP is ‘Advantage Akhilesh’
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav may have been successful in bringing Om Prakash Rajbhar to the party fold, but the question remains whether Rajbhar will change the fortunes of the party in the upcoming 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly election. Experts said while the development was crucial in context to...
Varun Gandhi blames Yogi govt for Pilibhit rain misery
Lucknow: BJP MP Varun Gandhi, whose Pilibhit constituency has been hit by heavy rains, on Thursday attacked the Uttar Pradesh government, saying if the common man is left to fend for himself, what does governance mean. Three people were killed and hundreds were marooned as torrential rains lashed Bareilly...
US panel ‘gravely troubled’ by B’desh attacks on Hindus
Dhaka: A US commission on religious freedom has said that it is “gravely troubled” over the recent wave of violence against the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh and urged the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to launch a crackdown on extremist elements that fan anti-Hindu sentiments. Attacks on Hindu...
BJP accepts Amarinder Singh’s ‘friend request’
Chandigarh: A day after Amarinder Singh said he would launch a new outfit and hoped to tie up with the BJP for the Punjab election, his “friend request” has been accepted. “We are ready for an alliance with Captain Amarinder Singh,” said the BJP’s Punjab in-charge Dushyant Gautam....
Yogi livid at woman cops posing with Priyanka for photo
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is apparently so annoyed with policewomen who posed for selfies with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra that he is contemplating action against them, the Congress leader said on Friday, offering to be punished instead. “I am hearing that Yogi ji is so hurt...
Celebrations to mark 1 billion Covid vaccinations
1 billion vaccination: Mansukh Mandaviya will launch song and audio-visual film at Red Fort New Delhi: India is set to administer one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses by early today, an important milestone after a slow start, even as a recent drop in inoculations worries the government and healthcare providers....
Row over Tejashwi Yadav fishing in poll-bound village
The “fishing” episode of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav continues to stay in the headlines ahead of the October 30 bypolls to Kusheshwar Asthan and Tarapur Assembly seats with members of the ruling dispensation slamming him for his “hypocrisy”. State Animal and Fisheries Minister and VIP chief Mukesh Sahani said...
Supreme Court rebukes UP govt over Lakhimpur report delay
The Supreme Court today rebuked the Uttar Pradesh government for what it called its “last minute” submission of a report on the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which eight people, including four farmers, were killed. “We waited till 1 AM last night that we will get material,” Chief Justice...
Clamour for Priyanka to contest assembly poll
There is spring in the step of the Congress in Uttar Pradesh despite the party being in dire straits in the state. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has dominated headlines since taking a lead in the Lakhimpur incident and has surprised many with her announcement to float as many as 40%...
