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Bihar parties don’t want to risk ‘Upper Caste’ displeasure
Politics on the basis of caste is not a new phenomenon in Bihar whether it is the ruling or the opposition parties which are speaking in one voice about implementing the caste-based census in the state. However, all parties in Bihar do not want to let go any opportunity...
Chirag Paswan hints at tie-up with Lalu’s RJD
LJP leader and Jamui MP Chirag Paswan on Friday expressed gratitude to RJD chief Lalu Prasad and said that the support he received from the veteran leader “meant a lot to him”. On being asked about a possible alliance with Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar, Paswan kept the tie-up...
Modi’s 3-day conclave to chart future course
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new council of ministers will hold a three-day conclave next week to chalk out an agenda for the remaining three years of the government’s term, sources said on Friday, as the government looks for ways to tackle simmering public resentment. For the first time since...
After Tamil Nadu, Mamata posters in Kerala
After Tamil Nadu, grand posters of West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee have come up in Kerala. In a redux of the 1970s when giant banners of former prime minister Indira Gandhi had sprung up in Kerala’s Kochi, “Call Didi Save India, Delhi Chalo” posters...
Bombay High Court rejects Kundra’s plea against arrest
Businessman Raj Kundra, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty’s husband, was today denied bail by the Bombay High Court in the porn film case in which he was arrested last month. He had challenged the remand order issued against him by a magistrate’s court saying he had not notified him before...
Fraud by Covid labs led to TPR error during Kumbh Mela
The Enforcement Directorate today searched the homes and offices of the top executives of five diagnostics firms for alleged money laundering in connection with a fake COVID-19 testing scam during the Kumbh Mela in Uttarakhand. The Enforcement Directorate started investigation after a case was filed by the Uttarakhand Police....
Son says Mukul Roy suffering from depression
Trinamool Congress leader Mukul Roy’s son in conversation with News18 defended his father’s comment and said that he is forgetting things due to a chemical imbalance in his body and is suffering from depression after his wife’s death. “There is immense sodium potassium imbalance in my father’s body, that...
India, China disengage in Gogra in Eastern Ladakh
India and China have agreed to disengage in eastern Ladakh’s Gogra region, restoring the Line of Actual Control in the area, the Indian Army said on Friday, in a major breakthrough after the latest round of talks between the two neighbours. After nearly 15 months of a face-off,...
Mayawati demands separate Census for OBCs
Political parties in Uttar Pradesh have begun to play their cards as the assembly elections approach. Meanwhile, Mayawati, the leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party and former Chief Minister of the state, urged a separate census of the OBC castes and stated that if the central government takes any...
Rahul Gandhi, others join Jantar Mantar farmers protest
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and leaders from 14 opposition parties staged a joint protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Friday to underline support for farmers agitating against the centre’s farm laws. Visuals from news agency ANI showed Mr Gandhi and the other leaders standing in a tight-knit group...
TMC team to meet EC to demand bypolls
A delegation of Mamata Banerjee‘s party will meet the Election Commission on Friday afternoon to demand bypolls. Trinamool Congress general secretary said that the West Bengal byelections have been pending, and they had approached the EC last month too. Among the seven seats due for bypolls, the chief minister...
RBI keeps key lending rate unchanged
The Reserve Bank kept the repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent and retained the GDP growth target at 9.5 per cent as the country was “in a much better position compared to June 2021”. The RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das made the announcement at the end of the bi-monthly Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)...
Johnson & Johnson seeks approval of its single-dose Covid vaccine
Global healthcare major Johnson & Johnson on Friday said it has applied for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine in India. Earlier on Monday, the company had said that it remained committed to bringing its single-dose COVID-19 vaccine to India and looks forward to ongoing discussions...
IT Act amended to end retrospective tax demand
: The Union government on Thursday amended the Income Tax Act to end controversial retrospective tax demand. The move came after back-to-back setbacks in Cairn energy and Vodafone Group tax dispute cases. An Ordinance was introduced in Lok Sabha to scrap the dreaded retrospective changes made in Finance Act,...
Nitish to meet PM Modi on SC, ST Census
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday said that he has sought an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the tricky issue of caste-based census which the Centre has proposed to hold only for SCs and STs, triggering protests in the state. The Union government had informed...
Supreme Court hearing crucial Pegasus petitions
The Supreme Court is hearing today a batch of petitions, including those filed by the Editors Guild of India, seeking a special probe into the Pegasus spyware scandal involving allegations that opposition leaders, journalists and others were targets. A two-member bench, headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana, will hear...
Prashant Kishor quits as adviser to Punjab CM for a ‘break’
Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Thursday quit as adviser to Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, saying he had decided to take a temporary break from active role in public life. “As you are aware, in view of my decision to take a temporary break from active role in...
Akhilesh’s ‘cycle yatra’ across UP against inflation, farm laws
Lucknow: Ahead of the 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party will kick off its ‘Cycle Yatra’ from across state on Thursday. Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will paddle for six kilometres — from Samajwadi Party Headquarters at 19 Vikramaditya Marg in Lucknow to Janeshwar Mishra Park at...
