Manipur, 10/1: Manipur government on Wednesday denied permission to use a ground in Imphal for Rahul Gandhi’s “Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra” on January 14, citing law and order issues. Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee president and senior Congress MLA K Meghachandra , who along with a team of party leaders, met Chief Minister N Biren Singh…
Ahmedabad, 10/1: Global logistics management and services firm DP World on Wednesday said the company has signed agreements worth Rs 25,000 crore with the government of Gujarat, as part of which it will develop new ports, terminals, and economic zones. The company in a statement said the Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) signed at Gandhinagar during…
Mumbai, 10/1: 1.5 years after the split in the Balasaheb Thackeray-founded Shiv Sena, Maharashtra Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Wednesday ruled that the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena is the “real political party” – a development that comes as a major jolt to Uddhav Thackeray fraction. Narwekar also ruled that Bharat Gogawale is the whip of…
Bhubaneswar, 10/1: As per the direction of Chief Minister Sri Naveen Patnaik, Chairman 5T and Nabin Odisha, Sri. V.K. Pandian visited Khordha & Nayagarh District to review the progress of various developmental works in the districts and interact with students and general public. He participated in the Nua-O Program being organised at Haveli Padia…
Islamabad, 10/1: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld late former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf’s death sentence handed out to him by a special court in 2019 in the high treason case. Musharraf, the architect of the Kargil War in 1999 and Pakistan’s last military ruler died on February 5 in Dubai after a prolonged…
New Delhi, 10/11: Ending suspense, Congress on Wednesday announced that party president Mallikarjun Kharge, former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and its Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury will not attend the Ram temple consecration ceremony, dubbing it an “RSS/BJP” event. In a statement issued by Congress General Secretary (Communications) Jairam Ramesh, the party said that…
Mumbai, 10/1: Mumbai terror attack mastermind and outlawed Jamat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed is in the custody of Pakistan serving a 78-year-imprisonment sentence as a result of a conviction in seven terror financing cases, the UN said in updated information. In December, India asked Pakistan to extradite Saeed, a United Nations-proscribed terrorist, who is wanted by…
Mumbai, 10/1: The political temperature has risen in Maharashtra ahead of the crucial verdict by the assembly speaker on the cross-petitions by Shiv Sena factions seeking disqualification of each other’s MLAs following a split in the party. The outcome will decide the way forward for the Eknath Shinde government and also the regional outfit’s rival…
New Delhi, 9/1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is considering doubling the annual payout to landowning female farmers to Rs 12,000 ($144), three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters, a move likely to appeal to women voters ahead of a general election. The plan is likely to be announced in the budget on…
Mumbai, 9/1: After its negotiations with the RJD and the AAP, the Congress on Tuesday held talks with its allies in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh on seat sharing for the Lok Sabha elections and green-lighted the induction of the Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujn Agadhi as an ally. Sources said a decision was taken to accede…
