Category: India News

Chilly morning in Delhi, mercury drops to 8 deg Celsius

New Delhi, Dec 2: Delhi was swept by chilly winds on Monday morning with the minimum temperature dropping to 8 degrees Celsius, a notch below the season’s average. The relative humidity was recorded at 85 per cent. The weatherman has forecast strong surface winds during the day with the […]

Lok Sabha members raise issue of rising rape cases in country

New Delhi, Dec 2: Members in Lok Sabha on Monday spoke against recent cases of rapes in various parts of the country, including the one of a young veterinarian in Hyderabad. As soon as the House met for the day, Speaker Om Birla said he would allow members to […]

India plans to invest $1.39 trillion in infrastructure to spur economy

NEW DELHI – India will unveil a series of infrastructure projects this month as part of a plan to invest 100 trillion rupees ($1.39 trillion) in the sector over the next five years, the finance minister said on Saturday, in a push to improve the country’s economy. Nirmala […]

Mayaawati asks BSP workers to expand party’s base

Lucknow, Dec 1: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday held a meeting of her party’s office bearers to deliberate upon the ways and means of expanding the party base. During the meeting, held at the office of her party’s Uttar Pradesh unit here, Mayawati also asked the her […]

From armchairs to iPhones, India’s millennials rent it all

At 29, Spandan Sharma doesn’t own a flat, a car, or even a chair — one of a growing number of Indian millennials bucking traditional norms and instead opting to rent everything from furniture to iPhones. “Millennials in my age bracket want freedom and earlier what was seen […]

Never said “I will return”: Thackeray taunts Fadnavis

Mumbai, Dec 1: Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday taunted former CM Devendra Fadnavis over the latter’s impassioned pre-poll “Me punha yein” (I will return) assertion which had evoked many social media memes. Thackeray was speaking after Fadnavis, leader of state BJP legislature unit, was named the new […]

Fadnavis’ haste to come to power sank BJP in Maharashtra: Raut

Mumbai, Dec 1: Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis’ haste to attain power and “childish comments” sank the BJP in Maharashtra and the latter became the opposition leader. With the coming together of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, NCP supremo Sharad […]

284 cadets pass out from NDA

Pune, Nov 30: A total of 284 cadets graduated from the National Defence Academy here on Saturday. Passing-out parade of the 137th course of the NDA was held on the Khetrapal Parade ground at the academy in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Among the graduating officers, there […]

BJP MPs repeat offenders in praising Godse: Scindia

Gwalior (MP), Nov 30: Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said BJP leaders are repeat offenders when it came to praising Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse. The row began after BJP Bhopal MP Pragya Thakur called Godse a patriot during a discussion on SPG (Amendment) Bill on November […]

Case registered over axing of trees on Thane metro route

Thane, Nov 30: An offence was registered against the contractor and officials of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority on Saturday for alleged tree felling along Metro Line 4 in Thane, police said. Work is currently underway on Metro Line 4, a 32.32 km route from Wadala in neighbouring […]

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