Former Union minister and actor Shatrughan Sinha will be contesting the Lok Sabha bypoll from Asansol constituency in West Bengal on the All India Trinamool Congress’ ticket. To contest the bypoll to Ballygunge Vidhan Sabha seat in West Bengal, the TMC has nominated former Union minister and singer Babul Supriyo.In a tweet, Mamata Banerjee wrote, […]
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday targeted the government over the revision in the provident fund interest rate, saying it was the “lowest in 40 years”. Kharge is among several opposition leaders who have critcised the government over the new interest rate. “EPFO has slashed interest rates to 8.1%. The lowest in 40 years. Under […]
A terrorist who killed an off duty CRPF jawan in South Kashmir on Saturday has been arrested, police said. Vijay Kumar, inspector general of police, Kashmir, said that the pistol used for committing the crime was recovered from the suspect and a case was registered. IGP Kashmir said that an overground worker who accompanied the […]
Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma was arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly ramming into a senior police official’s car in February and later was released on bail, a senior official confirmed the incident on Sunday. Delhi Police spokesperson Suman Nalwa said that the incident took place on February 22 in south Delhi’ Malviya Nagar […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said the people’s perception of uniformed personnel in the country has undergone a change in recent times. The earlier notion of internal security was based on instilling fear among the masses for keeping peace for the colonial masters but it has now transformed and people get the assurance of […]
The Army’s Northern Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi, who is on a three-day visit to the Kashmir valley, on Friday visited the commercial hub of Lal Chowk here and relished some street food, officials said. Lt Gen Dwivedi visited the area along with General officer Commanding of the valley-based Army’s Chinar Corps, Lt Gen D […]
To fill up vacant postgraduate medical seats, the Union Health Ministry has directed the National Board of Examinations to reduce the cut-off by 15 percentile across all categories for NEET-PG 2021. In a letter to NBE Executive Director Minu Bajpai, Member Secretary of the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) B Srinivas said, “After due discussion and […]
Pakistan on Saturday demanded a joint probe into a missile India said it accidentally fired into its territory, rejecting New Delhi’s decision to hold an internal inquiry into the incident and calling on the international community to play a role. “Such a serious matter cannot be addressed with the simplistic explanation proffered by the Indian […]
Military Commanders of India and China, who met last night failed to resolve the pending issues at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. The two sides are locked in a military stand-off since April 2020 with more than thousands of troops, guns, tanks and missile forces on either side of the LAC. […]