Chandigarh: South Haryana will play a big role in the BJP’s return to power in the state for the third consecutive term following the October 5 Assembly polls, claimed Krishan Kumar, the party’s candidate from Bawal in Rewari district, on Thursday. Kumar (55), who took voluntary retirement from his position as the director of health…
Jashpur: Members of the Christian community on Thursday formed a 130-kilometre long human chain in Chhattisgarh’s Jashpur district seeking an FIR against BJP MLA Raymuni Bhagat for her allegedly objectionable remarks on Jesus Christ and conversions. The demonstrators linked hands from Pathalgaon to Lodum along Katni-Gumla highway peacefully against Jashpur MLA Bhagat, said Christian Adivasi…
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday said that dissident MLA P V Anvar has joined the attempts by some groups to characterise the CPI(M) and the LDF as part of both “majority and minority communalism” in the state. Vijayan said that Anvar was now targeting the CPI(M), LDF and the Left government and…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will address the third Kautilya Economic Conclave, which will discuss various issues including job creation, green economy, artificial intelligence and public policy design. This years’ conclave will focus on several themes, including reforming the international financial architecture, financing the green transition, geo-economic fragmentation and the implications for…
Mysuru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, facing probe into the MUDA ‘scam’ case, on Thursday asserted that he is conducting himself in accordance with his conscience and confident that truth would prevail as he once again rejected opposition calls for his scalp. “Satyameva Jayate,” he declared as he spoke at the inaugural ceremony of the ten-day…
New Delhi: Expressing concern over the flood situation in Bihar, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday demanded that the Centre and state government should expedite the relief and rescue operations. According to the disaster management department, the number of people affected by flood has reached 14.62 lakh. “The flood situation in Bihar is becoming terrible….
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday said his party has yet to get justice despite approaching courts, so it has decided to turn to people, referring to their petitions demanding disqualification of rebel Shiv Sena MLAs. Thackeray also launched his party’s theme song ‘mashaal geet’, ahead of the Maharashtra assembly polls, on…
Imphal: A mob stormed a police station in Manipur’s Ukhrul town and looted arms during a clash between two groups, officials said on Thursday. Three persons were killed and 20 others injured in a gunfight that broke out between two groups on Wednesday over cleaning a disputed land in the town as part of ‘Swachhata…
Chandigarh: In a setback to AAP ahead of Saturday’s Haryana Assembly polls, the party’s Nilokheri (reserve) seat candidate Amar Singh joined the Congress. After joining the party, Singh on Wednesday said only Congress can defeat the BJP government which has been “unjust to farmers, women, Dalits, and minorities”. He joined the Congress here in presence…
New Delhi: In its first reaction to fresh escalation of tensions in West Asia, India on Wednesday called for restraint by all sides and said the conflict must not take a wider regional dimension. India’s comments came a day after Iran fired around 200 missiles into Israel in response to Israel’s killing of Hezbollah chief…
