Dispur, 21/1: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should avoid visiting the birthplace of Srimanta Sankardeva at Batadrava on January 22, as there can be no competition between Lord Ram and the medieval age Vaishnav saint revered as idol. Sarma said that commandos will be deployed along sensitive…
Bangalore, 20/1: Flagging “many challenges” on the fiscal front, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said Saturday that Karnataka does not have adequate resources to become a $1 trillion economy by 2032 and argued for the state to get a fair deal in the tax devolution. Siddaramaiah was speaking at a national seminar on ‘Fiscal Federalism: Challenges before…
Iraq, 20/1: In a major development, Attackers fired multiple rockets at US forces at Iraq’s Ain al-Asad air base on Saturday, two security sources and one government source said.
Guwahati, 20/1: Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the government will end the free movement of people at the India-Myanmar border, and fence it completely so that it can be protected like the country’s boundary with Bangladesh. Shah made the announcement while addressing the passing out parade of the first batch of the five…
Damascus, 20/1: An Israeli missile strike on Syria’s capital Damascus on Saturday killed a member of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and wounded others, a security source in the regional pro-Syria alliance told Reuters. Syrian state media said a likely Israeli attack had targeted a building in the Mazzeh neighbourhood of Damascus, without giving further details. Other…
Patna, 20/1: Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar on Saturday announced a new team of the party’s national office-bearers, relieving several Lok Sabha MPs of their organisational positions and elevating K C Tyagi as political advisor. Rajya Sabha MP Bashistha Narain Singh has been made vice president, replacing Mangani Lal Mandal…
Ranchi, 20/1: Security has been beefed up around the Chief Minister’s house and zonal office of the Enforcement Directorate here on Saturday, ahead of the scheduled questioning of CM Hemant Soren by the federal agency sleuths in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam. Senior Superintendent of Police, Ranchi, Chandan Kumar Sinha…
Boginadi, 20/1: Congress’ ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ resumed its Assam leg on the third day in the state on Saturday with Rahul Gandhi, who is leading the march setting off from Boginadi in Lakhimpur district. As the entourage started with Gandhi’s bus in the front, the leader was greeted by bystanders along the road. This…
New Delhi, 19/1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is observing a special ritual prior to the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony at the Ram temple in Ayodhya. According to NDTV reports, he is sleeping on the ground, drinking only coconut water, and closely adhering to the ‘Yam rules” during this period. A particular ‘sattvic’ diet that forbids the…
New Delhi, 19/1: The Supreme Court collegium headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Friday recommended the elevation of Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale as a top court judge. In a meeting held on Friday, the collegium, also comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, Surya Kant and Aniruddha Bose, took…
