Chandigarh: In a fresh development after the RS polls on Wednesday, Himachal Pradesh assembly Speaker expelled 15 BJP MLAs including leader of the opposition Jai Ram Thakur. PWD Minister Vikramaditya Singh, son of late chief minister Virbhadra Singh, resigned from the state cabinet citing that “the Congress MLAs were humiliated several times.” The expelled MLAs…
Washington: A jeweller, based out of both Mumbai and New Jersey, has been indicted for illegally evading customs duties for millions of dollars of jewellery imports into the US and operating unlicensed money transmitting businesses, a US attorney has said. Monishkumar Kirankumar Doshi Shah (39) was arrested over the weekend and appeared on February 26…
Bengaluru/Lucknow: The Congress suffered a major upset in Himachal Pradesh at the hands of the BJP in the Rajya Sabha elections which were marred by cross-voting in all three states though it won three seats in Karnataka while the saffron party is set to win big in Uttar Pradesh. Polling was held for 10 seats…
Lucknow: Buoyed by the victory of its all eight candidates in the Rajya Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP on Tuesday exuded confidence that it will win all the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the elections due in April-May. Speaking to PTI Video, Sudhanshu Trivedi, one of the victorious candidates of…
Hyderabad: The Telangana government will be taking up the next phase of ‘Genome Valley’, the country’s first organised cluster for Life Sciences R&D and clean manufacturing activities here involving an investment of Rs 2,000 crore in 300 acres of land, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said on Tuesday. Speaking at BioAsia 2024, a healthcare and life…
Tiruppur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the constituents of INDIA bloc have accepted defeat, but intend to loot Tamil Nadu. Addressing the valedictory of BJP state unit President K Annamalai’s state-wide yatra here, Modi took on the opposition and said that during the last 10 years, the Centre has given more funds to…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday exuded confidence that the BJP will win 11 of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the upcoming polls. He said the saffron party will also “try to secure the 12th seat” in the state. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a programme…
New Delhi: A 46-metre indigenously designed and manufactured modular bridge was inducted into the Indian Army on Tuesday, a move that will bolster the crucial bridging capability of the force’s engineers. The induction ceremony took place at the Manekshaw Centre here in the presence of Army chief General Manoj Pande and senior officials of the…
Thiruvananthapuram: Group Captains Prashanth Balakrishnan Nair, Angad Prathap, Ajit Krishnan and Wing Commander Shubanshu Shukla have been selected as astronaut-designates for the Gaganyaan human spaceflight programme, the country’s India’s first crewed mission to space. Their names were revealed during the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) in Thiruvananthapuram…
Thiruvananthapuram: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took a swipe at the Congress and Communist parties, which are making efforts to form a strong alternative against the BJP at the Centre, pointing out they are each other’s enemies in Kerala, but in other states, they are BFFs’ Best Friends Forever. Speaking at the conclusion ceremony…
