NEW DELHI: Amid suspense over the Maharashtra chief minister post and government formation, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Shirsat on Friday said that the deputy chief minister post will go to someone else in the party if Eknath Shinde doesn’t accept the post.Shirsat, however, asserted that Shinde will certainly not seek a berth in the Centre.“If…
VARANASI: An old rivalry between two families led to the death of Pankaj Rajbhar, 24, who was crushed under the wheels of a car allegedly driven by Chhotu Singh and Rohit Singh from his village. The incident took place in full public view in Jalalpur area of UP’s Jaunpur district on Wednesday. While the accused…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday took a meme-fueled jibe at Congress pointing out how latter questions credibility of Electronic Voting Machines when it loses elections while credits itself when it wins.BJP shared a meme with Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s image of celebrating the latter’s win in Wayanad bypolls. “If they lose, they…
Govt informed Parliament on Wednesday that 58,929 Waqf properties were facing encroachment as per the details available on WAMSI (Waqf Assets Management System of India). In a written reply to a question in LS by BJP MP Basavaraj Bommai, minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said that out of the 58,929 Waqf properties facing encroachment, 869…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressed concern over the ongoing violence against minority Hindus in Bangladesh and the arrest of an ISKCON monk, urging the Indian government to take action.“The news of the arrest of the saint of ISKCON Temple in Bangladesh and the continuing violence against minority Hindus are extremely worrying,” Priyanka…
NEW DELHI: Russia is eager to invest in and expand the manufacturing of trains and their components in India to meet its domestic requirements, a railway ministry official said on Tuesday. Last week, Russian railway major TMH had expressed interest in this plan.In response to a question on Russian investment in the railway sector in…
NEW DELHI: A Karnataka Congress MLA‘s suggestion to chief minister about poll guarantees has left the party embarrassed. HR Gaviyappa, Congress MLA from Vijayanagar, proposed cancelling certain election guarantees due to financial constraints.He said that the electoral commitments were hindering housing provision for underprivileged residents. The Congress MLA said that the CM had secured Rs…
Sharma (L) is said to have told cops that Gehlot gave him a pen drive with record- ings of tapped conversations N EW DELHI: Delhi Police on Monday arrested Lokesh Sharma, then OSD of former Rajasthan CM and Congress veteran Ashok Gehlot, in the phone-tapping case. Although Sharma secured bail, police are likely to seek…
Dr S Jaishankar speaking at the 10th MED Mediterranean Dialogue in Rome (Photo credit: X/DrSJaishankar) External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday condemned the terrorism and hostage-taking by Hamas during its conflict with Israel and reiterated India’s call for restraint and dialogue. Speaking at the 10th MED Mediterranean Dialogue in Rome, Jaishankar talked about the…
RANCHI/PATNA: Outgoing Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Sunday staked claim to form the next govt in the state after INDIA bloc (JMM, Congress, RJD and CPI-ML) unanimously elected him legislative party leader.Even as Hemant prepared for his oath-taking as the 14th CM of Jharkhand on Nov 28, RJD said it expected at least two cabinet berths…
