New Delhi/Chandigarh: Stung by the multiple defections of its Rajya Sabha members, the Aam Aadmi Party Saturday announced that it will seek their disqualification from the Upper House while the rebel group hit back, alleging corruption and ideological decline in their former party. The seven...
Kathmandu: India's envoy in Kathmandu and the energy minister in the new government in Nepal discussed issues of mutual interest and those focusing on cooperation in energy. India's Ambassador to the Himalayan nation Naveen Srivastava and Nepal's Minister for Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation Biraj...
New Delhi: A day after seven AAP MPs switched sides to the BJP, the Congress Saturday said the BJP washing machine is back, along with Modi washing powder. The Congress has been accusing the BJP of inducting leaders of various other parties facing cases and...
Kathmandu: Nepal's Government Saturday demolished hundreds of illegal structures built by landless settlers along the banks of the Bagmati River in the Thapathali and Gairegaun areas of Kathmandu. The illegal structures were demolished under the joint efforts of the Federal Government, led by Balendra Shah,...
New Delhi: AAP leader Sanjay Singh Saturday said that the party will write to the Rajya Sabha chairman to seek the disqualification of seven of its MPs, who quit the party a day ago, from the Upper House. The anti-defection law clearly states that any...
Washington: Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Anil Chauhan held discussions with a senior US Indo-Pacific Command official, reinforcing the expanding strategic alignment between the two nations in terms of regional security. He engaged with General Kevin B. Schneider, Commander, Pacific Air Force and Air...
Cairo: Egyptian and Pakistani foreign ministers discussed efforts to launch a new round of talks between the United States and Iran. Badr Abdelatty of Egypt spoke by phone with his Pakistani counterpart Mohammad Ishaq Dar late Friday. The Egyptian foreign ministry said the diplomats affirmed...
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and BJP National President Nitin Nabin are set to lead a packed schedule of rallies and roadshows across West Bengal Saturday, as the state’s election campaign intensifies ahead of the second phase of polling...
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate Saturday raided several locations in poll-bound West Bengal as part of its money laundering investigation into an alleged PDS scam, officials said. Searches were underway at about nine premises of suppliers and exporters in Kolkata, Burdwan, and Habra, including Niranjan Chandra...
Mau (UP): Five people returning from a wedding in Jharkhand were killed when their SUV collided head-on with a trailer truck here, police said Saturday. Among the dead were three members of a family. The accident took place in the Doharighat police station area on...
Aakar Patel A story under this headline was reported this month: ‘No Muslim name finds place in BJP’s Bengal list’....
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre’s latest appointment of 48 babus at the joint secretary level across ministries looks routine on...
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The disruption in the supply of cooking gas (LPG) and petrol is one aspect of the economic crisis caused by...
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It is a patently false contention to tell religious leaders to mind things moral and spiritual and leave temporal or...
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