New Delhi, 1/10: Former Jharkhand Minister K N Tripathi is out of the Congress presidential race after party’s election authority on Saturday rejected his nomination paper for irregularities. This has set the stage for a direct contest between senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor on October 17, if one of them do not withdraw…
New Delhi, 1/10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the much-awaited 5G services at the India Mobile Congress event in New Delhi on October 1. Modi inaugurated the event and launched 5G in select cities, which will progressively cover the entire country over the next couple of years. The cumulative economic impact of 5G…
Mumbai, 1/10: The BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Friday said that the injured Jasprit Bumrah is still not ruled out of the upcoming T20 World Cup and the clarity on India pacer’s availability for the mega event in Australia will come out in the next two or three days. The 28-year-old was rushed to the…
Geneva, 1/10: Russia on Friday vetoed a Western bid at the UN Security Council to condemn its annexations of Ukrainian territory but found no support, with China and India abstaining. Russia’s veto was a certainty but Western powers hoped to show Moscow’s isolation in its war and will now take the condemnation effort…
New Delhi, 30/9: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday apologised for the distorted map of India in his manifesto with parts of Jammu and Kashmir omitted. Re the troll storm on a manifesto map: No one does such things on purpose. A small team of volunteers made a mistake. We rectified it immediately & I…
New Delhi, 30/9: Prices of natural gas, which is used to generate electricity, make fertiliser and is converted into CNG to run automobiles, were on Friday hiked by a steep 40 per cent to record levels, in step with global firming up of energy rates. The rate paid for gas produced from old fields, which…
Tehran, 30/9: Iran has arrested a woman who was shown eating out without a headscarf in an image that went viral on social media during the protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, her sister said Friday. The picture showed Donya Rad sitting in a traditional Tehran restaurant apparently eating breakfast, in the company of…
Bhubaneswar, 30/9: Chief mnister Naveen Patnaik today said that Road safety is a high priority area for the Government. He said this today at SAFE Convention organised by ‘Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers’ (SIAM) at hotel Swosti. He added that we have adopted a four-fold strategy to make our roads safer – by enforcement,…
New Delhi, 30/9:Congress presidential poll candidate Shashi Tharoor on Friday said he is aware of his underdog tag and talk of an ‘official candidate’ in some quarters but he has been told by the Gandhi family repeatedly that they are “neither directly nor indirectly” backing anyone. The Thiruvananthapuram MP, however, asserted that he remains convinced…
New Delhi, 30/9: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday pulled out of the Congress president race after Mallikarjun Kharge entered the poll fray. Singh said that he will back Kharge for the top Congress post. With, the battleground seems to clear for a direct fight between Shashi Tharoor and Kharge.
