Mumbai, 21/8: At a time when talks are underway for an electoral alliance with Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT), MNS founder-president Raj Thackeray sprang a surprise when he met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis – sparking off a buzz in Maharashtra politics. Raj, accompanied by his close aide and former minister Bala Nandgaonkar, drove to Varsha,…
Bengaluru, ,21/8: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announced on Wednesday that the Cabinet has decided to constitute a permanent Scheduled Castes Commission to periodically provide reports on the community. Making a statement in the Legislative Assembly, Siddaramaiah said: “We have decided to form a permanent Scheduled Castes Commission to provide reports based on the mobility amongst SCs,…
Panaji, 20/8: The BJP government in Goa is set for a reshuffle with minister Aleixo Sequeira resigning on Wednesday and veteran leader Digambar Kamat likely to be inducted in the cabinet along with current Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar.. Tawadkar said he would resign as Speaker on Thursday morning. Sequeira told reporters at the government headquarters Mantralaya…
New Delhi, 20/8: The US pressure on India for its procurement of Russian crude oil is “unjustified”, a senior Russian diplomat said on Wednesday. We are confident that India-Russia energy cooperation will continue notwithstanding the external pressure, Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Roman Babushkin said.
Kabul, 20/8: An overcrowded bus carrying Afghans expelled from Iran crashed in western Afghanistan and at least 79 people were killed, authorities said on Wednesday. The crash on the Herat-Kabul highway involved a motorcycle, a truck and a bus late on Tuesday, said Ahmdullah Muttaqi, head of the information department for Herat’s provincial government. …
New Delhi, 20/8: Russian President Vladimir Putin and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet in New Delhi by the end of year, but no dates have been finalised yet, a Russian embassy official in India said on Wednesday.
New Delhi, 20/8: The Narendra Modi government is bringing three Bills, including one to amend the Constitution, to provide for provisions to remove Prime Minister, Chief Ministers and ministers if they remain in custody for 30 days in a row for an offence that carries a jail term of at least 5 years The Opposition…
New Delhi, 20/8: More than 50 schools in Delhi have received bomb threats via e-mail on Wednesday morning, the Delhi Police have said, as per news agency ANI Rahul Model School and Maxfort School in Dwarka, SKV in Malviya Nagar, and Andhra School in Prasad Nagar are some of the schools that have received such…
New Delhi, 20/8: Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta was attacked on Wednesday during her public grievance hearing, ‘Jan Sunwai’, as per the BJP. One person has been detained in this regard and a probe is underway. Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva “strongly” condemned the “attack” on the chief minister during her weekly ‘Jan Sunwai’ programme,…
New Delhi, 19/8: Union Cabinet has approved a bill to regulate online real money gaming platforms, a source said on Tuesday. The bill is likely to be tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, the source added. “The Cabinet has approved the bill to regulate online gaming platforms that involve real money. The government is trying to…
