The Centre on Tuesday said retail prices of edible oils across the country are ruling higher than a year-ago period in line with the global market but from October 2021 onwards, there is a declining trend. According to the trend from 167 price collection centres, retail prices of edible oils have declined quite significantly in […]
Former Punjab MLA Arvind Khanna and several other politicians from the state joined the BJP on Tuesday as the party asserted that it will write a new chapter in the region’s electoral history with its success. Khanna, a businessman and two term former MLA, had not been much active politically after quitting the Congress some […]
Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati will not contest the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, party general secretary S C Misra said here on Tuesday. Misra said he will also not contest the state elections, which will be held in seven phases starting February 10.Since elections are being held in five states, including Punjab, Uttarakhand, and […]
In a jolt to the BJP in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday, OBC leader Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from the state cabinet while three other MLAs announced they are quitting the party.Maurya, who is expected to join the Samajwadi Party (SP), said he resigned from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet due to “gross neglect” towards Dalits, […]
Authorities in Uttar Pradesh have seized over 33,000 litres of liquor worth over Rs 82 lakh after the imposition of the model code of conduct for the upcoming assembly polls, Chief Electoral Officer Ajay Kumar Shukla said on Tuesday. The model code is a set of guidelines, issued by the Election Commission, for political parties, […]
India on Tuesday successfully test-fired a naval variant of the advanced supersonic BrahMos cruise missile from a stealth guided-missile destroyer of the Indian Navy. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said the missile hit the designated target “precisely”. “Advanced sea to sea variant of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise missile was tested from INS Visakhapatnam today. […]
The Delhi government on Tuesday directed closure of all private offices, except those in exempted categories, amid rising number of Covid cases.The private offices, which were till now operating with 50 per cent workforce, have been asked to follow the practice of work from home.An order issued by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority also directed […]
Several Supreme Court lawyers on Monday wrote to the apex court alleging that they have received calls threatening judges over the case involving the security breach that left Prime Minister Narendra Modi stuck for 20 minutes on a flyover in Punjab last week. The letter, written by Supreme Court Advocate-On-Record Association (SCAORA), claimed that the […]
The Supreme Court on Monday constituted a committee headed by a retired apex court judge to probe the security lapse during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent Punjab visit when he was stuck on a flyover for about 20 minutes due to a protest. The Supreme Court has asked the centre and the Punjab government to […]