New Delhi: Campaigning concluded on Saturday for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls covering 49 constituencies in six states and two UTs including the high-profile Rae Bareli and Amethi seats from where former Congress president Rahul Gandhi and Union Minister Smriti Irani are in the fray respectively. In Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla, former chief […]
Srinagar: Director General of Police (DGP) J&K, R.R. Swain on Saturday reviewed the security arrangements in place for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the border district of Kupwara. DGP Swain visited the border area of Karnah for a comprehensive general and operational overview of the security arrangements in place for the upcoming Lok Sabha […]
Sonipat (Haryana): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday kept up the attack on the Congress, saying it should forget the “dream” of bringing back Article 370 as it has been “buried” in the “kabristan (graveyard)”. Addressing a rally at Gohana here, his second of the day in Haryana, Modi referred to the Lok Sabha polls as […]
Poonch/Jammu: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday of dividing the people of the country on the basis of religion, saying his recent statements have even contradicted his own slogan of “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Vishwas”. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister claimed that the hatred for […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sought a response from the Centre and Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on a plea raising concern over the use and overuse of pesticides and other chemical insecticides on food crops and food items. A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices JB […]
MUMBAI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and other INDIA bloc leaders on Saturday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his claim that the opposition alliance would bulldoze the Ayodhya Ram temple if voted to power, and said they were committed to protecting the religious freedom of all citizens and ensuring that the country runs as per […]
SHIMLA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi changed the political culture of the country from politics of divide and rule to that of report card in the past ten years with the mantra of ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishvas and sabka prayas,” BJP president J P Nadda said on Saturday. Addressing a public rally at Rehan […]
KATHMANDU: After Singapore and Hong Kong, Nepal has also banned the sale and import of certain spice-mix products manufactured by Indian brands over alleged quality concerns. Four spice-mix products by MDH and Everest were banned in the Himalayan nation from Friday due to suspected ethylene oxide or EtO contamination, according to the Department of Food […]
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar was arrested Saturday in connection with the alleged assault on AAP MP Swati Maliwal, even as the party claimed she was “blackmailed” by the BJP as she faces a corruption case. Kumar was picked up from the chief minister’s residence by a Delhi Police team, a […]
NEW DELHI: India is on a mission to become the world’s leading and the most sustainable producer of critical minerals, Vedanta group firm Hindustan Zinc’s Chairperson Priya Agarwal Hebbar has said. Critical minerals, such as cobalt, copper, lithium, nickel and rare earths, play a crucial role in the production of clean energy technologies, from wind […]