Chaibasa: Members of the banned CPI (Maoist) blew up a portion of railway tracks in Jharkhand’s West Singhbhum district, disrupting train services on the Howrah-Mumbai route for several hours, police said on Friday. At least 13 trains were cancelled and one has been diverted due to the incident, a railway official said. The incident occurred…
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar stressed the need to finalize seat-sharing arrangements by January at the recent meeting of the INDIA bloc, a key aide disclosed on Friday. JD(U) national general secretary Sanjay Kumar Jha, who had attended the meeting along with Kumar in Delhi on December 19, briefed reporters at the party office…
New Delhi: The opposition INDIA bloc on Friday staged a protest at Jantar Mantar here against the suspension of 146 MPs from the two Houses of Parliament during the Winter session and called on people to unite to save democracy in the country. The protest, which was organised under the banner of the Indian National Developmental…
Ayodhya (UP): Signages in Tamil and Telugu, among others, will be installed in the city, keeping in mind the likelihood of a large number of devotees arriving from the southern states to pay obeisance at the Ram temple, officials said on Thursday. The consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya will take place on January…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed the passage of three criminal justice bills that will replace as many colonial-era acts as a watershed moment in India’s history, and said it marked the beginning of a new era with laws centered on public service and welfare. “Through them, we have also bid goodbye…
Poonch/Jammu: Four soldiers were killed and three injured when heavily armed terrorists ambushed two Army vehicles in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. The vehicles, carrying the personnel to the site of a cordon-and-search operation, came under attack at a blind curve at Dhatyar Morh between Dhera Ki Gali and Bufliaz…
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha, which was adjourned sine die a day ahead of schedule on Thursday, recorded 74 per cent productivity in the Winter Session of Parliament, Speaker Om Birla said. Birla in his concluding remarks said that the House held 14 sittings and worked for 61 hours and 50 minutes. He said that…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday extended the judicial custody of senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh till January 10 in the excise scam case. Special judge M K Nagpal also asked the Enforcement Directorate to provide a copy of its fifth supplementary charge sheet and other related documents to Singh, a Rajya Sabha MP,…
New Delhi: Parliament passed a bill on Thursday to regulate the appointment and service terms of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and election commissioners, with Law Minister Arjun Meghwal stating that legislation has been brought following a judgement of the Supreme Court. The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment, Conditions of Service and…
New Delhi: The government has decided to hand over “comprehensive” security of the Parliament building complex to the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in the wake of the recent breach of the safety ring, official sources said Thursday. The CISF will render access control to the new and old Parliament complex in an airport security-like…
