New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday slammed the government over the hike in price of domestic LPG cylinder with former party chief Rahul Gandhi saying millions of Indian households are waging a difficult battle against “extreme inflation”, unemployment and “poor governance”. The Opposition party also said the central government should roll back the hike in […]
New Delhi: The CBI Saturday conducted searches at three Sangrur-located properties of Punjab AAP MLA Jaswant Singh Gajjan Majra in a bank fraud case of over Rs 40 crore, officials said. During the searches, conducted after an FIR was filed in the Rs 40.92-crore alleged loan fraud in Bank of India, the CBI is understood […]
Kolkata: After schools, several colleges in the city and elsewhere in West Bengal are holding online classes for their students following the state government notice to either advance summer vacation or entirely shift classes to the virtual mode due to the summer heat. They have, however, asked the teachers to come to the campus at […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the eviction of an elderly couple from an old age home in Lucknow while noting that they were causing disturbance to their fellow inmates. The apex court said the possession of a room of an old age home by the couple is that of a licensee permitted […]
New Delhi: The AAP on Friday claimed Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga was arrested from Delhi by the Punjab Police for trying to stoke communal tension and violence in the border state and rejected the BJP’s charge of vendetta. Though AAP chief spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj referred to the clashes in Patiala on April 29, the Punjab […]
New Delhi: The AAP on Thursday alleged that the BJP was behind the clashes between two groups in Punjab’s Patiala district, claiming that the special investigation team (SIT) set up by the Bhagwant Mann government will soon come up with a “big revelation” in this connection. Evidences of the roles played by the BJP and […]
Mumbai: Attacking the BJP, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Friday said British rule “felt better” than the existing regime in the country. He was responding to a remark about “mafia jailors” made by BJP leader Kirit Somiya, who has been routinely making allegations against the MVA government and Shiv Sena in particular. Somaiya had […]
New Delhi: Delhi government on Thursday decided to give an option to power consumers to opt out of electricity subsidy scheme from October 1. In a press briefing, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said citizens suggested to him that the power subsidy provided to financially stable families could be used on upgrading schools and hospitals in […]
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Thursday warned private schools of strict action if they force parents to buy costly educational material and uniforms from it or any specific vendor. The schools have also been directed to not change colour, design or any other specifications of uniforms for at least three years. The Directorate of […]
New Delhi: India on Thursday strongly objected to the use of mathematical models by the World Health Organization (WHO) for projecting excess mortality estimates linked to the coronavirus pandemic in view of the availability of authentic data, saying validity and robustness of the models used and methodology of data collection are questionable. In a report […]