Mumbai: Former Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi passed away at a Mumbai hospital on Friday, where he was admitted after suffering a cardiac arrest. The former Maharashtra chief minister was admitted in the ICU of P D Hinduja Hospital here on Wednesday and breathed his last at the private medical facility, family sources said. Joshi…
Janjgir: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday urged the people of Chhattisgarh to elect Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a third term in office to make India a developed nation, and ‘Bharat Mata’ a ‘Vishwa Guru’. Sounding the poll bugle at a rally at Janjgir in the BJP-ruled state, he also hit out at…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud inaugurated the Ayush Holistic Wellness Centre on the premises of the Supreme Court on Thursday. The Ayush Holistic Wellness Centre is a state-of-the-art facility designed to provide holistic care and address physical, mental and emotional well-being, thereby promoting the overall health of 2,000 people — including judges,…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu government has provided relief of Rs 940 crore to farmers who suffered crop loss due to drought or floods in the past three years, state Agriculture Minister M R K Panneerselvam informed the legislative assembly on Thursday. Even those whose crop was destroyed due to the December 2023 floods in the southern…
Imphal: The Manipur High Court has ordered the deletion of a paragraph from a March 2023 order that urged the state to consider including the Meitei community in the Scheduled Tribe List, saying the paragraph conflicted with the Supreme Court’s constitution bench stance. The March 27, 2023, directive, believed to be a catalyst for ethnic…
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday gave the target of making GCMMF, which owns Amul brand, the number one dairy company in the world from its current eighth position. The PM was speaking at the golden jubilee celebration of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets its products under the brand ‘Amul’,…
Mehsana (Gujarat): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday targeted the opposition Congress, saying they (its leaders) continue to live in negativity and are not ready to leave the path of hatred even when the grand Ram temple has been built in Ayodhya. These are the same people who raised questions on the existence of Lord…
New Delhi: The Congress alleged on Thursday that democracy is being “murdered” in the country, after microblogging platform X voiced disagreement with the BJP-led Centre’s order to block accounts and posts related to ongoing farmers’ protests. X also called for extending freedom of expression to the affected posts. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology…
Washington: Indian American Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has outraised her rival and former president Donald Trump in fundraising in January, a development that has surprised many of her detractors and political observers. This is her biggest-ever fundraiser. Trump on the other hand raised USD 8.8 million, less than Haley’s USD 11.5 million. Haley is…
Lucknow: I.N.D.I.A. bloc partners SP and Congress on Wednesday announced a tie-up for the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, with the UP’s main opposition party leaving 17 out of the 80 seats in the state for the ally. In Madhya Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party will contest on a single seat, Khajuraho,…
