NEW DELHI: Things are heating up in Delhi with TMC on Tuesday fielding its senior leaders Kalyan Banerjee and Kirti Azad to take on dissident MPs and questioning the claim made by rebel MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of having support of 20 MPs and to have written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking recognition…
NEW DELHI: The area in the National Capital Region (NCR) is unlikely to be reduced. The NCR Planning Board, which is scheduled to meet on June 16, will take decisions on this and other issues.As per the agenda circulated to NCR state, “There will be no change in the current NCR area (55,083 sqkm). Hence,…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission is likely to meet a Congress delegation on Wednesday over the rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination for the Rajya Sabha polls from Madhya Pradesh.This comes after Congress leaders protested outside the EC office in Delhi after the Returning Officer for the Rajya Sabha election rejected Natarajan’s nomination on the grounds…
NEW DELHI: Union jal shakti minister CR Patil on Tuesday said that the Narendra Modi government is working to ensure that Pakistan receives no water from the Indus river system in the coming years. Patil said the treaty had not been terminated but suspended, and that efforts were underway to stop water flowing across the…
NEW DELHI: A political storm erupted on Tuesday after the nomination of Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan from Madhya Pradesh was rejected, triggering protests by senior party leaders and a confrontation outside the Election Commission office in Delhi.Congress leaders, including Jairam Ramesh, KC Venugopal, Bhupesh Baghel and Sachin Pilot, arrived at the Election Commission…
PM Modi (Image source: ANI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi received congratulatory messages from several world leaders ahead of becoming India’s longest-serving elected Prime Minister.On June 10, PM Modi is set to surpass the tenure record of India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, who served as an elected Prime Minister from 1952 onwards.Sri Lankan President praises…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday criticised the Centre over rising LPG prices and reductions in subsidies under the Ujjwala scheme, alleging that government policies were placing an increasing financial burden on poor and middle-class families.Rahul alleged that 12 years of what he termed “anti-poor economic…
NEW DELHI: Attaching Rs 100 crore worth of assets of two real estate entities linked to Jaypee Infratech Ltd (JIL), the ED on Tuesday accused JIL and its promoters of laundering part of Rs 33,000 crore of homebuyers money collected for construction of flats in Jaypee Wish Town, spread across 1,162 acres in Nodia along…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke with the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah, on Tuesday to discuss the evolving security situation in West Asia, as regional tensions continue to escalate.During the call, PM Modi expressed concern over the developments and reiterated India’s position in favour of de-escalation and diplomacy.According to a Ministry…
Accused Manisha Waghmare (ANI) NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday rejected the bail application of Manisha Waghmare, one of the accused in the alleged NEET-UG paper leak case being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).Waghmare was arrested on May 14 and was in judicial custody.The order was passed by the Rouse Avenue…
