Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress on Monday accused him of mocking the misery of people who lost their lives and livelihood in the Covid-19 pandemic and dismissed his claims of economic gains as “propaganda”. Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala claimed a clear message has come from the House […]
The india Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday predicted more rainfall in some states for the next two days under the influence of a fresh western disturbance. In its daily bulletin, the IMD predicted that a fresh Western Disturbance and its induced cyclonic circulation are very likely to affect Northwest India from the night of February […]
The PM CARES Fund, set up to deal with emergencies such as the Covid pandemic, saw its corpus grow nearly three-fold to Rs 10,990 crore in the 2020-21 fiscal, while the disbursal rose to Rs 3,976 crore, according to the latest audited statement. The disbursal included Rs 1,000 crore for migrant welfare and over Rs […]
India must not undermine its role in the new world order, especially at the juncture where the country is marking 75 years of Independence, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the ongoing debate on the Motion of Thanks in the Lok Sabha. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the British rule ended in India […]
Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said an alliance between Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh could have stopped division in anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) votes in the upcoming assembly polls. “It would be good if the Congress and Samajwadi Party had fought unitedly. The […]
BCCI secretary Jay Shah on Monday gave his verdict on PCB chairman Ramiz Raja’s proposal for an annual four-nation T20I series involving India and Pakistan, along with England and Australia. He called it a “short-term commercial initiative”. Raja is set to present the proposal at the impeding ICC board meetings in March, with the argument […]
The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on plea by Haryana government challenging Punjab and Haryana High Court stay on quota for private jobs, news agency ANI reported.The top court hearing will be held on February 11.The Manohar Lal Khattar government on Friday had challenged the High Court order which stayed the law reserving […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday appealed AIMIM chief Asaddudin Owaisi to reconsider his decision not to accept the security cover being provided by the government in light of the review of threat to him. Making a statement in Rajya Sabha, Shah said, “In his speech in Lok Sabha, Owaisi has refused to accept […]
Bhupinder Singh alias Honey, the arrested nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, has “accepted” that he received Rs 10 crore in cash in lieu of facilitating sand mining operations and transfer or posting of officials in the border state, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed in a statement on Monday. He was taken into […]
The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that the Aadhaar card is not mandatory for registration on CoWIN portal for Covid vaccination. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant was informed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that one of the nine identity documents including passport, driving licence, PAN card, […]