A five-member team of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) scrutinizing the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 arrived in Odisha and is scheduled to hold a meeting in the state capital on Monday.Among the committee members are JPC chairperson Jagatambika Pal, Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi and MP Ghulam Nabi. Talking to reporters, JPC member Aparajita Sarangi said, “Speaker…
New Delhi, 10/11: Union Home Minister and veteran BJP leader Amit Shah on Sunday released the party’s ‘Sankalp Patra’ or manifesto in Mumbai for the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra. Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis was also present at the occasion along with senior party leaders from the state.
Washington: In a historic and unprecedented political comeback, Donald Trump has won a second term as President of the United States after a decisive victory in the 2024 presidential election.Securing a crucial 295 electoral votes, Trump surpassed the required 270, outpacing Democratic rival Kamala Harris, who garnered 226 votes. This victory makes Trump the first US…
Puri: President Droupadi Murmu to visit Odisha on December 4, to attend the celebrations of Indian Navy Day at Puri. She will witness the operational demonstration of the Indian Navy on the Golden beach here that was awarded the Blue flag in 2020.The Navy is gearing up to host the operational demonstration to the first lady…
Kolkata,10/11: The body of a BJP leader was found inside the party office at Usthi in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, a police officer said on Saturday. The deceased, Prithviraj Naskar, used to handle the social media account of the party in the district
Mumbai, 9/11NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday lashed out at Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde, an aide of Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, and said those behind the split in the NCP must be defeated. Speaking in Parli in Beed district, Pawar said people were being “bullied” and this had to stop.
Srinagar, 9/8: An unidentified militant was killed in an ongoing encounter with security forces in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Saturday. An official said that a joint anti-terrorist operation was launched by J&K Police and army following a “specific input” about the presence of militants in Rampora, Sopore.
Ottawa, 9/11: Canada has ended with immediate effect the popular fast track study visa programme, SDS, a major policy decision that is likely to impact scores of international students, including from India. The processing time for students applying under the Student Direct Stream (SDS) was significantly shorter and approval rates higher, something that will change…
Shimla, 9/11: With samosa politics heating up in Himachal Pradesh, a BJP MLA has ordered 11 samosas online for Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu Taking a dig at the state’s Congress government over the CID conducting an enquiry into the sequence of events that led to samosas brought for the chief minister being served to…
Lucknow, 9/11: In his first reaction to Supreme Court judgement regarding the minority status of the Aligarh Muslim University, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the AMU didn’t belong only to the Muslims as he once again referred to his much publicised “batenge to katenge” (Hindus will be slaughtered if they are divided)…
