New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda on Monday flagged off ‘Viksit Bharat Modi ki guarantee’ video vans, seeking people’s suggestions from across the country for preparing the ruling party’s manifesto for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. In his address, he said the vans will gather suggestions from the people for the party’s ‘sankalp patra’…
Chandigarh/Lucknow: Farmers took out tractor rallies at several places in Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh and burnt effigies, demanding the agriculture sector be taken out of the WTO agreement. In Uttar Pradesh, the rallies led to disruption in traffic at many places and farmers also burnt effigies representing the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a two-day tour of Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra from Tuesday and will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth more than Rs 24,000 crore. He will also release the 16th instalment of about Rs 21,000 crore to farmers under the ‘PM-KISAN’…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday condoled the death of renowned ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas and said he was a beacon of Indian music whose melodies transcended generations. “We mourn the loss of Pankaj Udhas ji, whose singing conveyed a range of emotions and whose ghazals spoke directly to the soul,” Modi said…
Prayagraj: Hindu prayers will continue in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, the Allahabad High Court said on Monday while dismissing a plea that had challenged the district court’s order to this effect. Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal rejected two appeals filed by the mosque management committee challenging the Varanasi district judge’s January…
New Delhi: Stepping up its attack on the Union government over the “Agnipath” military recruitment scheme, the Congress alleged on Monday that “gross injustice” was done to youngsters and asserted that it would revert to the old recruitment scheme if voted to power at the Centre. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge wrote to President Droupadi Murmu…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Monday clarified there is no stay on arrest of Trinamool Congrss leaer Sheikh Shajahan, who has been accused of sexual atrocities and land grab in Sandeshkhali. The court directed that Sheikh, the Enforcement Directorate, the CBI, the state home secretary be impleaded as parties in the suo motu matter…
Ranchi: India registered a thumping 5-wicket victory over England on the 4th day of the fourth Test at the JSCA International Stadium Complex in Ranchi. With this victory, India now take an unassailable 3-1 lead over the visitors in the five-match Test series. Chasing a target of 192 runs, India reached 40/0 in eight overs at stumps…
New Delhi: India now dreams big and works day and night to fulfil its dreams, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday as he launched more than 2,000 rail infrastructure projects worth about Rs 41,000 crore. The third term of his government will begin from June, but the scale and speech with which it has…
New Delhi: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will not appear before the Enforcement Directorate on Monday in connection with the alleged Delhi excise policy scam-linked money laundering probe and the agency should wait for the court order instead of issuing summonses repeatedly, the AAP said. This is the seventh time that Kejriwal has skipped the ED…
