New Delhi: Delhi on Saturday recorded an average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 85, which is the lowest in the last three years for the period from January 1 to March 15. According to the Commission for Air Quality Management, this is the first day of the year on which the AQI has managed to fall…
Chennai: Actor Prakash Raj on Saturday slammed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, accusing him of attempting to “impose Hindi on others.” “Do not impose your Hindi language on us. It is not about hating another language; it is about safeguarding our mother tongue and preserving our cultural identity with self-respect. Someone please explain this…
New Delhi: Amid demands to make a collection of private papers belonging to former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru that were withdrawn from the erstwhile NMML widely accessible, Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Wednesday asked that leaving aside the “extremely personal letters”, why the correspondences of a prime minister should not come out before the…
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday criticized opposition BRS leader K Chandrasekhar Rao for attending assembly sessions only twice in the past 15 months and challenged him to a debate on the loss suffered by the state in utilising Krishna waters. In a marathon reply to the motion of thanks to the…
Chennai: Hailing Tamil as a ‘sweet’ language, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said it is one of the assets of the country and the world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi always ensured that every Indian language gets its due respect, the Union Railways, Information and Broadcasting, Electronics and Information Technology Minister said at an event…
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday said the vast population of Uttar Pradesh has seen how the party under the leadership of “iron lady” values action over words. Paying tributes to Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) founder late Kanshi Ram on his 91st birth anniversary, Mayawati said, “Today, on the birth anniversary of the…
Muzaffarnagar (UP): Farmer leader and national spokesperson of Bharatiya Kisan Union, Rakesh Tikait, had a narrow escape in Muzaffarnagar district when a nilgai collided with the front portion of his vehicle, officials said on Saturday. According to Tikait, the accident took place when his vehicle was near the Meerpur bypass road. A nilgai suddenly appeared…
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said she shares a brother-sister bond with her Cabinet colleague Parvesh Verma, son of former chief minister late Sahib Singh Verma. Pointing out that it didn’t matter who held the chief minister’s chair, Gupta vowed to fulfil the late BJP leader’s dreams for Delhi together with…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka Cabinet on Friday gave its nod for amending the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurement (KTPP) Act aimed at providing 4 percent reservation in tenders to Muslim contractors, official sources said. The Cabinet also approved the Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to provide ‘B’ khatas to all unauthorised…
Aizawl: Security has been beefed up across Mizoram ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s scheduled visit to the northeastern state, Director General of Police (DGP) Anil Shukla said on Friday. Shah will pay a day-long visit to Mizoram on Saturday to attend a function for the shifting of Assam Rifles establishments from the heart…
