Jaipur, 18/9: The Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee on Saturday unanimously passed a resolution for making Rahul Gandhi the party’s national president, a state cabinet minister said here. The development comes ahead of the start of filing of nominations for the election of the Congress president. Rajasthan Food Minister Pratap Singh Khachariya said…
London, 18/9: President Droupadi Murmu arrived in London on Saturday evening to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and to offer condolences on behalf of the Indian government. Queen Elizabeth II, who died aged 96 at her summer residence of Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September 8, is lying-in-state at Westminster…
Ludhiana, 18/9: Massive protests involving hundreds of students broke out at a private university on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh highway on Sunday after a woman allegedly leaked objectionable videos of other female students on the internet. According to a reports one student whose video was shared collapsed and had to be rushed to the hospital…
Patna, 17/9: JD(U) president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan on Saturday alleged that political strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor was “working for” the BJP, as part of its “conspiracies” to find a firm foothold in Bihar. Rubbishing Kishor’s claim of having turned down an “offer” from Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the party’s de facto leader, Lalan asserted…
Bhadrak, 17/9: In a shocking development, the Howrah-Bhubaneswar Jan Shatabdi Express derailed near the Dagarasahi level crossing in Bhadrak of Odisha after hitting an ox .But according to sources , all the passengers are said to be safe.
New Delhi, 17/9: The AAP on Saturday alleged that the arrest of its MLA Amanatullah Khan was part of BJP’s efforts to poach Arvind Kejriwal-led party’s legislators and topple its government in Delhi under “Operation Lotus”. The Aam Aadmi Party legislator from Okhla was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Branch on Friday in connection…
Beijing, 17/9: China has blocked a proposal by the US and India at the United Nations to blacklist top Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant Sajid Mir, one of India’s most wanted terrorists and the main handler of the deadly 2008 Mumbai attacks, in the third such move by Beijing within four months. It is learnt that…
Bhopal, 17/9: Two helicopters carrying eight cheetahs reached Palpur near Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday, following their arrival in Gwalior from Namibia in a special plane as part of the programme to reintroduce the feline in India seven decades after it was declared extinct in the country. The plane carrying the…
Ahmedabad, 17/9: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases three of the eight cheetahs from Namibia into Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park on Saturday, BJP-run governments, party leaders and workers will organise several events across the country to mark his 72nd birthday. The party’s Tamil Nadu unit has identified a Chennai hospital where it will give…
New Delhi, 16/9: Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin that now was “not a time for war” on Friday on the sidelines of a regional summit. New Delhi and Moscow have longstanding ties dating back to the Cold War, and Russia remains by far India’s biggest arms supplier. But in their…
