New Delhi: Asserting that India's youngsters are not scared of questioning the government, the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), which led a protest last week demanding Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation, said Wednesday that it would launch an indefinite sit-in at Jantar Mantar from June 20...
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party Wednesday alleged that despite major fire incidents in the national capital, no 'firm action' has been taken against officials responsible. AAP Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj alleged that Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) officials are responsible for the lapses, but...
Kolkata: Ten days after the swearing-in of the extended cabinet of the BJP government in West Bengal, portfolios were allocated among the ministers Wednesday, with senior leader Tapas Roy named the industries minister and journalist-turned-politician Swapan Dasgupta getting the finance department. According to a notification...
Rome/Male: Political leaders from several countries have extended their greetings to Narendra Modi on becoming India's longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister. Modi, who was elected to the office in 2014, reached the milestone Wednesday, with an unbroken tenure of 4,399 days - surpassing India's...
New Delhi: Top Congress leaders met the Election Commission Wednesday, alleging that the nomination papers of Meenakshi Natarajan, its Rajya Sabha candidate from Madhya Pradesh, were wrongly rejected. A delegation of top party leaders, including K C Venugopal, Randeep Surjewala, Jairam Ramesh, Deepa Dasmunshi, Vivek...
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Sushmita Dev Wednesday resigned from the party and the Rajya Sabha, dealing a fresh blow to the Mamata Banerjee-led party which is facing an internal storm after its defeat in the West Bengal Assembly polls. Dev's resignation as MP has...
Islamabad: Shops and markets remained closed in different parts of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir after a protest call by the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), as over 20 people have reportedly been killed in recent police action in the region. About 2,000 protestors associated with the JAAC...
New Delhi: Vice President C P Radhakrishnan and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Wednesday congratulated Narendra Modi for becoming India's longest continuously serving elected prime minister. Modi, who first assumed office on May 26, 2014, has become the longest continuously serving elected prime minister of...
Srinagar: Two soldiers were killed in an accidental blast near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Uri sector of J&K’s Baramulla district Wednesday, officials said. Official sources said that the incident occurred in the Kamalkote area of the Uri sector. The two soldiers had...
Bhopal: The upcoming elections to three Rajya Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh took a dramatic turn Tuesday with the nomination of Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan being rejected on charges of concealing information about a case in the affidavit. "Natarajan's nomination has been rejected by the...
After numerous hiccups, threats and counter-threats exchanged between US President Donald Trump and Iran’s top leadership, the US and Iran...
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In a disconcerting new report, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that almost every child in India is...
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By Aakar Patel Last week, on 17 June, it was reported that the ‘US has renamed the Indo-Pacific Command back...
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