New Delhi, 26/7: India has built 2,000 kilometres of all-weather roads along its disputed boundary with China over the past five years as growing belligerence of the neighbouring country prompted it to renew focus on construction of infrastructure that would help it mobilise troops in case of a conflict. Ever since the Indian…
Kolkata,25/7: If anyone is found guilty of wrongdoing, he must be punished, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday, days after her cabinet colleague Partha Chatterjee was arrested in the SCC scam by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Addressing an award function of the state government here, Banerjee slammed the opposition for a “malicious…
Mumbai, 25/7: Actors Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal received life threats from an unidentified man through social media, prompting the Mumbai Police to launch investigations. A case has been registered against an unidentified man in Santacruz Police Station in Mumbai and investigations were in progress. No arrests or detention has been made so far.
New Delhi, 25/7: The CBI has unearthed a racket of at least five men, including one presently staying in Karnataka’s Belgaum, allegedly involved in cheating people by offering Rajya Sabha seats for Rs 100 crore. The agency has claimed that the racket was attempting to cheat people by “falsely assuring” them Rajya Sabha seats, Governorship,…
New Delhi, 25/7: Four Congress MPs were suspended from Lok Sabha for the rest of the session for displaying placards and disrupting proceedings despite a warning by Speaker Om Birla. Amid continuous disruptions, the Chair named Congress MPs Manickam Tagore, TN Prathapan, Jothimani and Ramya Haridas. Later, Parliamentary Affair Minister Pralhad Joshi…
New Delhi, 25/7: Droupadi Murmu on Monday took oath as the 15th President of India at Parliament’s Central Hall in the presence of former president Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi amongst others. Chief Justice of India N V Ramana administered her…
Mumbai Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena camp has moved the Supreme Court seeking stay of Election Commission of India (ECI) proceedings on Eknath Shinde-camp’s plea for recognition as ‘real’ Shiv Sena. The plea filed by general secretary of Shiv Sena Subhash Desai submitted that the respondents purportedly have initiated proceedings under para 15 of the Election…
UP, 25/7:Six people were killed and 16 injured after a speeding double-decker bus collided with a stationary one at Purvanchal expressway near Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh, according to ANI. Three persons are reported to be critical and they have been referred to a trauma centre in Lucknow. Buses were en route Delhi…
New Delhi, 25/7: Droupadi Murmu on Monday took oath as the 15th President of India at 10:15am at a ceremony in Parliament’s Central Hall in New Delhi on Monday. The former Jharkhand governor, who represented the BJP-led ruling NDA in the July 18 presidential polls, defeated joint opposition’s candidate, ex-Union minister Yashwant Sinha, securing 64%…
New Delhi, 24/7: Mother nature is in deep agony and the climate crisis can endanger the very future of this planet, outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind said in his farewell address to the nation on Sunday as he appealed to all to protect the environment for the coming generations. Emphasising that the country…
