New Delhi: Days after he said farmers in distress and agitating did not augur well for the nation, Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has put farmers issues at the centre stage. Speaking in the Upper House, he stressed that the issues of farmers have been put at the…
CHANDIGARH: A ‘jatha’ of 101 farmers will embark on a foot march to Delhi at 1 pm on Friday from the Shambhu border protest site, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said on Thursday. However, the Ambala district administration has issued an order under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), restricting any unlawful…
Mumbai: BJP legislature party leader Devendra Fadnavis was sworn-in as new chief minister of Maharashtra while allies Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar took oath as deputy CMs at a grand ceremony here on Thursday evening. The event, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, several Union ministers and chief ministers of various states besides thousands of…
Muzaffarpur (Bihar): In a comedy of errors, almost every fifth voter of a polling booth in a Bihar legislative council constituency, where a by-election was held on Thursday, has the father of the same name. Officials conceded that it was an “anomaly” in the electoral roll which would, however, not affect the poll process for…
Kanpur (UP): After Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s said the nature and the DNA of what happened in Ayodhya during Babur’s era and now in Sambhal and Bangladesh are same, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday hit out at him saying he should first get his DNA checked. Talking to reporters here, Yadav…
Mumbai: Shiv Sena president Eknath Shinde would be taking oath as deputy chief minister of Maharashtra at the swearing-in ceremony here on Thursday evening, his party colleague Uday Samant announced. BJP legislature party leader Devendra Fadnavis would take oath as chief minister, while Shinde and NCP chief Ajit Pawar would be sworn in as his…
New Delhi: Hitting out at BJP MP Nishikant Dubey for drawing linkages between a foreign investor and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, the Congress on Thursday said “agents of Adani” have been given only one task of defaming and abusing those who expose the conglomerate’s “mega corruption”. The opposition party has called on Lok Sabha…
New Delhi: Lok Sabha proceedings were adjourned twice on Thursday over BJP member Nishikant Dubey’s remarks targeting Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi and seeking to link him to a US-based multi-billionaire. Raising the issue during Zero Hour at noon, Dubey claimed that the Congress-led opposition had tried to derail Parliament proceedings following reports in…
Sambhal (UP): The Sambhal administration on Thursday said it will put up posters of those involved in the November 24 violence. “We will put up posters of those involved in Sambhal violence today,” District Magistrate Rajender Pensiya told PTI. He said the authorities have identified more than 400 people and arrested 32 so far in…
Karjat (Maharashtra): Universal Ai University, India’s first Artificial Intelligence University, successfully hosted the International Case Study Conference 2024 recently at its Green Campus in Karjat near Mumbai. This two-day hybrid conference, themed “Green Tech Dynamics Shaping Sustainable Business Landscapes” received an overwhelming response globally. Universities including McFam University, Strathmore University Kenya, Chitkara University Punjab India,…
