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Channi dishes out popular schemes
Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi seems to be playing out a T20 match by dishing out quick administrative decisions to tide over lack of experience and limited political appeal. Channi wants to project the image of a “go-getter” so as to cement his position for the top job...
States refuse to accept Centre’s coal assurances
New Delhi: Despite the Modi government’s assertion that there is nothing to worry about the coal situation in the country, several states have said that the crisis and concerns over power blackouts are real. Many Chief Ministers have written to PM Modi spotlighting the same. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister...
Congress, BJP two sides of same coin, claims SP
Lucknow: The renewed activism of Congress in Uttar Pradesh under Priyanka Gandhi is making other opposition parties such as the Samajwadi Party restless. Naresh Uttam Patel, Samajwadi Party leader and state president told media in Jalaun on Sunday: “The Congress and BJP are two sides of the same coin...
India, China military talks collapse as China unrelenting
New Delhi: The thirteenth round of talks between Indian and Chinese military commanders over the standoff in Ladakh broke down on Sunday, the Indian Army said, adding that that the Chinese side was not “agreeable” and “could not provide any forward-looking proposals”. With inputs from NDTV
Cong seeks President’s appointment on Lakhimpur Kheri case
The Congress has sought an audience with President Ram Nath Kovind on the Lakhimpur Kheri violence to present to him a memorandum on the facts of the case. AICC general secretary (organisation) KC Venugopal has written to the president seeking his time to meet a party delegation led by...
Aryan Khan’s bail plea hearing today
New Delhi: Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan will apply for Bail in Mumbai sessions court today. He was denied bail by a Mumbai Court on Friday after he was arrested in connection with the drugs-on-cruise case. A Mumbai Magistrate court had on Thursday sent Aryan...
India stares at power crisis after rains hit coal movement
An energy crisis is looming in some states, including Delhi and Punjab, due to a combination of factors such as excess rainfall hitting coal movement and imported coal-based power plants generating less than half of their capacity due to record high rates. In a year when the country produced...
Delhi reviews terror-attack preparedness ahead of festivals
New Delhi: The Delhi Police Commissioner on Saturday held a meeting with other officials to review security preparedness ahead of the festival season. Petrol pump and petrol tankers could be targeted to spread terror, said sources. The police personnel have been asked to increase anti-terror measures to fight off...
Parliament panels reconstituted, Cong leaders retained as chairmen
New Delhi: Congress leaders Shashi Tharoor, Anand Sharma and Jairam Ramesh were on Saturday retained as the head of parliamentary standing committees on information-technology, home affairs and science and environment, respectively. BJP’s Sushil Kumar Modi, a former deputy chief minister of Bihar, replaced Bhupender Yadav as the chairman of...
Sasikala promises to set party on ‘right track’
Adding fuel to Tamil Nadu’s political fire, VK Sasikala — former aide of Jayalalithaa — is all set to make a political comeback as she announced that she could not “tolerate” the decline of her party AIADMK. In a public statement, Sasikala said: “Coming soon, to set party on...
Power minister says blackout fears unnecessarily created
Power Minister RK Singh today said that “unnecessarily panic” of an impending blackout is being created in the country. This is a breaking news story. Details will be added soon. Please refresh the page for latest version. With inputs from NDTV
Mayawati promises support to BJP’s work in Mathura, Kashi, Ayodhya
BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday promised not to derail the ongoing work of the BJP government in Ayodhya, Varanasi, Mathura and other religious places, if voted to power. Claiming that the BJP’s government’s works in the three holy cities are only the follow-ups of her government’s initiatives, Mayawati went...
Congress, Trinamool in Twitter war over Prashant Kishor tweet
Kolkata: The relationship between the Congress and the TMC Friday touched a new low with Mamata Banerjee’s party taking a dig at Rahul Gandhi’s defeat in Amethi in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, wondering whether the Congress can erase the loss through a Twitter trend. The Twitter war between...
Priyanka may be the X-factor for BJP in UP
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra hogged the limelight for the last four days in Uttar Pradesh — getting detained in Sitapur en route to Lakhimpur, sweeping the floor at the guest house there amidst a spate of interviews, reaching Lakhimpur with Rahul Gandhi, sweeping the floor in a Valmiki locality on...
Video showing Sidhu ‘abusing’ Channi goes viral
The Shiromani Akali Dal on Friday alleged that Navjot Singh Sidhu harboured ambition of becoming a chief minister and was jealous that a member of Scheduled Caste community had become the CM, the attack from the Opposition coming in the wake of a purported video of the Congress leader...
Pudussery Speaker calls emergency meet on civic poll ‘confusion’
The Election Commission of Puducherry has released a revised notification to conduct the civic polls in three phases between November 2 and 13. Election Commissioner of the Union Territory Roy P Thomas said on Friday that the revised poll schedule for elections to five municipalities and 10 commune panchayats...
Army repels Chinese intrusion in Arunachal
Indian soldiers engaged in a tense standoff with Chinese troops who transgressed in Arunachal Pradesh last week across the Line of Actual Control, sources told NDTV. According to reports, some of the Chinese soldiers may have been detained following the development. “There is a difference in perception of the...
Minister’s son summoned, 2 arrested for farmers’ death
Union minister’s son Ashish Mishra – accused of murder in the farmer deaths at Lakhimpur Kheri – has been summoned for questioning, the UP police said. Two people who were at the location of the incident have been arrested, the police said. This is the first time the...
