New Delhi, 17/7:The Opposition candidate for Vice Presidential elections to be held in August is Margaret Alva. Alva has served multiple terms as governor of Rajasthan, Goa and Uttarakhand. Opposition parties on Sunday met to choose the Vice Presidential candidate at NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s residence. Many senior leaders including Mallikarjun Kharge, Shiv…
J&K, 17/7: A CRPF officer was killed in a militant attack in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, an official said. “At about 2:20 pm, terrorists fired upon the joint naka party of police and the CRPF in Gangoo area of south Kashmir,” the official said.
New Delhi, 17/7: A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by the manager of a factory here where she worked and forced to drink acid by her tormentor, police said on Saturday. The factory manager Jai Parkash (31) has been apprehended in the case, they said. According to police, Parkash called the victim to…
New Delhi, 17/7: India on Sunday reached the milestone of administering 200 crore Covid-19 vaccine shots in the past one and half years after making a slow start in January 2021. The world’s largest adult vaccination programme began on a low scale initially covering only healthcare workers and front line workers, but expanded slowly…
New Delhi, 17/7: India’s biggest airline, IndiGo, diverted a plane to Karachi in neighbouring Pakistan due to a “technical defect”, local news agencies reported on Sunday, the second such incident involving an unscheduled landing in less than two weeks. The flight was to fly to Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates from Hyderabad. …
London, 17/7:Former India captain M S Dhoni, who is enjoying his time in England for at least two weeks now, was seen being chased by fans for a selfie with him in the streets of London. The 41-year-old cricketer is in England since before his birthday on July 7. He celebrated his birthday…
New Delhi, 16/7: Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Saturday emphasised an urgent look at the process which led to prolonged incarceration of undertrials while blaming the non-filling up of the judicial vacancies and not improving the judicial infrastructure as major reasons for the huge backlog of cases. “In our criminal justice…
New Delhi, 16/7: In a major development BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Saturday named Jagdeep Dhankhar as its candidate for the post of Vice President of India. The announcement was made by BJP chief JP Nadda following the party’s parliamentary board meeting held in Delhi.
Chennai, 16/7: AIADMK Legislature Party leader and interim general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami will on Sunday chair a meeting of the party legislators to discuss the Presidential elections scheduled for July 18. It is also expected to discuss replacing O Panneerselvam, who was expelled as the deputy leader of the legislature party on July 11….
New Delhi, 16/7: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday said his government’s schemes for free education, healthcare and electricity were not “freebies” but efforts to lay the foundation for making India the number one country in the world. He said education and health services will be free for all in the country if, by…
