New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday announced its candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls, fielding M Nagaraja from Karnataka and Mahesh Kewat from Madhya Pradesh. The party also named Lingaraj Patil and Raghu Kautilya as its candidates for the Karnataka Legislative Council elections. The BJP’s central election committee has approved the names of these…
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has said he wants the BJP functionaries to believe in a “we and not I” principle, and stressed the importance of collective leadership to advance the saffron party’s “political thoughts and ideologies” and meet people’s expectations. Addressing a preparatory meeting for the BJP’s special training camp in New…
Bhopal: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday named Mahesh Kewat as its third candidate for the election to three Rajya Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh. Kewat, chairman of the Fishermen Welfare Board, will contest against Congress’ Meenakshi Natarajan for the third seat. Earlier, on Saturday, the two other BJP candidates, Tarun Chugh and Rajneesh…
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Sunday outlined a collaborative blueprint for making India into a developed country by 2047, emphasising that economic development needs to be inclusive. Addressing an event of the Maheshwari community here, Birla emphasised that entrepreneurship and nation-building must progress hand in hand to ensure that economic growth is…
Mullanpur: Jagdish Suthar, a retired Physical Education teacher from Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar district, had travelled all the way to Mullanpur with his family to watch his elder child Manav make his Test debut for India but left for home without watching his son’s on-field exploits on the second day of the match against Afghanistan on…
New Delhi: India’s space economy, currently close to USD 9 billion, is expected to expand to about USD 45 billion over the next seven to eight years, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday. The minister also stated that India’s space startup ecosystem has grown from a single-digit number of startups a few years ago…
Kolhapur: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday criticised the Centre over rising prices, claiming the government would pay a “political price” as frequent hikes in essential commodities were burdening the common man. People across the country were facing hardship due to inflation, the former Union minister claimed and questioned the government’s stand that price…
Ranchi: Senior Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel on Sunday said Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has called a meeting of all 56 MLAs of the INDIA Bloc in the evening and said the state’s ruling alliance would win both the Rajya Sabha seats. Congress observers for the upcoming biennial Rajya Sabha polls in Jharkhand, Baghel and…
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala has the potential to emerge as India’s maritime gateway and unlock vast opportunities in the blue economy, Chief Minister V D Satheesan said. The blue economy promotes the sustainable use of marine and coastal resources while balancing growth, employment and ocean conservation. The state’s strategic coastline, ports and maritime infrastructure are key drivers…
New Delhi: The CBI has conducted searches at six locations in Chandigarh, Panchkula and Delhi-NCR in connection with an alleged Rs 661 crore fraud involving the siphoning of government funds from departments of the Haryana government and the Chandigarh administration, officials said on Sunday. The searches were carried out on Friday at premises linked to…
