Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met prominent US personalities from different walks of life, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who asserted that India has more promise than any other large country and that he is incredibly excited about its future.Musk told reporters after meeting Modi that Twitter, the social media giant he owns, does […]
The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed the Punjab Universities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2023.The Bill aims at removing the governor from the post of chancellor of all 11 state universities. The SAD supported the Bill.Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said if they could not appoint V-Cs they would be letting down the mandate given by the […]
The Punjab government is set to amend the Sikh Gurdwara Act to ‘ensure free telecast rights’ of Gurbani from the Golden Temple at a cabinet meeting on Monday. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said the government would amend the Sikh Gurdwara Act, 1925, to ensure free telecast rights of Gurbani from the Golden Temple. Reacting to […]
Tamil Nadu BJP leader SG Suryah was arrested by the police from Chennai late on Friday, with the party’s state unit chief K Annamalai slamming the move as an attempt to “curtail free speech”.Police sources said the action was based on a CPI(M) complaint against a social media post by the BJP state secretary. Suryah […]
The renaming of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library as PMs’ Museum and Society triggered a massive war of words between the Congress and the BJP on Friday, with both parties rushing to accuse each other of pettiness. Moments after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge questioned the move accusing the government of a “malicious attempt to erase […]
Avtar Singh Khanda, handler of arrested Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh, has died in the UK, with top intelligence sources saying the cause of his death was blood cancer, according to an agency report.The UK-based head of Khalistan Liberation Force died at Birmingham City Hospital at around 12.45 am (IST) on Thursday, sources said. […]
Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji broke down while being taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials for questioning in connection with an alleged money laundering case in the wee hours of Wednesday. The investigating agency took the DMK leader for questioning, after raiding his premises on Tuesday. Soon after this, the ED […]
Farmers blocked the national highway in Pipli in Haryana’s Kurukshetra district for a second day Tuesday over the MSP for sunflower seeds, with BKU leader Rakesh Tikait asking the state government to accept the demand or send farmers to jail. Farmer leaders at the protest site said that several rounds of talks have been held […]
Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday said cyclonic storm Biparjoy is likely to intensify further in the next 24 hours.Then it would move gradually north-northwestwards in the next three days. Sea condition is likely to be rough along and off Saurashtra and Kutch coasts on June 10 and likely to become rough to very rough […]
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson has shocked the nation by abruptly quitting as a member of Parliament after being told by a parliamentary committee that he would be sanctioned for misleading Parliament over lockdown-breaking parties at Downing Street during his premiership.Johnson, 58, had been under investigation by a parliamentary inquiry looking into whether he […]