UP, 5/11:At a recent election rally, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the scion of India’s Nehru-Gandhi family that dominates the opposition Congress party, strode on stage and asked the crowd to repeat after her: “I’m a woman, I can fight.” The slogan is at the heart of the party’s bid to revive its fortunes in Uttar…
Chennai, 5/6: Former president of Tamil Nadu BJP K Annamalai will share his thoughts during an interaction on social media today. He is likely to explain his visit to the national capital and clarify speculation over his resignation from the party to launch his own party.On Thursday, BJP and the Congress both made announcements of…
Sukma, 22/3: At least 10 Maoists were killed in an encounter with with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district, police said on Friday. Bastar’s Inspector General (IG), Sundarraj P said that an encounter is ongoing between DRG (District Reserve Guard) and naxals in southern Sukma on Friday.
Patna, 9/11: The Bihar assembly on Thursday approved a hike in quotas for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Extremely Backward Classes and Other Backward Classes from the existing 50 per cent to 65 per cent. Bills providing for the same in educational institutions and government jobs, drafted in the backdrop of a comprehensive caste survey conducted…
Nuapada: As many as two women died while a small child is ciritcal after a wall collapsed in Lakhana village Nuapada district on Sunday. According to information, a tragic incident happened as the wall of a poultry farm collapsed due to heavy rains. A woman and her grandmother-in-law died while her daughter is critically injured….
New Delhi, 9/6: Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said cryptocurrencies are akin to ‘a world of Caribbean pirates’ in the absence of a centralised regulatory authority and is yet to pass the test of a fiat currency. He said that the government is pursuing a ‘high-wire balancing act’ to ensure…
Uttarakhand, 20/11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami over phone to take stock of the rescue operations being carried out at the Silkyara tunnel to evacuate 41 workers trapped for over a week. Necessary rescue equipment and resources, he said, are being provided by the Centre and…
Mumbai, 11/1: While the once-estranged cousins Uddhav and Raj Thackeray reunited for the Maharashtra local body polls, the MNS chief’s prime focus is betterment of Maharashtra and Marathi language During an interview with NDTV, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) supremo made it clear that “flexibility in political approach does not mean a Compormise on idology
Mumbai, 26/2: Reliance Industries has effectively taken over the operations of Future Retail stores and has offered jobs to its employees, even as the Kishore Biyani-led group is locked in a bitter battle with ecommerce major Amazon at several judicial forums over the sale of its business to the retail arm of the oil-to-telecom conglomerate….
New Delhi, 24/8: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said some of his MLAs have approached him alleging that they have been threatened and offered bribes to break the party and the AAP’s political affairs committee will meet on Wednesday to take stock of the situation. A couple of days back, Deputy Chief Minister Manish…
