Ahmedabad: A court here in Gujarat on Tuesday issued a fresh summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh to appear before it on June 7 in a criminal defamation case lodged by the Gujarat University over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s academic degree. The court of Additional…
Chandigarh: Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday said the AAP will seek the support of political parties against the Centre’s Ordinance on control of services in Delhi in a bid to stall it in the Rajya Sabha. The AAP is locked in a bitter tussle with the BJP-led Centre since the Union government promulgated an…
New Delhi: The heatwave conditions are likely to persist in the national capital on Tuesday with the maximum temperature expected to settle around 43 degrees Celsius, even as the weather office has forecast light rain or drizzle later in the day. Delhi is reeling under scorching heat for the past several days with the mercury…
New Delhi: The BR Ambedkar University’s ambitious plan to introduce new courses and increase student intake five-fold has hit a roadblock as the construction at two of its upcoming campuses is yet to begin with the projects awaiting approval from the Delhi Cabinet, officials said. Established in 2008, the university has around 3,000 students across…
Chandigarh: Pharma major Venus Remedies on Tuesday said it has secured a good manufacturing practices (GMP) certification from Kenya for all its production facilities at Baddi, in Himachal Pradesh. The Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) of the Kenyan Health Ministry granted the certification following a rigorous audit of the company’s production facilities in Baddi, a company…
Washington: Describing “Atmanirbhar Bharat” as a brilliant initiative which was long overdue, a top Indian-American CEO has said that the US is a natural partner in India’s initiative to make the country self-reliant in various fields, particularly in defence. The remarks by Vivek Lall, Chief Executive of General Atomics Global Corporation, came ahead of Prime Minister…
New Delhi: Small queues were witnessed at some bank branches on Tuesday for the exchange of Rs 2,000 notes against smaller denominations as part of the withdrawal exercise. As per the RBI guidelines issued on Friday, the exchange of Rs 2,000 facility is available from Tuesday. A person can exchange up to a limit of Rs…
New Delhi: The Congress asked the Centre on Monday to honour the Supreme Court verdict on Delhi services and said a final call on supporting the legislation that seeks to replace the ordinance in Parliament would be taken after discussions with like-minded political parties. Sources said the Congress may consider opposing a bill, when it is…
New Delhi: Days ahead of the opening of the new parliament building, a controversy has erupted as the Congress on Monday accused the government of disrespecting Constitutional propriety and demanded that President Droupadi Murmu should do the inauguration instead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP hit back, saying the Congress was in the habit of…
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir has suffered state-sponsored terrorism by Pakistan for 30 years but the terror ecosystem, which thrived with support from across the border, has been isolated, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Tuesday. The J-K LG said the Union Territory is now witnessing a new era that has opened limitless possibilities of growth and…
