New Delhi: As polling got underway for the Mizoram assembly polls, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday urged the people of the state to vote in large numbers and “usher in change”. Kharge said the people of Mizoram are looking towards protecting their culture, customs, land, forest and the Mizo way of life. Voting for […]
New Delhi: The Income-tax department on Tuesday launched multi-state searches against the Som Group, a prominent player in the liquor manufacturing and sale field, as part of a tax evasion investigation, official sources said. Around 40-45 premises in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Delhi and Karnataka are being covered as part of the searches, they said. […]
Jaipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday slammed Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, saying he has crossed “all limits of appeasement” and asked the people of the state to uproot the Congress government. Addressing a rally in Rajasthan’s Kuchaman, he also attacked Gehlot over the issue of corruption and termed his government as the […]
‘Governors must know they are not elected representatives of people’ New Delhi: Observing that a little bit of soul-searching by governors is needed, the Supreme Court on Monday directed Solicitor General Tushar Mehta to place an updated status report on the action taken by Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit on the bills passed by the Assembly. […]
Mumbai: Amid rumblings in the opposition INDIA alliance, the Shiv Sena (UBT) on Monday said the coalition has been formed to unseat the “dictatorial regime” at the Centre while politics in states is different. An editorial in the Sena (UBT) mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ also said the assembly polls scheduled this month in five states is a […]
New Delhi: Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai announced on Monday that the odd-even rule will return to Delhi the day after Diwali and that the school closures have been extended to Class 11 due to the increasing pollution levels. The minister announced that all schools in the nation’s capital would be closed until November 10th, […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday deferred post Diwali vacation hearing on pleas of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and its HR head Amit Chakravarty against their arrest under anti-terror law UAPA. A bench of Justices BR Gavai Prashant Kumar Mishra told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for both the accused, that it will take […]
New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Ethics Committee meeting to consider and adopt its draft report on the cash-for-query allegations against TMC MP Mahua Moitra has been postponed to November 9 from November 7, according to a notice from the Lok Sabha secretariat. No reason has been officially cited for rescheduling the meeting. The convening of […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it will commence hearing on December 5 to examine the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act relating to illegal immigrants in Assam. Section 6A in the Citizenship Act was inserted as a special provision to deal with the citizenship of people covered by the […]
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday said there is a need to shift away from those foods which add to climate change problem and opt for healthy foods that do not cause any harm to nature. She was speaking at the valedictory session of the three-day World Food India event (November 3-5) in the […]