New Delhi, 5/4: Kangana Ranaut, BJP’s Lok Sabha poll candidate from Himachal’s Mandi, shockingly called Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose the first Prime Minister of India. The actor-turned-politician had attended a media event on March 27, shortly after joining the saffron party. Almost a week later, a clip of her interview went viral on social media…
New Delhi, 5/4: The Congress is set to contest the fewest seats — around 300 — in any Lok Sabha elections since 1951, with the party forging alliances in an unprecedented manner across the country in its effort to dethrone the BJP. So far, the party has announced 236 candidates for 29 states and Union…
New Delhi, 5/4: The RBI on Friday kept the benchmark repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent. Governor Shaktikanta Das said that the Standing Deposit Facility rate will remain at 6.25 per cent and the Marginal Standing Facility rate and Bank Rate will remain at 6.75 percent.
Rajkot, 4/4: Skipper Shubman Gill led from the front with an unbeaten fifty to steer Gujarat Giants to an imposing 199 for four against Punjab Kings in an Indian Premier League (IPL) 2024 match here on Thursday. Gill made 89 off 48 balls, the highest individual score this season so far, and in the process…
New Delhi, 4/4: An AAP delegation on Thursday met the Delhi chief electoral officer over “objectionable” hoardings put up by the BJP in the national capital The BJP has put up several objectionable posters and hoardings, some of which have used photographs of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, senior AAP leader Atishi said.
Kolkata, 4/4: West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Thursday said Education Minister Bratya Basu has “deliberately” violated the election Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by holding a meeting with politicians at the University of Gour Banga recently. Bose, the chancellor of all state-run universities, also said Basu’s act of holding the meeting on…
Chennai, 4/4: A sessions court here on Thursday extended former Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji’s remand till April 15. Balaji was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on June 14, 2023 in a money laundering case. III Additional Sessions Judge DV Anand, before whom Senthil Balaji was produced by the prosecution through video-conferencing from the…
Patna, 4/4: The ruling NDA in Bihar put up a show of solidarity on Thursday when leaders of all constituents of the BJP-led coalition turned up at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Jamui. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who heads the JD(U) and has stayed indoors for some time, was out in the scorching heat…
Tokyo, 4/4: An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck off the east coast of Honshu, Japan on Thursday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 32 km (19.88 miles), EMSC said.
Mumbai, 4/4: Former MP Sanjay Nirupam on Thursday took a swipe at the Congress leadership over his expulsion, claiming it was done after he sent his resignation letter to the party. Taking note of complaints of indiscipline and anti-party statements, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge late Wednesday evening approved Nirupam’s expulsion from the party for six…
