Mumbai: Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and 9 MLAs have quit the Congress and are speculated to join the BJP. In a letter to state Congress president Nana Patole, the 65-year-old leader said he was resigning as a primary member of the grand old party. He also submitted his resignation as an MLA to…
Bihar: The Nitish Kumar-led NDA government in Bihar won a vote of confidence in the assembly on Monday. The new government secured 129 votes amid a walkout by the opposition members. The Bihar assembly has a strength of 243 MLAs. Earlier in the day, Bihar Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary was removed from his post in…
Ahmedabad: Union Minister Amit Shah on Monday said there is no suspense in the people’s minds on the outcome of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections as the ruling BJP is set to win 370 seats and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will bag more than 400 seats. Shah also took a swipe at the Congress…
Chennai: For the second consecutive year, the customary address of the governor to the State Assembly ended up in controversy on Monday with Governor RN Ravi refusing to read his customary address prepared by the State government except for the introductory portions citing some reasons. Later, Assembly Speaker M Appavu read out the Tamil version…
Chandigarh: A day after making it clear that AAP will go solo on all 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab and one in Chandigarh UT, Delhi CM and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced a similar arrangement for all seven seats in Delhi. This puts an end to the projected AAP-Congress alliance as…
New Delhi: In a major diplomatic triumph for India, eight veterans of the Indian Navy who were sentenced to death in Qatar, were released by Doha on Monday. The capital punishment was commuted to an extended prison term earlier following diplomatic intervention by New Delhi. Amid desperate pleas by the anxious kin of the Navy…
New Delhi: After delivering a warm 2023, El Nino conditions are set to dissipate by June this year raising hopes of “bountiful monsoon” rains this season, meteorologists have predicted. At least two global climate agencies announced last week that El Nino, the warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean that impacts weather across the world, has…
New Delhi: The government is examining foreign direct investment from China in Paytm Payments Services Ltd (PPSL), the payment aggregator subsidiary of One97 Communications Ltd, sources said. In November 2020, PPSL had applied for licence with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to operate as a payment aggregator under the guidelines on Regulation of Payment…
Hyderabad: The Regional Centre of Sangeet Natak Akademi –‘Dakshin Bharat Sanskritik Kendra’ — will be inaugurated by former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Union Tourism and Culture Minister G Kishan Reddy here on Monday. Along with the inauguration of the South India Cultural Centre, the foundation stone for the ‘Bharat Kala Mandapam’ auditorium will…
Mysuru: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi with securing respect for India’s cultural heritage on the world stage, citing the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya and the promotion of other key pilgrimage centres as examples. Speaking at ‘Sutturu Jathra’ (fair) event near here, he lauded Modi for…
