- India
No-confidence motion: Modi’s ‘prediction’ from 2019 goes viral
New Delhi: With the opposition planning to bring a no-confidence motion against his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reply to such a motion in 2019 has gone viral wherein he mockingly tells…
- Bangalore
Karnataka HM asks officials to examine request to withdraw cases, BJP reacts sharply
Bengaluru: Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara has asked officials to examine the request of a Congress MLA to withdraw cases against “innocent” youths and students, who were arrested under “false cases” in…
- India
Rajnath Singh pays tributes to Kargil heroes at Dras war memorial
Dras: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday visited the Kargil War Memorial here and paid tributes to soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the 1999 war. Singh laid a wreath at the…
- Bangalore
Karnataka rains: CM Siddaramaiah says govt well-prepared to tackle situation
Bengaluru, Jul 26 (PTI) With rains pounding most parts of Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said the state government has reviewed the risk prone areas and is well-prepared to tackle the situation. He…
- India
Shiv Sena (UBT) prods Hazare to again lit torch against ‘corruption, dictatorship’
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Tuesday said conditions in the country are such that veteran social activist Anna Hazare should once again “lit the torch” and fight against “corruption and dictatorship”…
- India
Punjab floods: 41 killed, over 1,600 people living in relief camps
Chandigarh: Forty-one people were killed and 1,616 are living in 173 relief camps following the floods that hit Punjab recently, officials said. Nineteen districts — Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Hoshiarpur,…
- India
Ensure violence ends in Manipur, NHRC tells state govt
New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday directed the Manipur government to ensure that no further violence takes place in the strife-torn northeastern state. In a statement issued late…
- India
Non-basmati white rice: IMF ‘encourages’ India to remove export restrictions
Washington: The International Monetary Fund has said it would “encourage” India to remove restrictions on export of a certain category of rice, which, it said, would have an impact on global inflation.…
- India
Manipur tribal body seeks Prime Minister Modi’s intervention
Imphal: The Zomi Council Steering Committee (ZCSC), representing nine Kuki-Zomi tribes of Manipur, on Tuesday demanded imposition of President’s Rule in the state, while a leading Meitei civil rights organisation- COCOMI- urged…
- India
Kejriwal writes to Sitharaman, flags Delhi’s ‘frozen’ share in central taxes
New Delhi: Ahead of constitution of the 16th Central Finance Commission, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, flagging Delhi’s “frozen” share in central pool of taxes…