New Delhi: Several exit polls on Saturday predicted a clear majority for the Congress in Haryana and gave an edge to its alliance with the National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir with the regional partner emerging as the single largest party. Dainik Bhaskar predicted the Congress getting 44-54 seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party 15-29…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday asserted that for Bengalis, Durga Puja is more than a festival and is the heartbeat of the identity, art and heritage of the community. She inaugurated 10 Durga Pujas in south Kolkata amid chanting of ‘shlokas’ (hymns), beating of ‘dhaak’ (drums) and blowing of conch shells….
Kolhapur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said removing the existing 50 per cent cap on reservation is necessary to protect the Constitution, and asserted that the INDIA bloc will ensure passage of laws to this effect in Parliament. Speaking at the ‘Samvidhan Samman Sammelan’ here, he also said the Congress and the INDIA bloc…
New Delhi: India on Friday had announced that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to Pakistan to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in mid-October. EAM Jaishankar on Saturday clarified that his visit is strictly for the multilateral event, not for bilateral discussions on India-Pakistan relations. “I’m going there to be…
Wawhim (Maharashtra): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Congress is being ruled by a gang of urban Naxals, and asked people to unite to defeat the “dangerous agenda” of that party. “They (Congress) think that if we all unite, then their agenda to divide the country will fail,” Modi said, addressing a rally…
Kolkata: The body of a 10-year-old girl was found in a marshy land in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Saturday, triggering arson by locals at a police outpost there. Villagers alleged that the minor, who was missing since Friday evening, was raped and murdered, and the police did not act on their complaint…
Deoband (Saharanpur): Uttar Pradesh Press Club presented its annual awards to personalities from various fields for their contributions. Among this year’s award winners, Dr. Satyawan Saurabh and Priyanka Saurabh were honoured with the Mahatma Gandhi Award for independent writing and their contributions to literature and culture. On this occasion, President Mumtaz Ahmed said, “The work of…
Srinagar: Two terrorists were killed as security forces foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, the Indian Army said on Saturday. “Two terrorists have been eliminated by the security forces in the ongoing operation,” the army’s Srinagar-based Chinar Corps said. The Corps had earlier in a post…
Chandigarh: Polling for all the 90 Assembly seats in Haryana began on Saturday morning amid tight security arrangements, officials said. The fate of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, Congress leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Vinesh Phogat, besides the JJP’s Dushyant Chautala and 1,027 other candidates, will be decided in the polls in which more than…
Dantewada: In one of the biggest operations against Maoists in Chhattisgarh, security personnel killed 28 Naxalites in a fierce encounter in the Bastar region on Friday, a top police official said, as the BJP government pushed ahead with its goal of eradicating Left-Wing Extremism. This was the second highest fatalities suffered by Maoists in a…
