India has turned down a demand of Elon Musk’s Tesla for tax breaks to import electric cars, saying rules already allow bringing in partially-built vehicles and assembling them locally at a lower levy. “We looked at whether the duties need to be re-jigged, but some domestic production is happening and some investments have come in […]
Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi, chief of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), turned down an offer for the second highest ‘Z’ category security cover, a day after shots were fired at his car while he was returning to Delhi after campaigning in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut.”I don’t want Z category security. I want to be an […]
A Jalandhar court has remanded Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) remand in the illegal sand mining case till February 8. Bhupinder Honey was produced in the Jalandhar court Friday afternoon. During this period, he will be able to meet his family for two hours everyday. […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday accused rival parties of spreading “rumours” against Covid vaccines and thanked people for ignoring them and taking the jabs. Addressing his second virtual rally in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Modi said the state witnessed benefits of the “double engine” government in administering Covid jabs.The prime minister said the Union Budget […]
Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh will be among the star campaigners who will campaign in Punjab. The list released by the Congress includes Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Harish Chaudhary, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Charanjit Singh Channi, Ambika Soni, Meira Kumar, Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Baghel, Sunil Jakhar, Partap Singh Bajwa, Ajay Maken and Bhupindra Singh Hooda.Anand […]
Yogi Adityanath today filed his nomination from Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur, where he is contesting his first state election, with the BJP using the occasion to project a united front. Union Home Minister Amit Shah was by his side. Before taking his first formal step towards fighting the UP election, the five-time MP prayed at the […]
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday said 65 per cent of the adolescents in the 15-18 age group nationwide have received their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. “Young India’s historic effort continues…In just 1 month, 65% of children aged 15-18 received the first dose of the vaccine. World’s largest vaccination campaign is creating new […]
The Haryana government moved the Supreme Court on Friday against the Punjab and Haryana High Court order staying the state’s law providing for 75 per cent quota to local people in private sector jobs. A Bench led by CJI NV Ramana agreed to take it up on February 7 after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta mentioned […]
