Appreciating India’s efforts to “remind” Russia against using nuclear weapons in the ongoing war in Ukraine, Asle Toje, deputy leader of the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Thursday said that the world needs more such interventions in international politics. “India’s intervention to remind Russia of the consequences of using Nuclear weapons was very helpful,” said Toje. […]
Following a controversy on Sunday, the Punjab government has cancelled the Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test (PSTET).Education Minister Harjot Bains in a series of tweets said, “To maintain complete fairness in our examination process, a PS level probe has been ordered to look in to PSTET exam conducted by a third Party with A++ NAAC […]
Till March 1993, Mumbai (Bombay) was one big 24×365 party destination, a city that never slept and where all seemed obsessed with minting money –from the poor pavement-dwellers to the wily politicians to the pompous tycoons, and even big bulls like Harshad Mehta and his cohorts, who had then shot into limelight. The term ‘terror’ […]
A CBI team arrived at the residence of former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi’s home in Patna in connection with the alleged land-for-job ‘scam’. Initials reports indicate the officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation were questioning Rabri Devi in connection with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam case, which is related […]
Former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, who was sent to the CBI custody, will be produced in court on Monday following his arrest in the Delhi excise policy case.He was arrested by the investigative agency in a case pertaining to alleged irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of the Delhi […]
Former deputy chief minister of Delhi and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia in his bail application said that keeping him in custody will serve ‘no fruitful purpose’. He was arrested on February 26 over alleged irregularities in Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 and sent to a five-day custody of the Central Burau of Investigation […]
The Quad grouping of India, the US, Japan and Australia has decided to sharpen focus on counter-terrorism even as a joint statement avoided mentioning Russia and took no stand on the Ukraine conflict though it condemned North Korea’s ballistic missile launches. On its main remit of the Indo-Pacific maritime domain, a meeting of Quad Foreign […]
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday forwarded the names of AAP MLAs Saurabh Bhardwaj and Atishi to the lieutenant governor for their appointments to the Delhi cabinet. This comes a day after Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain resigned from the cabinet following their arrest. Satyendar Jain was arrested in 2022 and since his arrest, […]
The Punjab Governor was duty-bound to summon the Budget Session of the assembly once the state cabinet recommended for it, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday even as it made it clear that the Chief Minister was equally duty-bound to furnish information sought by the Governor.”Under Article 167(b) of the Constitution, when the Governor asks […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday made a case for strengthening multilateral development banks to meet the challenges facing the world, especially climate change.In his video address to the G20 meeting of the finance ministers and central bank governors, Modi said it is imperative for the grouping to provide stability, confidence and growth to the […]