J&K, 13/10: Just a day after the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) administration started enrolling outsiders who had lived more than one year in the Union Territory (UT) as voters the order was revoked in a late-night notification after opposition by most political parties. On Tuesday Deputy Commissioner Jammu issued an order authorising tehsildars…
Bangalore, 13/10: Calls to do away with the 4 per cent reservation exclusively given to Muslims under the OBC category in Karnataka are growing within the ruling BJP. Following the ban on Popular Front of India (PFI), the theory doing the rounds within the ruling BJP is that doing away with reservation for…
New Delhi, 12/10: MiG 29K combat jet crashed into the Arabian Sea after developing a technical snag on Wednesday. The pilot ejected safely and was rescued by the Navy team. A Board of Inquiry (BoI) has been ordered to investigate the cause of the incident
New Delhi, 12/10: India is talking to different countries to make Rupay acceptable in their nations, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. “Not just that, the UPI (Unified Payments Interface), the BHIM app, and NCPI (the National Payments Corporation of India) are all now being worked in such a way that…
New Delhi, 11/10: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday cut its projection of India’s economic growth in 2022 to 6.8 per cent, as it joins other global agencies that have trimmed forecasts. The IMF had in July projected a gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 7.4 per cent for India in the…
Mumbai, 10/10: The Election Commission on Monday alloted the ‘flaming torch’ (mashaal) as election symbol to Uddhav Thackeray faction of Shiv Sena. The poll body also alloted ‘Shiv Sena – Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray’ as the party name for his faction.
Moscow, 10/10: Russian forces launched a barrage of fatal bombardments across Ukraine early on Monday and President Vladimir Putin vowed even more “severe” retaliation against Kyiv. The biggest wave of strikes across Ukraine in months killed at least 11 people nationwide, and was apparent retaliation for an explosion this weekend that damaged a…
Kyiv, 10/10: Explosions on Monday rocked multiple cities across Ukraine, including missile strikes on the capital Kyiv for the first time in months, hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin called a Saturday explosion on the huge bridge connecting Russia to its annexed territory of Crimea a “terrorist act” masterminded by Ukrainian special services. …
Ahmedabad, 9/10: Senior Congress leader Paresh Dhanani on Sunday said the entry of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) into Gujarat’s Assembly election arena will dent the urban and semi-urban vote-bank of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which will ultimately benefit the grand old party. Dhanani claimed that the AAP does not have…
Bhubaneswar, 9/10: In a major development, BJP has announced Suryabanshi Suraj, the son of late MLA Bishnu Sethi. as candidate for Dhamnagar bypoll. BJP’s Odisha Prabhari D Purandeswari, party state president Sameer Mohanty and other top leaders have already camped in Bhadrak to oversee the BJP’s bypoll preparations.
