New Delhi, 2/3: BJP on Saturday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to again contest from his constituency of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Union Home Minister has been named from the Gandhinagar constituency in Gujarat. Union Ministers Rajeev Chandrashekhar and Kiren Rijiju are…
New Delhi, 2/3:: Delhi LG V K Saxena has granted sanction for a CBI probe against former minister Satyendar Jain in a complaint of extortion filed by money laundering accused Sukesh Chandrashekhar, officials said on Saturday. Jain is accused of extorting Rs 10 crore from Chandrashekhar as “protection money”.
New Delhi, 29/2: India’s economic growth accelerated to 8.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2023-24, mainly due to good performance by the manufacturing, mining & quarrying and construction sectors. The Indian economy recorded a growth of 8.4 per cent in the third quarter of this fiscal (October-December 2023), according to data released by…
Jamtara, 28/12:Around 12 people died after a train ran over the passengers at Kalajharia railway station in Jamtara (Jharkhand), according to All India Radio. The victims were run over by an Express train running between Asansol and Jhajha, the report added. However, exact number of casualties have not been confirmed.
Shimla,28/2: While Jairam Thakur has said that Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has tendered his resignation, the latter was quoted by news agency ANI as saying that, “Neither anyone asked for my resignation nor I have presented my resignation.We will prove the majority. We will win, the people of Himachal will win.”
Bhubaneswar, 28/2: In a major development, Microsoft co-founder & philanthropist Bill Gates was briefed by DC Anu Garg & Principal Secy of UD Dept G Mathi Vathanan on the working of Jaga Mission & Mukta scheme.
UP, ,27/2:Amid concerns over cross-voting and the party chief whip quitting while polling was underway in the Rajya Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Tuesday warned action will be taken against such MLAs. The SP’s chief whip in state Assembly Manoj Pandey quit the party on Tuesday, the jolt coming a day after he…
Ranchi, ,26/2: India’s home supremacy weathered the ‘Bazball’ storm as Rohit Sharma’s men secured a hard-fought five-wicket win over England in the fourth and penultimate Test for a 17th consecutive series triumph in their own backyard here on Monday. Overnight 40/0 in a chase of 192 here, India romped home after surviving a few hiccups…
Beijing, 24/2: At least 15 people were killed and 44 others injured when a building caught fire in China, a month after 39 people died in a similar accident. The building fire broke out in Nanjing, the capital city of east China’s Jiangsu Province, the municipal government said on Saturday. Forty-four injured in the fire…
Chennai, 16/2: A city court on Thursday dismissed a petition filed by former Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji, which sought to defer the trial in a money laundering case registered against him by the Enforcement Directorate. Principal Sessions Judge (PSJ) S Alli, before whom Senthil Balaji was produced by the prosecution through video…
