New Delhi: Expressing grief over the loss of lives in a road accident in Rajasthan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Friday to enquire about the incident and assured him of all possible support. Modi said in a post on X, “Deeply saddened by the loss of lives in the…
Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday asserted that the situation in the state, which has been in the grip of ethnic violence since May last year, is “improving”. He also praised deputy commissioners of the districts, particularly those working in the hills region, for performing their duties sincerely during this difficult time….
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet decided on Thursday to cancel tenders for 44,195 Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) works worth Rs 11,401 crore that were initiated during the previous YSRCP government. Information and Public Relations Minister K Parthasarathy announced the decision at a press conference held at the Secretariat in Amaravati. Explaining the rationale, he stated…
New Delhi: The role of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will be crucial in the investigation of the complaints lodged by the BJP and Congress leaders over the jostling among its MPs in Parliament premises which sent two leader seeking hospital care. Permission from the Lok Sabha Speaker, being the custodian of the Parliament premises,…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday said although the RSS and the undivided Shiv Sena were bound by a common thread of Hindutva, their ideologies have always been different. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Raut said in 1975, Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray was pressured to merge his party with the…
New Delhi: Three NDA MPs, including Anurag Thakur and Bansuri Swaraj, have filed a police complaint against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, accusing him of being involved in “physical assault and incitement” during a scuffle at Parliament, an officer said. Thakur and Swaraj, accompanied by a TDP MP, met the officers at the Parliament Street Police…
New Delhi: Hitting out at Congress for “failing” to address the unemployment issue during its decades in power, Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil on Thursday claimed that the initiatives taken by the BJP-led NDA government has reduced brain drain of the youth. Addressing a press conference, Patil said now even those who went…
New Delhi: Two BJP MPs suffered head injuries in a face-off between the opposition and NDA members in Parliament premises on Thursday and were admitted to the ICU of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here. Pratap Sarangi (69) from Odisha and Mukesh Rajput from Uttar Pradesh were brought to the hospital from Parliament with head…
Sambal (UP): The Samajwadi Party’s Sambhal MP Ziaur Rehman Barq was booked by the Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday for alleged theft of electricity at his residence in the Deepa Sarai neighbourhood here. The parliamentarian was booked under Section 135 of the Electricity Act, 2003, (theft of power or unauthorised use of electricity). “On checking…
New Delhi000: Competing marches by opposition and NDA MPs led to shoving and jostling inside Parliament House premises on Thursday with BJP’s Pratap Sarangi getting injured in the melee amid allegations that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pushed him. Sarangi was taken to hospital with an injury on his forehead. Both the marches were taken out…
