Judicial probe ordered into killing of DSP in Nuh
The Haryana government has decided to conduct a judicial probe into the killing of a Deputy Superintendent of Police by the mining mafia in the state's Mewat region. State Home Minister Anil Vij said the probe will also go into...
India records 21,566 fresh COVID-19 cases
India saw a single-day rise of 21,566 coronavirus cases, the highest in 152 days, taking its COVID-19 tally to 4,38,25,185, while the number of active cases in the country climbed to 1,48,881 on Thursday, the Union health ministry said. The death...
Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn-in as Lanka’s new Prez
Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Thursday sworn-in as Sri Lanka's eighth president and will face the tough task of leading the country out of its economic crisis and restoring order after months of mass protests. Wickremesinghe, 73, was...
Sharad Pawar dissolves all units of NCP, days after Shiv Sena coup
Nagpur/Mumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar has dissolved all departments and cells of his political party with immediate effect, a senior NCP leader said on Wednesday. NCP National General Secretary Praful Patel tweeted, "With approval of National President, Nationalist...
SC to hear pleas on Gyanvapi, hate speech today
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday pleas challenging the survey of the Gyanvapi-Shringar Gauri complex in Varanasi where a 'Shivling' is stated to have been found and a petition by the Board of Control for Cricket in...
Cong says police not allowing media to enter party hq
Ahead of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's questioning by the Enforcement Directorate, the party alleged on Thursday that the Delhi Police is preventing the media from entering the All India Congress Committee headquarters in New Delhi and said this "high-handedness" reflects...
Sonia to appear before ED today, Cong to protest
The Congress will hold protests across the country against the questioning of its chief Sonia Gandhi by the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday, the opposition party said while slamming the agency's action against its top leadership as "political vendetta". ...
Mamata Banerjee may support Jagdeep Dhankar in Vice-Presidential poll ?
When the BJP led NDA government picked up West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar for the post of Vice-President, the Congress led Opposition also set in motion the process and zeroed on veteran Congress leader and former Governor Margaret Alva. At...
Uddhav vs Shinde: SC begins hearing
The Supreme Court on Wednesday commenced hearing on the plea of Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena challenging disqualification proceedings initiated against them under the constitutional scheme. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for the Uddhav faction, told a...
Active Covid cases in country rise to 1,45,654
India added 20,557 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases to 4,38,03,619, while the active cases increased to 1,45,654, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to 5,25,825 with...
ED issues fresh summons to Sanjay Raut
The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut to appear before it for questioning on Wednesday in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the re-development of a Mumbai 'chawl' and related transactions...
Eknath Shinde paredes 12/19 MPs owing allegiance to him, meets PM
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde today got a shot in the arm when 12 out of 19 Members of Parliament of erstwhile Shiv Sena led by Uddhav Thackeray group were formally inducted in his camp and they wrote a letter...
Complaints fictitious: NEET exam superintendent
The NEET exam centre superintendent tells the National Testing Agency that complaints received during the NEET exam in Kollam are fictitious and were filed with wrong intentions. The NTA says no complaints were received about any girl appearing for NEET been...
Will oppose bank sale bill: Congress
The Congress on Tuesday accused the Narendra Modi government of being on a "privatisation spree" and said it will oppose the "bank sale bill". Party leader Jairam Ramesh said public sector banks must be equipped to face competition and...
Shinde in Delhi, to meet breakaway Sena MPs
Amid an impending split in the Shiv Sena Parliamentary Party, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde is in the national capital to review on Tuesday the legal strategy on the disqualification petition against 16 MLAs supporting him filed by the Uddhav...
Govt calls all-party meet on Sri Lanka crisis today; Jaishankar to brief MPs
The government has called an all-party meeting over the Sri Lankan crisis on Tuesday which will be addressed by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis in seven decades, with a severe...
Fadnavis meets Bhagwat ahead of Maha cabinet expansion
Nagpur: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday night called on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat at the organization's headquarters in Nagpur. This was the first visit of Fadnavis, an MLA from Nagpur, to the RSS headquarters...
Low-intensity earthquake hits Shimla
A low-intensity earthquake of magnitude 2.8 shook Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district on Tuesday morning, the state disaster management said. There was no report of any casualty or damage to property, officials said. The epicentre of the earthquake was at a...
Allu Arjun to lead India Day parade in New York
Pan-India mega star Allu Arjun, who starred in blockbuster Pushpa, will lead the annual India Day Parade in New York next month organised by a leading Indian diaspora organisation as India marks the 75th year of Independence. The Federation of...
Thackeray removes Kadam, Adsul, both join Shinde camp
In a day of fast political development in Shiv Sena, while former Chief Minister and party chief Uddhav Thackeray on one hand removed one of the top leader and former Minister. Ramdas Kadam and former MP Anandrao Adsul, sooner the...
Prez poll: Voting concludes in Parl, turnout 99%
Voting in the election for the post of President of India is over at Parliament. "Presidential poll conducted peacefully, cordially everywhere; total turnout at Parliament was 99.18 per cent," Chief Returning Officer P C Mody said. ...
