Thiruvananthapuram: The capital city turned into a war field after the protest march taken out by the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) towards the state police headquarters against the statewide police highhandedness on Youth Congress activists during Nava Kerala Sadas turned violent on Saturday. KPCC president K Sudhakaran, MPs, and MLAs were shifted to the…
Ahmedabad: In an attempt to provide a “global business ecosystem” at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), the Gujarat government on Friday lifted the ban on liquor in the area, exempting it from the prohibition which is in place across the state. Being the state in which Mahatma Gandhi was born, the manufacture, storage,…
Patna: In what could be a major political realignment in Bihar ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha elections, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Saturday claimed that the ruling Janata Dal (United) of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will soon merge with the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). Speaking to ANI on Saturday, the CM made the sensational…
Gandhinagar: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday expressed concern over the vandalism of a Hindu temple with anti-India graffiti in the US, and said extremists and separatist forces outside India should not get such space. He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the third convocation of the Rashtriya Raksha University here. “I…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair the ‘third national conference of chief secretaries’ in the national capital next week, a senior government official said on Friday. The third national conference of chief secretaries will be held in Delhi from December 27-29 and it will be a significant step towards further strengthening the partnership…
New Delhi: French President Emmanuel Macron will be the Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations on January 26 which would make him the sixth French leader to grace the prestigious annual event. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Macron will be visiting India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India had invited…
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…
