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Mamata on two-day dharna to protest Centre’s ‘discrimination’ against Bengal
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the two-day sit-in that she started here on Wednesday to protest the BJP-led Union government’s alleged discriminatory attitude against the state was on behalf…
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EC manages to find new excuses to delay J-K polls: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: The Election Commission seems to be in no hurry to conduct the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir and manages to find “new excuses to delay” the elections, National Conference vice president…
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‘Why BJP jittery about JPC probe into Adani matter’, asks Cong
Mumbai: The Congress on Wednesday sought to know why the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre is scared of a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the alleged scam involving…
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PM Modi to flag off Bhopal-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express on April 1
Bhopal: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the Bhopal-New Delhi Vande Bharat Express train at Rani Kamalapati station here on April 1, and also take part in the Combined Commanders’ Conference that…
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Rahul Gandhi to launch agitation from where he made Modi surname remark
Bengaluru: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will begin the party’s nationwide ‘Satyamev Jayate’ agitation on April 5 from Kolar, the very place where he made a remark on the Modi surname for which…
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Rajasthan: Hindu rally disturbs namaz time, stones pelted; 12 held
Communal tensions erupted after Hindus and Muslims clashed in Rajasthan’s Tala village of Jamwa Ramgarh district on March 26. Stones were pelted from both sides and communal and inciting slogans were raised…
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Morbi bridge tragedy: Gujarat govt opposes regular bail plea of Oreva Group MD
Morbi: The Gujarat government on Wednesday opposed the regular bail plea of Jaysukh Patel, managing director of Oreva Group, in the case pertaining to last year’s Morbi suspension bridge collapse that killed…
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Sebi to put in place framework to prevent frauds by stock brokers
New Delhi: Markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday approved a slew of proposals, including ending the practice of individuals holding permanent directorship at boards of listed companies and putting in place a framework…
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Children who lost a parent to COVID-19 to get monthly aid in Puducherry
Puducherry: Agriculture and Social Welfare Minister of Puducherry C Jayakumar told the territorial Assembly on Wednesday that the government had framed a scheme to provide monthly assistance of Rs 2,000 to children…
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Om Birla could become third LS Speaker to face no-confidence motion
New Delhi: With the Congress planning to bring a no-confidence motion against Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday, he could become the third Speaker to face such a motion after G.V.…
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Over 350 lawyers from SC, HCs condemn Riiju’s remarks on retired judges
Almost ten days after Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju claimed that a few retired judges are trying to make the Indian judiciary play the role of the opposition party, over 350 lawyers…
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Do customers have to pay transaction fees for UPI payments?
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has announced that beginning April 1, an interchange charge of up to 1.1% would be levied on merchant UPI (Unified Payments Interface) transactions. According to…
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UP number 1 in death sentences as of end of 2021: Centre to RS
New Delhi: As many as 472 prisoners lodged in different jails across the country were sentenced to death and waiting for the next course of action as on December 31, 2021, Rajya…
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‘I have court papers’: Muslim man begs BMC official to stop demolition
A senior Muslim citizen in Mumbai’s Santa Cruz area was ill-treated by a BMC officer when the latter came to bulldoze the former’s property. In the video, the Muslim man, identified as…
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Blocking directions given for 30,310 URLs since 2018 till March 15
New Delhi: Blocking directions have been given for 30,310 URLs since 2018 till March 15, 2023, which include social media URLs, accounts, channels, apps, web pages, websites etc. Section 69A of the…
