Mumbai, 25/2: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange stated on Sunday that he intends to march to Mumbai and stage a protest outside the residence of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Jarange accused Fadnavis of attempting to kill him. The announcement, made at the end of a speech of more than one hour in Antarwali…
Kolkata, 25/2:Members of an independent fact-finding committee were arrested in Bhojerhat, South 24 Parganas on Sunday. They were on their way to Sandeshkhali to investigate alleged incidents of atrocities against women in the troubled area when the police stopped them. This comes after the police stopped them from entering Sandeshkhali, citing Section 144 being in…
Dwarka, 25/2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated ‘Sudarshan Setu’, the country’s longest cable-stayed bridge of 2.32 km, on the Arabian sea connecting Beyt Dwarka island to mainland Okha in Gujarat’s Devbhumi Dwarka district. Modi began his day by offering prayers at Lord Sri Krishna temple at Beyt Dwarka. He later inaugurated the…
Carolina, 25/2: Former President Donald Trump easily defeated Nikki Haley in South Carolina’s Republican primary Saturday, delivering a crushing blow in her home state and casting grave doubt on her continued viability. Trump’s victory, called by The Associated Press right as polls closed at 7 p.m., was widely expected, and offers fresh fodder for his…
Bhubaneswar, 24/2: As per direction of Chief Minister Sh Naveen Patnaik, Chairman 5T and Nabin Odisha Sh Kartik Pandian visited Bhadrak District, today. Sh Kartik Pandian travelled by road for about 50 km, including on bike, all along the Baitarani left embankment. He reviewed the progress of *Baitarani Left Embankment Strengthening and Road Development…
New Delhi, 24/2: The newly enacted laws — the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Act — to completely overhaul the criminal justice system in the country will come into effect from July 1. The three laws got the Parliament’s approval on December 21 last year and President Droupadi…
New Delhi, 24/2:The Chief Election Commissioner of India, Rajiv Kumar, in his press conference in Chennai on poll preparedness for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, said that political parties are well within their rights to make promises in their election manifesto. He further added that voters too have a right to know about the fulfillment…
New Delhi, 24/2:I.N.D.I.A. allies Congress and AAP on Saturday announced seat-sharing arrangements for upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Goa and Chandigarh after months of spirited negotiations finally ended in a display of spirit of accommodation. The latest deal, which came days after inking an agreement with the Samajwadi Party for Uttar Pradesh…
New Delhi, 24/2:Congress may sacrifice its claim on one of the two seats in Meghalaya to strike a deal with the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha elections, as both the parties revived efforts to restart the once broken negotiations. Trinamool and Congress had been on opposite poles over the former’s insistence…
Berlin, 23/2: Germany on Friday joined the small group of countries and jurisdictions that have legalised cannabis when the Bundestag passed a law allowing individuals and voluntary associations to grow and hold limited quantities of the drug. The law passed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s ruling three-party coalition legalises cultivating up to three plants for private…
