New Delhi: TMC leader and former Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra has sent her response to a questionnaire by the CBI on allegations of corruption in raising questions in the house, officials said Thursday. The CBI is examining the response after which it will send a report to anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal which had referred the […]
Patiala: Scores of farmers refused to budge as they stay put at the borders on Wednesday even as the security men used tear gas shells and water cannons to disperse the crowd. Farmer leaders reiterated their willingness to keep the door open for talks with the central government to resolve the issues plaguing them. “Our […]
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday announced its Rajya Sabha candidates, including CPP chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Ajay Maken, Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Renuka Chowdhury, from different states. Gandhi, is currently the MP from Rae Bareli parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh. According to a communique issued by Congress general secretary in-charge of organisation KC Venugopal, the […]
New Delhi: BJP President Jagat Prakash Nadda, former Maharashtra chief minister and Congress leader Ashok Chavan, who joined the party yesterday, and Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw are among the party candidates for the Rajya Sabha Biennial elections. Nadda will fight from Gujarat along with Govindbhai Dholakia, Mayanakbhai Nayak, and Dr Jashvantsinh Salamsinh from the state, […]
New Delhi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has sent a fresh summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, for the sixth time, sources said on Wednesday. The AAP chief, who skipped five previous summons issued by the agency, has been asked to appear before the federal agency on February 19 for questioning in connection with […]
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 speaking to reporters after a meeting of the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) at party chief Sharad Pawar’s residence here. Apart from Pawar and Sule, former Maharashtra ministers Anil Deshmukh and Rajesh […]
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 2024, across various fields of study. The scholarship is in partnership with the UK government’s GREAT Britain campaign. British Council is the UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. […]
New Delhi: Former Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy claimed that Shah Rukh Khan helped persuade the Qatar government to release eight Indian Navy veterans held on espionage charges. However, the actor denied these claims. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has denied claims that he was involved in the release of eight Indian Navy veterans by […]
Chandigarh: The Haryana Police on Tuesday hurled multiple rounds of tear gas shells, including through drones, at the Shambhu border near Ambala to disperse farmers marching towards Delhi to seek enactment of a law on minimum support price. Chaotic scenes were witnessed near the border as farmers deployed tractors to remove cemented blocks which had […]
New Delhi: Amid ongoing farmers protest in the country, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday announced that Congress will provide a legal guarantee of Minimum Support Price (MSP) to every farmer on crops as per the Swaminathan Commission. “Farmer brothers, today is a historic day! Congress has decided to give legal guarantee of MSP to every farmer […]