Patna/New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday accused Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar of “insulting and betraying” people’s mandate while blaming his prime ministerial ambition for the JD(U)’s decision to walk out of the NDA and joining hands with the RJD-led opposition. BJP leaders noted that he had snapped ties with the RJD in 2017 over […]
Jaipur: Four policemen were suspended in Rajasthan’s Bikaner district for illegally extorting money from truck drivers on the highway, a police official said Tuesday. Traffic police sub-inspector Qasim Ali, constable Lal Singh, Sunil Kumar, Gopaldan, posted in interceptor service near Kasturisar in Lunkaransar have been suspended, Bikaner SP Yogesh Yadav said. He said that on […]
New Delhi: The rise in Covid cases in Delhi has brought back concerns about school going children, prompting the institutions to come up with online classes and recorded lectures for those not well as health experts are against school closures. The health experts are of the view that there is a need to reinforce Covid-appropriate […]
Bhubaneswar:The Odisha government has decided to celebrate Independence Day in a subdued manner without a ceremonial parade anywhere in the state because of the prevailing COVID-19 situation. There will be no parade and general public participation will be discouraged during the Independence Day celebrations, an official notification said. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic in […]
New Delhi: Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday pitched for reforms in cooperative societies, saying the same person cannot be elected year after year and the election process has to become more transparent. The minister was addressing an event here after the online launch of the onboarding of cooperatives on the government’s e-marketplace […]
New Delhi: The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi participated in the farewell to Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu in Rajya Sabha today. The Prime Minister paid rich tributes to the Vice President who is ex-officio Chairman of the Upper House. The Prime Minister remembered many moments that were marked by the wisdom and wit of Naidu. […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday said that prayer made in a petition seeking guidelines for identification of minorities at the district level is “contrary” to the law as the religious and linguistic minority status have to be considered state-wise. The observation by a bench of Justices U U Lalit and S R Bhat came […]
Tinsukia: It is a long wait of 30 years to have a roof above their heads after losing their habitat to flood and erosion, and the struggle of the 24 families continues even after the administration allotted them land. The affected families from the indigenous Moran community lost everything to the devastating flood and erosion […]
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested an active ISIS member from here, an official said on Sunday, claiming the “radicalised” individual was collecting funds for the global terror group. Mohsin Ahmad, originally hailing from Patna in Bihar, was arrested from his Batla House residence by a search party on Saturday, a spokesperson […]
Imphal: The situation in Manipur remained tense on Sunday, after mobile internet services were suspended across the state and prohibitory orders imposed in some areas in the wake of an indefinite economic blockade on two national highways called by an influential student’ body over more autonomy for the hill districts, officials said. Vehicular movement and […]