The Election Commission has banned all exit polls pertaining to the coming Assembly elections from 7.00 am on February 10 to 6.30 pm on March 7. In a statement issued here on Saturday, UP’s Chief Electoral Officer Ajay Kumar Shukla said that conducting the exit polls, its publication in print or electronic media or its […]
A court in Thane district of Maharashtra on Saturday said trial in the defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi by an activist of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will be conducted on a day-to-day basis from February 5. Civil court judge and judicial magistrate first class (JMFC) at Bhiwandi, J V Paliwal, passed […]
As a cold zephyr blew across the historic Vijay Chowk, multiple colours dotted the sky with around 1,000 drones taking flight, a projection mapping show with myriad hues depicted the country’s 75 years of independence and foot-tapping tunes filled the air, marking another colourful Beating the Retreat ceremony on Saturday. From the drones show to […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said there cannot be a better time to set new goals for taking forward India-Israel relations and asserted that the importance of the relationship has increased amid significant changes in the world.In a special video message on the completion of 30 years of full-fledged diplomatic relations between India and […]
Days after the AAP government was accused of obstructing the release of 1993 Delhi bomb blast convict Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday accused the SAD of doing “dirty politics” over the issue. Former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal had recently sought the immediate release of Bhullar in the “larger […]
Senior BJP leader and former Punjab minister Madan Mohan Mittal on Saturday joined the SAD in the presence of party chief Sukhbir Singh Badal here. Mittal was upset after his son, Arvind Mittal, was denied a ticket by the BJP from Anandpur Sahib assembly seat. The BJP has fielded Parminder Sharma from the constituency. Welcoming […]
Two high-end SUVs, watches worth Rs 44 lakh and residential properties worth Rs 35 crore are part of the total assets declared by Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Congress’ candidate from the Amritsar East assembly seat and its Punjab chief. The 58-year-old former India cricketer on Saturday filed his nomination papers before the returning officer in […]
Days ahead of assembly polls in five states, the Supreme Court has agreed to consider listing for hearing a 2020 PIL for debarring persons against whom charges have been framed in serious offences from contesting elections. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana told petitioner lawyer and BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay that it […]
President Vladimir Putin told French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Friday that the West was ignoring Moscow’s security concerns over Ukraine but added that Russia would hold off from taking action immediately. Putin and Macron spoke by phone amid deep fears that a Russian troop build-up on the Ukrainian border is a precursor to a Russian […]
Global gold demand rose 10 per cent to 4,021.3 tonnes in 2021 on account of a massive 50 per cent surge in year-on-year demand — a 10-quarter high — during the December quarter, a report by the World Gold Council (WGC) said.The overall gold demand during 2020, which was impacted following Covid-19 related disruptions, stood […]