Jodhpur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said there is no anti-incumbency against the Congress and the party will form the government in the state again. “There seems to be an undercurrent. Looks like the (Congress) government will be repeated,” he said. Gehlot told PTI in Jodhpur that the Congress focused its campaign on…
New Delhi: The government will assist people in filing FIRs against social media platforms in case they are aggrieved by objectionable content like deepfakes that are in violation of IT rules. Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday said the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) will develop a platform on which people can notify…
Uttarkashi: Drilling at the collapsed Silkyara tunnel to rescue 41 men trapped inside for 12 days was halted again on Friday, officials said. Officials said the auger drilling machine faced a hurdle, apparently a metal object, soon after drilling resumed Thursday, a day after officials had put the operation on hold following a technical snag. That…
Mumbai: India’s forex reserves increased by USD 5.077 billion to USD 595.397 billion during the week ended November 17, the Reserve Bank said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the kitty declined USD 462 million to USD 590.321 billion. For the week ended November 17, the foreign currency assets, a major component of the…
New Delhi: India is prepared for any kind of exigency that may emerge from the current influenza situation in China, the government said Friday, highlighting that it is monitoring the outbreak of H9N2 and clusters of respiratory illness in children in that country. There is a low risk to India from both the avian influenza…
Jaipur: Rajasthan is all set to vote on Saturday to elect members of a new assembly with the BJP aiming to unseat the ruling Congress, which is fighting hard to change the trend of alternate governments in the state. Polling will be held from 7 am to 6 pm in 199 out of 200 constituencies…
New Delhi: India’s top two singles players Sumit Nagal and Sasi Kumar Mukund have conveyed to the national tennis federation that they won’t travel to Pakistan for the next Davis Cup tie and the baffled AITA has decided to discuss the players’ refusal at its next Executive Committee meeting. Nagal is India’s best-ranked singles player…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the UN climate talks in Dubai on November 1 and deliver a national statement highlighting India’s climate action, sources said on Friday. The prime minister will reach the UAE on November 30, deliver India’s national statement during the United Nations’ World Climate Action Summit on December 1 and…
New Delhi: Governors cannot be at liberty to keep bills pending indefinitely without any action, the Supreme Court has said while emphasising that the unelected Head of the State is entrusted with constitutional powers but that cannot be used to thwart the normal course of lawmaking by state legislatures. Observing that unbridled discretion to the Governor…
Mancherial (Telangana): BRS chief and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday accused the Congress party candidates of seeking votes saying they will join BRS after getting elected. Addressing a rally here, in a predominantly coal mining area, he also alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is saying that coal will be imported from Adani…
