New Delhi: A day after Indian wrestler Sakshi Malik hung her boots as a mark of protest against the election of Brij Bhushan’s close aide Sanjay Singh as the Wrestling Federation of India’s (WFI) chief, Bajrang Punia wrote a letter to PM Modi returning his Padma Shri award. “I am returning my Padmashree award to the…
New Delhi: The Centre has authorised the release of an additional installment of tax devolution to the states amounting to Rs 72,961.21 crore. “In view of the forthcoming festivities and the New Year, the Union Government has authorised the release of an additional installment of tax devolution amounting to Rs 72,961.21 crore to strengthen the hands…
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…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said a special camp was organised in Chennai for expeditious settlement of claims by general insurance companies in areas impacted by cyclone Michaung and similar efforts would be made in four districts of Tamil Nadu affected by excessive rains and flood. Following the Michaung cyclone, four districts–Tirunelveli, Toothukudi,…
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…
Paarl (South Africa): Sanju Samson hit a fine century as India defeated South Africa by 78 runs in the third ODI to clinch the three-match series 2-1 here on Thursday. Sent into bat, India lost both the openers early before Samson (108 off 114 balls), which was his maiden ODI hundred, and Tilak Varma (52…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hailed the passage of three criminal justice bills that will replace as many colonial-era acts as a watershed moment in India’s history, and said it marked the beginning of a new era with laws centered on public service and welfare. “Through them, we have also bid goodbye…
