UP, 30/1: Taking a lead over his rivals, the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Tuesday declared its first list of 16 candidates in Uttar Pradesh for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, which are barely a few months away. The first list of the party, which would be contesting the LS polls in alliance with other I.N.D.I.A…
Chandigarh, 30/1:BJP on Tuesday landed another blow to the I.N.D.I.A bloc defeating the AAP-Congress candidate in Chandigarh mayoral polls after the alliance’s eight votes were declared invalid with AAP alleging that the “worrying” developments can raise “serious questions “about the integrity” of Lok Sabha elections. Manoj Sonkar of the BJP defeated Kuldeep Kumar, the AAP-Congress…
Patna, 20/1: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav is being questioned by ED sleuths here in connection with the agency’s money laundering probe into the alleged land-for-jobs scam, officials said. The former Bihar deputy chief minister reached the ED office around 11.35 am, they said. His father and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was questioned…
Ranchi, 30/1: Section 144 CrPc has been imposed within a 100 meter radius of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s residence in Raj Bhavan and the Enforcement Directorate office in Ranchi. This comes amid the ED’s visit to Soren’s Delhi residence to question him in connection with a money laundering case.
New Delhi, 30/1: On Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary, the Congress on Tuesday asserted that the true tribute to the father of the nation would be to not let the ‘flame of truth and harmony’ be extinguished in the ‘storm of hatred’. The party also said that those who glorify Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse should…
Somalia, 30/1: The Indian Navy vessel INS Sumitra rescued 19 crew members and a vessel from armed Somali pirates, a statement from the navy read. It rescued the fishing vessel Al Naeemi and her crew of 19 Pakistani nationals from 11 Somali pirates. INS Sumitra, Indian Navy’s indigenous Offshore Patrol Vessel had been deployed for…
Bhubaneswar, 29/1:Chairman 5T & Nabin Odisha Sh Kartik Pandian visits SunAs per the direction of Chief Minister Sri Naveen Patnaik, Chairman 5T and Nabin Odisha, Sh Kartik Pandian visited Sundargarh District to review the progress of various developmental works in the district and interact with students. He participated in the Nua-O Program being organised…
New Delhi, 29/1: In a path-breaking decision with far-reaching socio-economic impact, the Centre has allowed woman employees to nominate her son or daughter for family pension, instead of her husband, according to an official statement issued on Monday. Previously, family pension was granted to the spouse of a deceased government servant or pensioner, while other…
UP, 29/1: Amid claims by the Hindu litigants’ lawyer that the report of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), which conducted a scientific survey of the contentious Gyanvapi Mosque premises in Varanasi and submitted the survey report in the district court earlier, found evidence of a Hindu temple there, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath…
Bhubaneswar, 29/1: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday expressed apprehension that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections would be the last opportunity for the people to save democracy, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi might prefer dictatorship in case his party wins the upcoming election. He urged people to keep away from the BJP and its ideologue…
