Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Aizawl on Saturday to inaugurate the Rs 8,070-crore Bairabi-Sairang railway line, linking Mizoram with the rest of the country. The PM landed at Lengpui Airport at 9.10 am and addressed a public meeting virtually from the airport, as inclement weather prevented…
VARANASI: Six police personnel were suspended and another five sent to district lines after a BJP worker died in police lathicharge in Ghazipur district Thursday. The district police chief has requested the DM to order a magisterial probe into the alleged police action.On Tuesday afternoon, a protest over power crisis at Nonhara reportedly turned violent…
Taliban offical visited India (File photo) NEW DELHI: A junior Taliban minister visited India last week to participate in an exhibition on healthcare and pharmaceuticals. Deputy minister of medicine and food Hamdullah Zahid, who was in India, is equivalent to the rank of secretary in India’s health ministry.This was a rare visit by a senior…
Bengaluru: The Karnataka high court has ordered the commercial taxes department to refund Rs 16.1 crore to Flipkart India. This amount represents 70% of a pre-deposit made using input tax credit (ITC) from its electronic credit ledger (ECL). The court stated in a recent order that the refund is to be paid in cash. Justice…
I usually don’t recommend moving the goal posts to win the match, but in the case of Viksit Bharat I think it is the only way to go. What, after all, does it mean to be developed? To be rich like the US, a society so suffused with anger – against self-confident women, successful immigrants…
Rahul Gandhi (File photo) Congress’ Rahul Gandhi has time for vacation but not constitutional events, said BJP after Rahul skipped the oath-taking ceremony of CP Radhakrishnan. While Rahul was absent, most floor leaders from both Houses, including those of Congress, attended the event. “Skipping the event was constitutionally irresponsibleon Rahul’s part. He undermined the grace…
NEW DELHI: Leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and Bharatiya Janata Party MLC Dinesh Pratap Singh engaged in a heated argument during a meeting in Raebareli. The video of the Thursday-incident has gone viral on social media where Rahul could be seen asking Singh to take permission of the chair before speaking.“I am…
Supreme Court Friday sought responses from Centre and Election Commission on a PIL seeking framing of rules for registration and regulation of political parties, alleging that some obscure outfits receive huge donations through hawala channels and return the money by cheque after keeping a 20% commission.Abench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi issued notices…
CP Radhakrishnan oath-taking event NEW DELHI: As PM Modi along with his ministerial colleagues gathered at the Rashtrapati Bhavan for the swearing-in ceremony of CP Radhakrishnan as the 15th Vice-President, the ceremonial hall buzzed with suspenseful anticipation — Will Jagdeep Dhankhar, the ex-VP, turn up? Dhankhar, who resigned on July 21 citing health concerns had…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday expressed concern over implementation of reservation for persons with disabilities as those PwD who perform on a par with general candidates and make it to the merit list are not treated as unreserved, like it is done in case of SC/ST reservation, and asked the Centre to rectify it.A…