Politics

The Congress on Thursday released its first list of 21 candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. The party has fielded former Lok Sabha MP Sandeep Dikshit from the New Delhi constituency which has been the seat of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal. He has represented the New Delhi constituency …

Just a few months before the Delhi assembly elections, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced Rs 1000 monthly benefit for women (18 years and above) in the city under Mahila Samman Yojana. The scheme has been cleared by the Delhi Cabinet. However, he said the …

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting was held between 4 and 6 December 2024. In which the economy was reviewed and important decisions were announced. The three-day MPC meeting was attended by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das, RBI Deputy Governor Michael Debabrata Patra, RBI Executive Director Rajiv …

The Lok Sabha got adjourned on Friday (December 6, 2024) in less than a minute as Congress leader K.C. Venugopal got up to object to the remarks made by BJP’s Nishikant Dubey. Speaker Om Birla said he won’t let the dignity of the House be compromised. “You don’t want to …

A week after protests erupted in Uttarakhand over allegations that two men spit in a saucepan before selling tea to customers in Mussoorie, the Uttarakhand government on Wednesday decided to impose a fine of ₹25,000 to ₹1 lakh on those found guilty of the offence. This came a day after the …

As many as 34 farmers were detained on Wednesday night who were going from zero point to Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida, to hold a protest without taking permission, police officials said on Thursday. “34 farmers were detained late night, who were going from zero point to Rashtriya Dalit …

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that what is now happening in Bangladesh is the same as what Mughal ruler Babur’s army did in Ayodhya and Sambhal. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the 43rd Ramayan Mela in Ayodhya, the BJP leader said that Lord Ram united …

Islamabad, In a thinly veiled message to Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said cooperation in areas like trade, energy and connectivity is unlikely to flourish if activities across borders are characterised by terrorism, extremism and separatism. In his address at a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Jaishankar …

Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Nayab Singh Saini took oath as chief minister of Haryana on Thursday, October 17, days after winning the assembly poll in the state, where his party defied exit poll predictions and hit the majority mark of 46 alone. Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya administered the oath of office …

  Dhaka, Reaching out to the distressed Hindu community members at the famous Dhakeshwari Temple here, banglades Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday urged the people to “exercise patience” before judging his government’s role. Yunus, who took charge as the Chief Advisor of the interim government on August 8 amid …