Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday hit out at the Congress, accusing it of betraying farmers and said it was the BJP government which made record purchase of grains. Addressing a rally here ahead of the February 20 Punjab assembly polls, Modi urged voters to bring the BJP-led alliance to power in the state for […]
Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who enthralled Hindi cinema lovers with his disco-infused tunes in the ’80s and ’90s, was cremated here in the presence of family, friends and industry colleagues on Thursday. Lahiri, 69, died following multiple health issues on Tuesday night at the CritiCare Hospital in Juhu.Police had barricaded the lane of the singer’s Juhu […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the Punjab and Haryana High Court order to stop Haryana’s 75 per cent quota in private jobs for locals. The top court told the state to not take any “coercive steps against the employers”. The high court order – to halt the reservation for locals – has been […]
The income tax department on Thursday conducted searches on Chitra Ramkrishna, the former chief of the National Stock Exchange of India. Officials said the searches are aimed to check charges of tax evasion and financial irregularities against her and others, news agency PTI reported. Ramkrishna was MD and CEO of NSE from April, 2013 to […]
With 30,757 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of cases rose to 4,27,54,315, while the recovery rate crossed the 98 per cent-mark again, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Thursday. The death toll has climbed to 5,10,413 with 541 daily fatalities, the data updated at […]
Breaking his silence on the controversy over his remarks on not letting “Uttar Pradesh, Bihar de bhaiye” enter the state, CM Charanjit Channi has said that the comments were aimed only at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was trying to rule the state through backdoor. The opposition had misconstrued it, Channi said.During Tuesday’s roadshow […]
Thirteen women and children, all girls, died after falling into a well while performing a marriage ritual in Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar district, police said on Thursday. The incident, in which at least 10 people were also injured, took place at Naurangiya Tola village when an iron grille, they were sitting on, broke, they said.Chief Minister […]
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Wednesday set up a control room to provide information and assistance to Indian nationals in Ukraine in view of the prevailing situation in that country over its tensions with Russia. In addition, the Indian embassy in Ukraine has also set up a 24-hour helpline for the Indians in […]
With Covid-19 cases declining across the country, the Centre on Wednesday wrote to states, asking them to review additional curbs. “Presently, as the case trajectory across the nation is showing a sustained downward trend, it will be useful if states/UTs review and amend/do away with the additional restrictions so imposed after considering the trend of […]
The Congress accused Aam Aadmi Party Chief Arvind Kejriwal of “playing with national security” to gain power in Punjab—a development that comes after poet and former AAP leader Kumar Vishwas was heard saying that his former colleague wanted to be “either PM of Punjab or of an independent nation”. Vishwas is heard saying in the […]