Aam Aadmi Party leader Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as the Punjab chief minister on Wednesday. Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mann at the swearing-in ceremony that took place at Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in Punjab’s Shaheed Bhagat Singh (SBS) Nagar district. Only […]
Gautam Adani, India’s and Asia’s second-richest person, added USD 49 billion to his wealth last year — more than the net addition of wealth by the top three global billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bernard Arnault, the 2022 M3M Hurun Global Rich List said on Wednesday. Mukesh Ambani, who runs the oil-to-retail conglomerate Reliance […]
The SAD has expelled Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (DSGMC) chief Harmeet Singh Kalka for raising a banner of revolt against party president Sukhbir Singh Badal. Earlier in the day, Kalka had announced formation of a religious party and said that he along with other leaders and members represented the Delhi unit of the SAD.Later, […]
Russia said on Wednesday that a neutral status for Ukraine with its own limited army, similar to Austria’s, was being considered as a compromise in peace talks with Kyiv, while Ukraine spoke of outside powers guaranteeing its security. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, in what it calls a special military operation to demilitarise and […]
US prosecutors have started negotiating a plea deal with Pakistani terrorist and 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four others currently lodged in the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, a move which could result in the commutation of their death sentence to life imprisonment, according to a media report. The New York Times’ report said that […]
Situation turns volatile as demonstrators demanding constitution of “Swarn Aayog” defy prohibitory orders, demolish barricades erected by police at Shoghi, pelt stones damaging vehicles, reach Tutikandi bifurcation and resort to Chakka jam, bringing vehicular traffic to a halt in Shimla. SP Shimla Sushil Thakur and other police personnel sustained injuries as the agitators pelted stones […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said India was much better placed to fight the Covid pandemic now with many Made in India vaccines and asked people to adhere to Covid-appropriate behaviour. Hailing the commencement of Covid inoculation drive for younger children, the PM noted with satisfaction the level of vaccine acceptance in India and […]
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday red flagged the “rising danger of social media abuse to hack Indian democracy” and urged the government to end the interference of social media giants in national electoral politics. Noting that this issue was beyond partisan politics and was important for all parties irrespective of who was in power, […]
Refusing to urgently list petitions challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict upholding the ban on hijab in educational institutes in the state, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would take up the matter after Holi vacation. The Karnataka High Court had on Tuesday upheld the ban on wearing hijab in educational institutes in the […]
Highlighting that the AAP had invited him for Bhagwant Mann’s swearing-in as Punjab’s chief minister, Congress leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday took a swipe at his own party saying he was not an invitee to former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s oath-taking ceremony. Tewari shared the invite for the swearing-in of Mann on Twitter, but […]