New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the result of the Chandigarh mayoral poll in which the BJP candidate had emerged an unlikely winner, and declared defeated AAP-Congress alliance candidate Kuldeep Kumar as the new city mayor. It also ordered prosecution of the returning officer for the poll, Anil Masih, a BJP leader, for…
Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched multiple development projects, including for education, railway, aviation and road sectors, in Jammu and Kashmir worth over Rs 32,000 crore. From Jammu, the prime minister also launched or laid foundation stone of projects worth Rs 13,500 crore across the country. These projects include Indian Institutes of Technology…
Mumbai: The Maharashtra legislative assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a bill providing 10 per cent reservation for the Maratha community in education and government jobs. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde tabled the Maharashtra State Socially and Educationally Backward Bill 2024 in the House during the day-long special session of the legislature on Maratha quota. The bill…
Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir and was abrogated in 2019, was the biggest hurdle in the development of the erstwhile state. Modi also said that after the abrogation of Article 370, Jammu and Kashmir, which is now a Union Territory, has witnessed…
Dharmakhali (WB): Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari was on Tuesday stopped by the police from visiting restive Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district. The police stopped Adhikari from going to the trouble-torn area, where prohibitory orders have been imposed, stating the government has moved a division bench challenging the Calcutta High Court order that allowed…
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose appealed to political parties and people from all walks of life to come together and organise a ‘peace visit’ to trouble-torn Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district to show solidarity with the aggrieved women. “I appeal to the law-abiding citizenry, civil society leaders, opinion makers and all political…
New Delhi: Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur has condemned the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal after police took away a television journalist reporting on the violence in Sandeshkhali. “Instead of taking action against goons misbehaving with women, the West Bengal government is putting curbs on the media and trying to muzzle freedom…
Chandigarh: A day after a meeting with Union ministers, farmer leaders taking part in the ‘Delhi Chalo’ agitation on Monday rejected the Centre’s proposal of procuring five crops at MSP, saying it wasn’t in farmers’ interest and announced that they will march towards the national capital on February 21. Earlier, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM),…
New Delhi: Karnataka Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah, receives big relief as the Supreme Court in its order on Monday has stayed the criminal proceedings against him and some other Congress leaders for a protest march organised by them on February 14, 2022, in Bengaluru. “Issue notice, returnable in 6 weeks, Till further orders, there shall be…
Chandigarh: Following the fourth meeting between representatives of protesting farmers and the Central government in Delhi on Sunday, the farmers’ leaders on Monday asserted that they will discuss the government’s proposal with domain experts and take a decision even as the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march is on standby for now. They added that the march would…
