New Delhi: The Congress Saturday released its first list of candidates, 155 in total, for the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls, and the nominees included Ajay Singh, the leader of opposition in the state, and former Union minister Suresh Pachouri.
New Delhi/Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s brother-in-law Sanjay Singh Masani joined the Congress Saturday, saying the state needs party chief Kamal Nath and not Chouhan as the CM.
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge moved the Supreme Court on Saturday against the Centre’s decision to send CBI director Alok Verma on leave, saying it was “completely illegal and arbitrary”.
Sunday
New Delhi: The much-awaited Signature Bridge, connecting Wazirabad across the Yamuna to the inner city, was inaugurated amid a surcharged atmosphere Sunday with a scuffle breaking out between the Delhi BJP chief and AAP supporters and both sides blaming each other for the incident, even as Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal attacked the saffron party for creating a ruckus at the event, which he termed as “unprecedented”.
Bhopal: The Congress Sunday issued its second list of 16 candidates which included five sitting MLAs and several new faces for the November 28 Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls.
New Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) has issued a show-cause notice to RBI Governor Urjit Patel for “dishonouring” a Supreme Court judgment on disclosure of the wilful defaulters’ list.
Monday
New Delhi: Delhi recorded its worst air quality of the season Monday, two days ahead of Diwali, when pollution levels reached eight times the permissable limit and inched towards ‘severe plus emergency’ category due to a change in wind direction and rampant stubble burning in neighbouring states.
New Delhi: South Korean First Lady Kim Jung-sook met Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday as they discussed ways to promote people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.
New Delhi: Marking the country’s nuclear triad, Indian nuclear submarine INS Arihant, or the “destroyer of enemies” has successfully completed its first deterrence patrol, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Monday and described it as a fitting response to those who indulge in “nuclear blackmail”.
Tuesday
Ayodhya (UP): South Korean First Lady Kim Jung-sook celebrated Diwali in Ayodhya Tuesday, where she was treated to a dazzling display of over three lakh earthen lamps on the ghats of the Sarayu river, besides a spectacular sound-and-light show.
Ayodhya (UP): Close on the heels of renaming Allahabad as Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Tuesday announced that Faizabad district would henceforth be known as Ayodhya.
New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality was recorded in ‘very poor’ category on Tuesday as winds continued to blow from regions with rampant stubble burning and pollution watchdog CPCB recommended a ban on entry of trucks into the city between November 8-10.
Wednesday
New Delhi: Earthen lamps dotted houses and lights decked up buildings as people celebrated Diwali amid some restrictions imposed by the Supreme Court on bursting of firecrackers.
New Delhi: A thick haze engulfed the national capital Wednesday night with the air quality deteriorating to the “very poor” category as Delhiites continued to burst firecrackers long after the deadline set by the Supreme Court, the authorities said.
Uttarkashi/Kedarnath (Uttarakhand): Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated Diwali with Army and ITBP personnel in the icy terrain near the India-China border Wednesday and said their devotion to duty in the remote heights is enabling the strength of the nation.
Thursday
New Delhi: The Congress Thursday launched a multi-pronged attack on the Modi government over demonetisation, with former prime minister Manmohan Singh saying the “scars and wounds” it caused are getting more visible with time and party chief Rahul Gandhi describing the measure as a carefully planned “criminal financial scam”.
New Delhi: Delhi’s pollution level post-Diwali nearly doubled in comparison to last year as people burst firecrackers before and after the Supreme Court stipulated time frame of 8 pm to 10 pm.
Raipur: Four civilians and a CISF jawan were killed when suspected Naxals blew up a bus with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Thursday, four days ahead of the first phase of Assembly polls in the state, police said.
Friday
Chandigarh: The rift in the INLD widened further Friday as its president Om Prakash Chautala’s son Ajay Singh Chautala kept away from a meeting called by his younger brother Abhay Singh Chautala, summoning instead one of his own on November 17.
New Delhi: Delhi’s air quality remained in the ‘severe’ category on Friday despite a slow but “significant” improvement in pollution levels with the AAP government restricting the entry of heavy and medium goods vehicles into the national capital as an emergency measure.
New Delhi: CBI Director Alok Verma Friday appeared before a panel headed by Central Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdary and countered for the second consecutive day the corruption charges levelled against him by Special Director Rakesh Asthana, who followed him to the office of the anti-corruption watchdog but could not get an audience, officials said.
PTI
10/11/2018
