New Delhi, 5/11: The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that the national anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ “stand on the same level” and citizens should show equal respect to both. While unlike the national anthem there are no penal provisions or official instructions about singing or…
New Delhi, 5/11: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday questioned Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia’s personal assistant in connection with its money laundering probe into alleged irregularities in the now scrapped excise policy, officials said. The agency is questioning Devendra Sharma and recording his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA),…
Patna, 4/11: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s former aide Prashant Kishor claimed that a village in the state has been deprived of a road connecting it to the district headquarters because of a 15-year-old incident of a shoe hurled at the CM. The fresh jibe on Kumar came when Kishor was interacting with…
New Delhi, 5/11: India would seek clarity on the definition of “climate finance” and push for establishment of a mechanism to institutionalise “loss and damage assessment” at the upcoming UN climate summit that would kick start on Sunday at Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt. Union Environment Minister Bhupeder Yadav who leads the Indian delegation…
Mumbai, 4/11: Priyanka Chopra Jonas says she has spent enough time playing second fiddle to heroes in her two decades in the movies and is hoping that her much-anticipated film “Jee Le Zaraa” will help women actors have more agency in their lives. Priyanka, one of the most popular Indian artists globally, will…
New Delhi, 4/11: Twitter has fired the majority of its over 200 employees in India as part of mass layoffs across the globe ordered by its new owner Elon Musk who is looking to make his $44 billion acquisition work. Sources said the layoffs are across engineering, sales and marketing, and communications teams….
Iran, 4/11: Iran wants to sell oil to India and is ready to deliver it, Iran’s ambassador to India Iraj Elahi said on Friday in an interview with Reuters partner ANI. “We always express our readiness to increase our economic ties with India. It’s up to India, we are ready to deliver…
Ahmedabad,4/11: Isudan Gadhvi has been announced as the chief ministerial candidate for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Gujarat Assembly election. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal made the announcement on Friday. Gujarat goes to polls in a two-phase election on December 1 and 5.
California,4/11: Twitter Inc was sued over Elon Musk’s plan to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at the social media platform — half of its workforce — which workers say the company is doing without enough notice in violation of federal and California law. A class-action lawsuit was filed Thursday in San Francisco federal court. Twitter…
New Delhi, 4/11: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced that primary schools will be closed from Saturday in view of spike in pollution levels in the national capital. Speaking at a press conference, he noted that deteriorating air quality and pollution levels were a problem of the entire north India and the Centre…
