After G23 leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma, another group member Manish Tewari on Wednesday questioned the procedure for the upcoming election to the post of Congress president asking how could there be a fair and free election without a publicly available electoral roll.“Essence of a fair and free process is the names and […]
Seven Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members of Parliament from Delhi on Wednesday wrote to lieutenant governor VK Saxena demanding an inquiry into the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) allegations that attempts were made to buy its MLAs. The BJP MPs asked Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal to make it public the names of people who approached […]
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Wednesday said India is showing intent as a problem-solver despite not being a traditional contributor to global emissions.Addressing the opening ceremony of the G20 environmental and climate ministerial meeting in Bali, Indonesia, he said the promise of climate finance from developed countries remained a mirage and its current pace […]
Kolkata reported the least number of rape cases among 19 metropolitan cities in India last year, according to the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Kolkata reported 11 cases of rape in 2021, while Delhi reported 1,226 rape cases — the highest in the country. Delhi was followed by Jaipur where 502 […]
Indian business tycoon Gautam Adani, the chairman of the Adani Group, has overtaken France’s Bernard Arnault, the chief of Louis Vuitton, to become the world’s third richest individual, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. With a total net worth of USD 137.4 billion, 60-year-old Adani has surpassed the wealth of Louis Vuitton chairman Arnault and […]
Hardik Pandya produced a special all-round effort as India held nerves to pull off an exciting five-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan in their Asia Cup opener here on Sunday. Hardik (3/25 in 4 overs) showed his high value under extreme pressure as his well-directed short balls helped India bowl out Pakistan for 147. It should […]
The Goa Congress on Saturday demanded that the BJP leader Sonali Phogat death case be handed over to the CBI.Currently, the Goa Police are investigating the case. Calangute MLA Michael Lobo’s reaction came after Goa police on Friday arrested Sudhir Sangwan (Phogat’s PA) along with Sukwinder Singh in connection with the murder of Phogat, also […]
Goa Police on Saturday detained a suspected peddler who allegedly supplied drugs to the two accused arrested in the BJP leader Sonali Phogat murder case, a senior officer said.Dattaprasad Gaonkar was detained from Anjuna after the accused duo “confessed” in their statement that they had procured drugs from him, the officer said. Another man who […]
Justice UU Lalit, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, was on Saturday sworn-in as the 49th Chief Justice of India. President Draupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Justice Lalit at a brief ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan at 10.30 am. The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar, Prime Minister […]
Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais is likely to send the order of disqualification of Chief Minister Hemant Soren as an MLA to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday, Raj Bhavan sources said.Members of the state’s ruling coalition will gather for the third round of meeting in the morning at the chief minister’s residence in […]