Jammu: Union Home Minister Amit Shah released on Friday the BJP’s manifesto for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls, and asserted that Article 370 has become “history” and will never make a comeback in the Union territory. Addressing a press conference here, the senior BJP leader said the last 10-year period will be written in…
New Delhi: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who recently resigned from her position with the Indian Railways to join the Congress party, has been served a show cause notice by her former employer. This development was revealed by Congress leader KC Venugopal during a press conference at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters, where he welcomed both…
Thiruvananthapuram: The CPI(M)-led Left government in Kerala on Friday announced disbursement of a two-month pension for over 60 lakh beneficiaries, marking an Onam gift. Announcing the decision, state Finance Minister K N Balagopal said that Rs 1,700 crore has been allocated for this purpose. “Around 62 lakh people will receive Rs 3,200 each for Onam….
New Delhi: Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut on Friday said her directorial debut movie “Emergency” has been postponed and a new release date will be announced soon. The political period drama, also written and co-produced by Ranaut, was scheduled to hit theatres across the country on Friday but the makers are yet to get a clearance from…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday asked the collegium of the Himachal Pradesh High Court to reconsider the names of two senior-most district and sessions judges for elevation as judges of the high court. The apex court observed that the high court chief justice could not individually reconsider a recommendation and it could only…
Vijayawada: From wading through floodwaters and riding on boats and bulldozers, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is putting in all efforts to work for the relief of flood ravaged people in the state, which also included surveying a swollen rivulet from a railway bridge when a train whizzed by. Following the unprecedented torrential…
Hyderabad: Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Thursday compared the alleged attempt to rape and murder a tribal woman in Telangana to the alleged rape and murder of a doctor in a hospital in Kolkata and said the incident is not getting adequate response from the state government as the victim is alive. The state…
Moscow: Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned the US not to cross Russia’s “red lines” on the Ukraine conflict, asserting that Washington is starting to lose its sense of mutual restraint with Moscow, state-owned TASS news agency reported. In an interview on Wednesday, Lavrov said that Americans have “crossed their own red lines” on the…
Kolkata: Amid ongoing protests demanding justice for the young doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered at state-run RG Kar hospital here last month, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Thursday criticised the state administration for its handling of the situation. Bose remarked the state government is “going from wrong to wrong,” emphasising…
New Delhi: Floods in Andhra Pradesh damaged crops in 1.8 lakh hectares (ha), and 2 lakh farmers have been impacted as per initial estimate, Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Thursday and assured of providing help from the central government. Chouhan, who is on a two-day visit to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to…
