Category: India News

Shiv Sena raises concern over removal of SPG cover of Gandhis

Mumbai, Nov 30: Expressing concern over the withdrawal of SPG cover given to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her children Rahul and Priyanka, the Shiv Sena on Saturday said political differences should be kept aside in such matters and one should not play with anybody’s life. The Shiv Sena, […]

BJP stages walkout in Maha Assembly before floor test

Mumbai, Nov 30: The BJP on Saturday staged a walkout from the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly ahead of the floor test for the Uddhav Thackeray-led government, alleging that the business of the House was conducted in violation of the Constitutional norms. The opposition party alleged that it would take up […]

Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena-NCP-Cong govt wins floor test

Mumbai, Nov 30: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance won the floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly on Saturday. Altogether 169 MLAs vote in favour of the motion of confidence, pro tem Speaker Dilip Walse Patil informed the House. Four MLAs abstained, he […]

Q3 GDP to be worse: Chidambaram

New Delhi, Nov 30: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said the lower GDP growth rate of 4.5 per cent was as predicted but warned that third quarter will be worse. India’s economic growth slipped further to hit an over-six-year low of 4.5 per cent in the July-September […]

BJP has ruined economy: Priyanka on falling GDP

New Delhi, Nov 30: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday hit out at the BJP for the lower GDP growth rate and accused it of making false promises and ruining the country’s economy. India’s economic growth slipped further to hit an over-six-year low of 4.5 per cent […]

Delhiites wake up to foggy morning, air quality moderate

New Delhi, Nov 30: A blanket of fog enveloped the national capital on Saturday morning with minimum temperature settling at 12 degrees Celsius. A MeT department official that relative humidity was 100 per cent at 8.30 am. The maximum temperature is expected to hover around 24 degrees Celsius, he […]

Lawyers threaten woman magistrate, 12 booked by police

Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 29: A woman magistrate of a court here has filed a complaint, alleging that she was threatened by a group of lawyers inside her chamber recently for cancelling the bail of an accused, following which police have registered a case against 12 lawyers. The action against the […]

Such ‘terrible violence’ beyond imagination: Rahul Gandhi on Hyderabad rape

New Delhi, Nov 29: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday expressed shock over the rape and murder of a veterinary doctor in Hyderabad and said such “terrible, unprovoked violence” is beyond imagination. The 27-year-old woman veterinarian, whose charred body was found under a culvert on the outskirts of the […]

Indian Navy commissions sixth Dornier aircraft squadron

Porbandar, Nov 29: The Indian Navy commissioned its sixth Dornier aircraft squadron in strategically located Porbandar town of Gujarat on Friday, giving a fillip to coastal security near the sea border with Pakistan. The Indian Naval Air Squadron 314, called Raptors, which will operate with four newly-inducted, next generation […]

Congress MLA threatens to burn alive Pragya; apologises

Bhopal, Nov 29: An MLA of ruling Congress in Madhya Pradesh has threatened to burn alive BJP Lok Sabha MP Pragya Singh Thakur, facing flak for her remarks on Mahatma Gandhis assassin Nathuram Godse, if she entered his constituency. The MLA, Govardhan Dangi, issued the threat on Thursday, but […]

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