Jaipur, Jan 28: Polling in the assembly election in Rajasthan’s Ramgarh constituency ended Monday with a voter turnout of 78.45 per cent, officials said. They, however, said the turnout is likely to increase as there were people in queues in several booths after 5 PM, the scheduled time for […]
Madurai (TN), Jan 27: Virtually sounding the Lok Sabha poll bugle in Tamil Nadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday hit out at critics of the 10 per cent quota for the economically weaker sections. A few in the state were creating an “atmosphere of suspicion and mistrust” for ‘selfish’ […]
New Delhi, Jan 27: The CBI has transferred the investigating officer in the ICICI Bank case as its “discreet inquiry” suggested his role in leaking information related to searches, officials said Sunday. Superintendent of Police Sudhanshu Dhar Mishra was transferred to Ranchi, a day after filing an FIR in […]
New Delhi, Jan 27: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Sunday slammed the CBI for “indiscriminately targeting” some of the bankers, saying the agency has received “ultimate certificate” on its action from Union minister Arun Jaitley, who had criticised it. In a series of tweets, the former finance and home […]
Jaipur, Jan 26: Oxford dictionaries Saturday declared “Nari Shakti” as the Hindi word for the year 2018. The announcement was made during a session at the ongoing Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) at the Diggi Palace here. According to the Oxford dictionaries, the word has been derived from Sanskrit and […]
NEW DELHI – A Hindu nationalist group close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party has urged him to resist pressure from the United States and not defer new regulations for the e-commerce sector, according to a letter seen by Reuters. The economic wing of the group, Rashtriya Swayamsevak […]
New Delhi, Jan 24: Railway hospitals across the country will soon provide treatment to eligible families under the Centre’s ambitious Ayushman Bharat scheme, an official statement said Thursday. In addition, eligible families will soon be able to get benefits under the scheme at hospitals under the New Delhi Municipal […]
New Delhi, Jan 24: Students, farmers and veterans along with several other groups will launch a nine-day protest meet here against the government, starting January 30. The groups, led by Left-backed All India Kisan Sabha, said the protest meet will be held at Jantar Mantar from January 30 to […]
Panaji, Jan 24: Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will attend the entire three-day session of the state Assembly that is scheduled to begin on January 29, Speaker Pramod Sawant said on Thursday. Talking to PTI, Sawant said on the second day of session, Parrikar will present the Budget […]
New Delhi, Jan 23:Union Minister Arun Jaitley has undergone surgery at a hospital in New York on Tuesday, sources said. He has been advised at least two weeks rest by the doctors, they added. Jaitley, 66, travelled to the US on January 13. He underwent tests for soft […]
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