The Karkardooma Court on Friday granted bail to a man accused of rioting and setting a shop on fire during the North-East Delhi riots, noting the contradiction in the time of the alleged incident. ... read..
The Supreme Court on Friday sought Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy's response to the plea seeking a transfer trial against him in the 2015 cash-for-vote case from Telangana to Bhopal. ... read..
Gomati (Tripura) | February 10, 2024 12:24:40 AM IST
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Friday visited Shantikali Ashram here and interacted with Chitta Maharaj who has been awarded Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in the country. ... read..
Guwahati (Assam) | February 10, 2024 12:24:35 AM IST
To increase the existing line capacity, smoothen train operations, reduce congestion and facilitate ease of travelling and transportation, the doubling of Railway tracks in important sections is taken into consideration by the Ministry of Railways. ... read..
Kolkata (West Bengal) | February 10, 2024 12:24:33 AM IST
On the issue of violence that has broken out in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali district, West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said that he does not support taking law into one's hands and appealed to protesters to continue their agitation in a pe ... read..
Congress leader Manish Tewari, in his reply to the debate on the 'White Paper' in the Lok Sabha on Friday, highlighted the achievements of the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and termed it as a 'political manifesto' of t ... read..
Chandigarh (Punjab) | February 10, 2024 12:24:30 AM IST
Chandigarh Zonal Unit of Narcotics Control Bureau on Friday seized goods of around Rs 37 lakh from GTB Nagar area of Ludhiana on Friday, said NCB. ... read..
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) | February 10, 2024 12:24:28 AM IST
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that Chaudhary Charan Singh will be conferred with India's highest civilian honour 'Bharat Ratna, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and MLA Akhilesh Yadav congratulated all the farmers leaders who had demanded the awa ... read..
Kolkata (West Bengal) | February 10, 2024 12:24:25 AM IST
The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) on Friday said that the political conspiracy behind the events in Sandeshkhali was hatched by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to divert attention from the widely acknowled ... read..
Chandigarh (Punjab) | February 10, 2024 12:24:23 AM IST
A group of 27 students from Kashmir valley met with the Governor of Punjab and Administrator of UT (Union Territory) Chandigarh, Banwari Lal Purohit here on Friday. The students were visiting Chandigarh as part of the 'Bharat Darshan Study Tour Programme' ... read..
Haldwani (Uttarakhand) | February 10, 2024 12:24:16 AM IST
Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Radha Raturi on Friday reached the violence-affected areas on Friday to take stock of the situation in the violence-affected area of Banbhoolpura of Haldwani. ... read..
Countering the submission made by the Union Government in its affidavit, the Kerala Government said that Central Government accounts for approximately 60 per cent of the total debt or outstanding liabilities of India. ... read..
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) | February 10, 2024 12:24:12 AM IST
As Chhattisgarh presented its Budget on Friday, the first after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government was sworn in, Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai said that like 'Viksit Bharat' (developed India), the state government has the dream of 'Viksit Chhatti ... read..
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her reply to the debate on 'White Paper' in the Lok Sabha, targeted the previous Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, stating that the 'Andolan-Jeevi' and 'Bhrashtachar-Jeevi' governments ... read..
Mumbai (Maharashtra) | February 10, 2024 12:24:09 AM IST
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray on Friday demanded Bharat Ratna for the founder of Shiv Sena Bal Thackeray who passed away in 2012. ... read..
Haldwani (Uttarkhand) | February 10, 2024 12:24:07 AM IST
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami reached Haldwani on Friday afternoon and took stock of the situation of the violent clashes that took place on Thursday evening. Clashes erupted on Thursday night after an anti-encroachment drive in Haldwani's Banbhoolpu ... read..
Accusing the UPA government of hampering defence preparedness by policy paralysis, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that shortage of ammunition plagued defence forces during its rule and the Modi government has doubled defence bu ... read..
In reaction to the Prime Minister awarding Bharat Ratna to former Prime Ministers Chaudhary Charan Singh, PV Narasimha Rao, as well as father of green revolution, MS Swaminathan, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Dola Sen questioned why these personalities ... read..
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) | February 10, 2024 12:23:49 AM IST
As many as 716 Assistant Section Officers today joined the State Government. They will work in the state secretariat in Lok Seva Bhawan in different departments. An orientation programme was organized in the Convention centre for the new recruits in prese ... read..
Mumbai (Maharashtra) | February 10, 2024 12:23:44 AM IST
The Mumbai Crime Branch has registered two FIRs in connection with the murder of the former Shiv Sena (UBT) corporator Abhishek Ghosalkar, officials said on Friday. ... read..
The Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Bharati Pravin Pawar, listed out in the Lok Sabha on Friday the measures taken by the government to ensure the quality of medicines in the country. ... read..
Bongaigaon (Assam) | February 10, 2024 12:23:37 AM IST
All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) Chief and Lok Sabha MP Badruddin Ajmal on Friday said that, the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is anti-Quran, anti-Islam and his party will oppose it. ... read..
Guwahati (Assam) | February 10, 2024 12:24:05 AM IST
The work for doubling of Agthori - Kamakhaya including the Saraighat bridge over river Brahmaputra and Lumding - Furkating have been approved by the Assam cabinet. ... read..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday that former PMs Chaudhary Charan Singh and PV Narasimha Rao will be conferred the Bharat Ratna and, along with them, MS Swaminathan, also known as the father of the green revolution, will also be awarded th ... read..
On the 'White Paper' being tabled in the Lok Sabha during the ongoing budget session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the government could have brought the same in 2014, but the country would have lost its confidence. ... read..
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda said on Friday that 'Good Governance' is not a slogan; it is a spirit that you live in. ... read..
As a part of the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MOSJE) Virendra Kumar, Minister (MOSJE), Govt of India inaugurated an Addiction Treatment Facility at the Department of Psychiatry, Vardhman Mahavir Medical Coll ... read..
Janata Dal (United) (JDU) president Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh on Friday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for conferring Bharat Ratna on former Prime Ministers Chaudhary Charan Singh, PV Narasimha Rao, and the father of the 'Green Revolution,' MS Swam ... read..
The second meeting of the Committee of Secretaries, Constituted under the chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba to examine the administrative steps that can be taken to safeguard the interests of SC communities like the Madigas was held on Fri ... read..
Siliguri (West Bengal) | February 9, 2024 11:24:50 PM IST
The West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) Siliguri unit arrested Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KN) militants from Siliguri's Fulbari area on Friday afternoon. ... read..
In a veiled attack on the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that the industry that was running in the name of poverty was shut down when he assumed office in 2014. ... read..
In an apparent jibe at Congress MP Sonia Gandhi, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her reply to the debate on 'White Paper' in the Lok Sabha, targeted the chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) stating that Sonia Gandhi acted lik ... read..
Amid nationwide conversations regarding the conferment of Bharat Ratna awards to prominent figures, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi has advocated for presenting Bharat Ratna to nationalist leader Veer Savarkar from Maharashtra. ... read..
Expressing confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government will retain power in the coming Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday that there will be 'bigger' decisions during his third term. ... read..
Chandigarh (Punjab) | February 9, 2024 10:25:32 PM IST
A group of 27 bright and enthusiastic students hailing from the picturesque Kashmir Valley recently embarked on a transformative journey to Chandigarh as part of the esteemed 'Bharat Darshan Study Tour Programme' organised by the Government of India. ... read..
A special NIA court has sentenced an ISIS operative to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for promoting the banned terrorist outfit's violent ideology and agenda and conspiring to carry out suicide attacks in Kerala's Kochi.The accused, Riyas Aboobacker al ... read..
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) | February 9, 2024 10:25:27 PM IST
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday appreciated the decision to honour former Prime Ministers Chaudhary Charan Singh and PV Narasimha Rao and agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan, father of the Green Revolution, with Bharat Ratna. ... read..
After the announcement of Bharat Ratna to be conferred upon the former Prime Minister PV Narsimha Rao, Telangana Minister Sridhar Babu Duddilla expressed his delight and said he feels "proud" about it. ... read..
Gomati (Tripura) | February 9, 2024 10:25:19 PM IST
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha inaugurated the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) Type-IV Hostel attached to Chlakaham Higher Secondary School in Karbook on Friday. ... read..
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) | February 9, 2024 10:25:18 PM IST
Communist Party of India MP Binoy Viswam on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pointing out that the Christian community is not currently being represented in the National Commission for Minorities. ... read..
Noting that a time comes in a country's development journey when all conditions are in its favour, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that positive sentiment that exists for India's capability and success in the world did not exist earlier. ... read..
Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said that he is honoured to inform the Rajya Sabha that Chaudhary Charan Singh who has been a symbol of honesty and worked for the welfare of farmers has been awarded the Bharat Ratna. ... read..
After Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Abhishek Ghosalkar was shot dead on Thursday by unidentified assailants in Mumbai, party leader Priyanka Chaturvedi wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday about the reported deterioration in law and order situation i ... read..
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday hailed the Central Government over its decision to confer the Bharat Ratna to Former Prime Ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Choudhary Charan Singh as well as Green Revolution pioneer MS Swaminathan and ex ... read..
Mumbai (Maharashtra) | February 9, 2024 10:24:58 PM IST
Anti-Narcotics Cell of Crime Branch, Mumbai, in separate incidents, seized 3 types of drugs and arrested seven drug peddlers, said the agency. ... read..
Hanumangarh (Rajasthan) | February 9, 2024 9:24:06 PM IST
In a shocking incident in the Sangaria region of Hanumangarh district, a young man was brutally beaten to death in the village of Jandwala Sikhan in a dispute over a bike collision involving him and the assailants. ... read..
Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said that she has been "viciously trolled by Congress supporters on social media" for her recent criticism of the party and its leadership. ... read..
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) | February 9, 2024 9:24:03 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Friday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for conferring Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour, on former PMs Chaudhary Charan Singh and PV Narasimha Rao and agricultural scientist MS Swaminatha ... read..
The Supreme Court dismissed on Friday a petition seeking contempt action against the Election Commission of India for not changing the forms that insist on furnishing Aadhaar numbers to enroll new voters. ... read..
Calling the announcement of Bharat Ratna to be conferred upon former PM PV Narasimha Rao "fantastic", author and daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, Sharmistha Mukherjee on Friday said that former Prime Minister who ushered economic reforms in ... read..
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram referred to the white paper presented on the Indian economy in Parliament as a "white-lie paper" and a "hatchet job". ... read..
Nagaur (Rajasthan) | February 9, 2024 9:23:51 PM IST
Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Friday visited Nagaur as part of his official tour, where he addressed the annual celebration of the Veer Teja Women's Teacher and Research Institute. During the event, he discussed topics such as women's empowerment and ... read..
Guwahati (Assam) | February 9, 2024 8:25:25 PM IST
Guwahati city police on Friday recovered 20 live cattle carried inside two vehicles during a checkpoint at the Jorabat Link Road near Guwahati. Four people were arrested on the spot for smuggling the cattle. ... read..
Vijaywada (Andhra Pradesh) | February 9, 2024 8:25:23 PM IST
The Gunadala Matha Shrine, also known as Our Lady of Lourdes or Mary Matha Church, situated in the heart of Vijayawada, is celebrating a hundred years of its spiritual heritage. ... read..
Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh) | February 9, 2024 8:25:19 PM IST
Following the announcement of Bharat Ratna to former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, students of Aligarh Muslim University and Yuva Jat Mahasabha celebrated by exchanging sweets with each other. ... read..
Haldwani (Uttarakhand) | February 9, 2024 8:25:14 PM IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday visited Haldwani to assess the security situation and interact with police personnel and individuals injured in the recent violence and said that strict action will be taken against the miscreants. ... read..
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) | February 9, 2024 8:25:12 PM IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, during the review of externally aided projects in the Secretariat, instructed the officials to speed up the implementation of externally aided projects being run in the state. ... read..
Months ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, Sharmistha Mukherjee asserted that the future of the Congress party is "nil" adding that the grand old party needs a new face, new ideas as well as leadership. ... read..
Padma Shri awardee Dr Ishwar Chander Verma, a renowned specialist and pioneer in the field of Genetics passed away on Friday. He was widely respected in the medical community across the globe for his remarkable accomplishments. ... read..
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that the 'White Paper on Indian Economy' tabled by the government in Parliament was a "serious document" and reflects the dedicated efforts of the BJP-led government to bring the economy "back on rails" a ... read..
Delhi LG V K Saxena has sanctioned a CBI inquiry under Section 17A of Prevention of Corruption (POC) Act, 1988, against Raj Kumar, the then Superintendent of Jail No. 4, Tihar Jail, for aiding former Delhi Minister and AAP leader Satyendar Jain in extorti ... read..
Launching a scathing attack at Congress during the debate on the 'White Paper' brought by the NDA government in the Lok Sabha, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday stated that the UPA government handed over fragile economy to the BJP go ... read..
Trinamool Congress MP Sougata Roy on Friday hit out at Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who criticised the UPA government over a range of the issues, saying that she should 'apologise' first for the demonetization, brought in 2016 by it which le ... read..
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that contribution by former Prime Ministers PV Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh as well as agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan was unprecedented but Modi government is maintianing silence on the legal status of ... read..
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) | February 9, 2024 7:25:11 PM IST
Following the announcement of the 'Bharat Ratna' for former Prime Ministers Chaudhary Charan Singh and PV Narsimha Rao and agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan, Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh said on Friday that the party had put forward the same d ... read..
Stressing the need for a compulsory training for every lawyer, the Supreme court on Friday said if judges attend National Judicial Academy for training why can't lawyers be trained. ... read..
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday registered two cases including former Gramin Dak Sevak and assistant branch postmaster, posted in District Hamirpur and Bilaspur of Himachal Pradesh respectively in connection with postal recruitment sca ... read..
The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Delhi Government to file a reply to a plea whether raising the issue as to whether the specification of 'life sentence' would mean the whole life or can it be commuted or remitted by way of remission. ... read..
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI) Presently, more than 80 crore Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) beneficiaries are getting benefits of free foodgrains across the country, Central government today the Rajya Sabha on Friday. ... read..
The Rajya Sabha on Friday passed three legislations relating to Jammu and Kashmir including the bill to provide reservation to Other Backward Classes in local bodies to bring consistency in the local bodies' laws of the Union territory with the provisions ... read..
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) | February 9, 2024 6:24:04 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh has achieved an unprecedented milestone in the Jal Jeevan Mission, under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister's office said in a press release. ... read..
Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday accused the Centre of breaking its promise to farmers and not giving legal status to the minimum support price to farmers based on the 'Swaminathan formula'. ... read..
The Election Commission (EC) on Friday announced that 96.88 crore people are registered to vote for the forthcoming General Elections, marking it the largest electorate. ... read..
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday issued a three-line whip to all its MPs of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, asking them to be present in the Parliament on Saturday as some important legislative business is to be discussed in both Houses. ... read..
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) | February 9, 2024 6:23:39 PM IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday met with Governor Lt Gen (retd) Gurmit Singh and apprised him of the law and order situation in the state in the aftermath of the violent clashes in Haldwani's Banbhoolpura area. ... read..
Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) provides health coverage up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year to poor and vulnerable families, said the Union government in a statement. ... read..
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the petition filed by BJP leader Subramaniam Swamy seeking to delete the words 'secular' and 'socialist' from the Preamble of the Indian Constitution. ... read..
The Supreme Court on Friday came down heavily on the Uttar Pradesh government for its lackadaisical attitude for not providing counselling to the Muslim student who was slapped by classmates on the instruction of a teacher in Muzaffarnagar for not doing h ... read..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that former PMs Chaudhary Charan Singh and PV Narasimha Rao will be conferred the Bharat Ratna. Along with them, MS Swaminathan also known as the father of the green revolution will also be awarded the coun ... read..
India has the highest number of cases for each of the major neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in the world. NTDs are mostly found in impoverished communities in tropical areas, but some have a larger geographical distribution. ... read..
Agartala (Tripura) | February 9, 2024 5:24:43 PM IST
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Antara Sarkar Deb campaigned for the "Gaon Chalo Abhiyan" (Go to villages) in Kamalasagar Constituency of Sipahijala district on Friday. ... read..
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that former PMs Chaudhary Charan Singh and PV Narasimha Rao will be conferred the Bharat Ratna. Along with them, MS Swaminathan also known as the father of the green revolution will also be awarded the coun ... read..
Amaravathi (Andhra Pradesh) | February 9, 2024 4:25:22 PM IST
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Friday that former Prime Minister late PV Narasimha Rao will be conferred with the Bharat Ratna, Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu said that it was a proud moment for the Telugu communit ... read..
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) | February 9, 2024 4:25:16 PM IST
Devotees in large numbers performed the Bidurkarma pooja at Rameswaram's Agnitirtha, seeking peace for their ancestors on the occassion of Thai Ammavasai on Friday. ... read..
Bengaluru (Karnataka) | February 9, 2024 4:25:14 PM IST
The nodal agency for implementing the Bengaluru Suburban Rail Project, Rail Infrastructure Development Company (Karnataka), K-RIDE, and Luxemburg-based KFW Development Bank inked an MoU on Friday for accommodating funds of Rs. 4561 crore for the Bengaluru ... read..
The Supreme Court on Friday tagged Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee's plea to issue directions to take action against Calcutta High Court's judge, Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, for his "continuous politically motivated interviews" with the matt ... read..
After the announcement of Bharat Ratna to his grandfather and former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, RLD chief Jayant Chaudhary expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, indicating an imminent alliance with the BJP for the Lok Sabha ... read..
Kasaragod (Kerala) | February 9, 2024 4:25:02 PM IST
Posthumous Bharat Ratna for MS Swaminathan, is a tribute to his lifelong dedication to agricultural science, farmers' welfare in the country, to the welfare of the poorest in society and the most vulnerable, said his daughter, Dr Soumya Swaminathan. ... read..
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued a public notice on hostel accommodation for PG Medical students after several complaints from students that hostels or medical institutions are compelling them to stay in the hostel and a hefty amount is be ... read..
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) | February 9, 2024 4:24:58 PM IST
The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, announced on Friday that Bhuntar Airport has successfully obtained forest clearance (FCA), marking a significant milestone for its expansion. ... read..
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) | February 9, 2024 4:24:54 PM IST
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to announce Bharat Ratna for former Prime Minister late Chaudhary Charan Singh and said that it would be an honour to crores of farmers in the country ... read..
Nainital (Uttarakhand) | February 9, 2024 4:24:50 PM IST
Following violent clashes in Haldwani's Banbhoolpura area, Uttarakhand Police on Friday said they are using CCTV footage to identify rioters and stone pelters. ... read..
