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Sharad Pawar seeks urgent hearing against EC order recognizing Ajit Pawar faction

Mumbai: NCP leader Sharad Pawar on Friday sought an urgent hearing of his plea against the Election Commission’s recognition of the Ajit Pawar-led faction...

Never accepted any funding through electoral bonds: CPI(M)

New Delhi: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday said it has not accepted any funding through electoral bonds and it never opened...

Farmers call for ‘Bharat Bandh’ today; ‘rail roko’ observed in Punjab

New Delhi: Putting pressure on the Centre, farm leaders have announced ‘Gramin Bharat Bandh’ on Friday to press for their demand of minimum support...

SC allows withdrawal of pleas challenging validity of UAPA provisions

New Delhi: In a sudden turn of events, individuals and groups who had challenged the constitutional validity of the provisions of the Unlawful Activities...

Sonia not to contest LS polls, sends emotional message to Rae Bareli voters

New Delhi: Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday informed voters of her Rae Bareli constituency in Uttar Pradesh that she will not contest...

BJP interrupts LG as he highlights AAP govt’s achievements in customary speech in Assembly

New Delhi: Lt Governor V K Saxena’s address to the Delhi Assembly on the first day of the budget session was interrupted on multiple...

‘Cash-for-query’ case: Mahua submits her response to CBI questions

New Delhi: TMC leader and former Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra has sent her response to a questionnaire by the CBI on allegations of...

Farmers open to talk with govt; meeting in Chandigarh today

Patiala: Scores of farmers refused to budge as they stay put at the borders on Wednesday even as the security men used tear gas...

Cong announces candidates for RS polls; Sonia, Maken, Singhvi among them

New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday announced its Rajya Sabha candidates, including CPP chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Ajay Maken, Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Renuka Chowdhury,...

BJP fields Nadda, Ashok Chavan, Vaishnaw for RS polls

New Delhi: BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda, former Maharashtra chief minister and Congress leader Ashok Chavan, who joined the party yesterday, and Railway Minister...

Sixth ED summons to Kejriwal for questioning on Feb 19

New Delhi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has sent a fresh summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, for the sixth time, sources said...

Sharad Pawar-led NCP will not merge with any political party: Sule

Pune: The Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party will not merge with any political party, its Lok Sabha member Supriya Sule asserted on Wednesday. She was...

British Council announces scholarships worth Rs 10.41 lakh for Indian students

New Delhi: British Council has announced the GREAT Scholarships 2024 which will let students from India undertake postgraduate taught studies in the UK from autumn...

‘Unfounded’: SRK’s office on reports of ‘role’ in Qatar freeing Navy veterans

New Delhi: Former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy claimed that Shah Rukh Khan helped persuade the Qatar government to release eight Indian Navy veterans...

Police lob teargas shells as farmers break Haryana barricades, pelt stones

Chandigarh: The Haryana Police on Tuesday hurled multiple rounds of tear gas shells, including through drones, at the Shambhu border near Ambala to disperse...

Rahul Gandhi on farmer protests: INDIA bloc govt would pass law guaranteeing MSP

New Delhi: Amid ongoing farmers protest in the country, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday announced that Congress will provide a legal guarantee of Minimum Support...

Nitish Kumar-led NDA govt wins trust vote in Bihar assembly

Patna: The newly formed NDA government in Bihar on Monday won the trust vote in the state assembly, amid a walkout by members of...

‘Your nephew will stop Modi in Bihar’: Tejashwi’s challenge to Nitish

Patna: Former Bihar deputy chief minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday challenged Nitish Kumar during the debate on trust vote that “his...

Over 1.59 lakh declared as ‘foreigners’ in Assam: CM

Guwahati: More than 1.59 lakh people have been declared as ‘foreigners’ in Assam so far, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday. He said...

Big blow to Cong, Ashok Chavan quits party ahead of LS polls

Mumbai: In a major setback for the Congress in Maharashtra ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan resigned from...

Congress remembers villages, poor people, farmers only during polls: PM

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government is working for the welfare of tribals, while the opposition Congress remembers villages,...

Modi govt ‘destroyed’ ‘jawan’, ‘kisan’: Kharge

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Sunday hit out at the Modi government, accusing it of "destroying" 'kisan' and 'jawan' in the 10 years...

Modi has worked to secure respect for India’s cultural heritage on world stage: Amit Shah

Mysuru: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi with securing respect for India's cultural heritage on the world stage,...

Punjab-Haryana borders sealed ahead of Feb 13 protest by farmers

New Delhi: Ahead of farmers’ plan to head towards the national capital to stage protests, the Haryana government has sealed the state’s border with...

561 inmates on death row, highest in two decades: Report

New Delhi: A total of 561 prisoners are on death row in the country, the highest at the end of a calendar year in...

Congress mastered art of spoiling accomplishments: FM Sitharaman in RS

New Delhi: Accusing the UPA government of mismanaging the price situation after taking charge from the Vajpayee government in 2004, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman...

BJP attempted to topple Hemant Soren govt ever since it came to power in 2019: CM

Medininagar/Garhwa: Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren on Saturday alleged that the BJP had been "attempting to topple" the Hemant Soren government ever since it...

Eye on LS polls, BJP to take ‘White Paper’ against Cong-led UPA to every state

New Delhi: Taking its ‘White Paper’ over the alleged fiscal mismanagement under the Congress-led UPA during its 10-year rule at the Centre, the BJP...

If judges can go to National Judicial Academy for training why not lawyers: SC

New Delhi: If judges can go to the National Judicial Academy for training, why not lawyers, the Supreme Court said on Friday while asserting...

President Murmu calls for more actions to lift some farmers out of poverty

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday called for more action to lift some farmers out of poverty and ensure right price for their...

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