The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government has lost majority as the Shiv Sena legislative party has withdrawn support, rebel MLA Eknath Shinde said in the petition filed before the Supreme Court on Monday. The Shinde camp had moved the top court challenging the disqualification notices sent by deputy speaker Narhari Zirwal to them on […]
The AAP on Sunday suffered a setback in the Sangrur Lok Sabha byelection as SAD (Amritsar) president and candidate Simranjit Singh Mann claimed victory.“My priority will be to raise the issue of the poor economic condition of Sangrur, including the condition of farmers under debt. We will work with the Punjab Government,” SAD (Amritsar) chief […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his 90th edition of “Mann Ki Baat” on Sunday recalled the imposition of National Emergency in June 1975, saying people’s democratic rights were crushed during the period but their faith in democracy and constitutional values did not wane.Addressing the youth, Modi said their parents’ rights were snatched away during the […]
India skipper Rohit Sharma has tested positive for COVID-19 in a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) and placed in isolation ahead of ‘fifth’ Test against England, the BCCI said on Sunday.The Test match is scheduled to begin from July 1 in Birmingham and if Rohit remains in six-day isolation, either pacer Jasprit Bumrah or wicket-keeper batter […]
Dalbir Kaur, the sister of Sarabjit Singh who succumbed to injuries after being brutally beaten by inmates in a Pakistan jail in 2013, died here on Sunday. She was 67.Dalbir Kaur had hit the headlines when she led a vociferous campaign for the release of her brother from the Pakistan jail, where he had been […]
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday threw a challenge to the rebel MLAs camping in Guwahati under Eknath Shinde as he went all poetic and wrote, “Kab tak chhipoge Guwahati me, Aana hi padega Chowpatti me (How long will you hide in Guwahati. You will have to come back to Chowpatty).” In his tweet, […]
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s helicopter made an emergency landing in Varanasi after a bird hit the chopper on Sunday. The incident took place as the helicopter left the Reserve Police Lines Ground in Varanasi for Lucknow. Initial inputs suggest the chief minister came back to the circuit house. Now, he will leave for […]
Dispelling rumours doing the rounds on social media that one should be cautious while driving on highways as those pretending to clean the glass of cars can defraud the owner by wiping on FASTag, the NPCI on Saturday clarified that the payment infrastructure does not allow person-to-person transactions.These videos circulating on social media are baseless […]
While the police are saying that 27-year-old Kartik Popli, died by suicide, his father Sanjay Popli, however, claimed that he was murdered.“My son was murdered in front of me, I am an eyewitness of my son’s death,” said arrested IAS officer Sanjay Popli while being taken away from Mohali Civil Hospital after his medical examination. […]
Punjab is in an economic morass and debt trap, said the White Paper on state finances presented in the state Assembly here on Saturday.The document presented by Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema blamed previous governments for the fiscal mess. According to the document tabled two days ahead of the presentation of the state Budget in […]