CHANDIGARH, FEB 19 : A panel of three Union ministers has proposed the buying of pulses, maize and cotton crops by government agencies at minimum support prices for five years after entering into an agreement with farmers, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said. Farmer leaders after a meeting with the ministers here on Sunday had said […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,FEB 19 : Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya last month, calling it a spectacle devoid of representation for lower castes. Gandhi singled out Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan while questioning the absence of members from Other Continue Reading
UTTAR PRADESH,FEB 19 : Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said he will not participate in the Congress’ Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra till seat-sharing with Congress was finalised. According to the sources, Samajwadi Party has said that it is willing to share only 15 seats with the grand old party in Uttar Pradesh. It […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, FEB 19 : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday skipped the sixth summons issued to him by the Enforcement Directorate to appear before it for questioning in connection with the Delhi excise policy case. In a statement, the AAP reiterated that the summonses sent to Kejriwal were “illegal” and said the issue […]Continue Reading
CHANDIGARH,FEB 19: Newly elected Chandigarh Mayor Manoj Sonkar resigned from the post on Sunday, amid allegations that the January 30 mayoral polls were rigged, according to sources. This comes a day before the matter is to come up for hearing before the Supreme Court. Mayor Manoj Sonkar has submitted his resignation to the municipal commissioner, […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,FEB 18 : Renowned Jain monk Acharya Vidyasagar Maharaj died on Sunday at Chandragiri Teerth in Chhattisgarh’s Rajnandgaon district after undertaking ‘sallekhna’. He was 77. ‘Sallekhna’ is a Jain religious practice involving voluntary fasting unto death for spiritual purification, a statement from the teerth said. Acharya Vidyasagar Continue Reading
MUMBAI,FEB 17 : Renowned Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya have been named the recipients of the 58th Jnanpith Award, the Jnanpith selection committee announced on Saturday. Sampooran Singh Kalra, popularly known as Gulzar, is celebrated for his works in Hindi cinema and is considered one of the finest Urdu poets of this […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,FEB 16 : A 24-year-old M Tech student of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi was found hanging in his hostel room, police said on Friday. The matter came to light after the family of the student, Sanjay Nerkar (24), asked his hostel mates to check on him as he was not answering […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI,FEB 16 : Several farmers’ unions have called for a ‘Bharat Bandh’ as their protest entered day four today. Large gatherings have been banned in Delhi and its national capital region (NCR) as Section 144 has been imposed. Farmers have vowed to intensify the stir, with the Noida-based Bharatiya Kisan Parishad extending support to […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, FEB 15 : Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday informed voters of her Rae Bareli constituency in Uttar Pradesh that she will not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls due to health and age issues.Hope you will be with my family: Sonia Gandhi’s emotional message to Rae Bareli voters Sonia files for […]Continue Reading
