Haryana CM offers prayers at Golden Temple, Ram Tirath
Amritsar, June 28 - Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday offered prayers at the Golden Temple and Ram Tirath, saying he found great peace of mind by visiting the sacred city of Sikh Gurus.
Defections will have no impact on BRS, says KCR
Hyderabad, June 28 - With another of its MLAs defecting to Congress on Friday, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) President and former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said the defections would have no impact on the party.
Raj minister holds public grievance session after surprise inspection in Jodhpur
Jaipur, June 28 - Rajasthan Minister Jogaram Patel on Friday held a public grievance redressal session at the Jodhpur Circuit House after making a surprise inspection in the ditrict.
Delhi witnesses sizeable jump in temperature-related power demand: IEEFA report
New Delhi, June 28 - Delhi witnessed a sizeable jump in temperature-related electricity demand in the last 12 months (up to June 22), a new report by Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), an independent think-tank, said on Friday.
‘Comprehensive’, Maharashtra CM hails state budget 2024-25
Mumbai, June 28 - Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has hailed the 'please all' budget presented by Deputy CM Ajit Pawar in the state Assembly on Friday, saying that it is a comprehensive budget aimed to cover almost all sections of the society,
Thackeray calls Maha budget ’empty promises’, seeks White Paper on MahaYuti’s 2 years
Mumbai, June 28 - Terming the Maharashtra budget full of "empty promises", Shiv Sena-UBT President and former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday demanded a White Paper on all the assurances made by the MahaYuti government in the past two years.
Maharashtra budget a hoax, women’s aid policy inspired by Cong’s 5 Guarantees: Nana Patole
Mumbai, June 28 - Terming the Maharashtra budget as a 'jumla-budget' ahead of the October Assembly elections, state Congress President Nana Patole said that the policy for women has been inspired directly from the Congress' 5 Guarantees, here on Friday.
Maha budget an attempt to compensate Lok Sabha poll debacle: NCP-SP
Mumbai, June 28 - Nationalist Congress Party (SP) state President Jayant Patil on Friday called the 2024-25 state budget presented by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, who also holds the finance portfolio, an attempt to make up for the losses suffered by
Bengal school job case: CBI seizes sack full of documents from state Education Department
Kolkata, June 28 - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday recovered a sack full of paper documents from the office of the West Bengal Education Department in northern Kolkata, officials said.
Give students the respect they deserve: Rahul Gandhi makes fresh pitch for NEET debate
New Delhi, June 28 - Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday made a fresh appeal to the government to initiate a debate on the National Eligibility and Entrance Examination (NEET) and also over the paper leak controversy, to assuage the concerns and anxiety
Mumbai NCB busts major inter-state drug ring, seizes 31.5 kg mephedrone
Mumbai, June 28 - The Narcotics Control Bureau's Mumbai Zone has smashed a major inter-state drug trafficking ring and seized 31.5 kg of mephedrone and Rs 69.13 lakh cash while arresting three peddlers, an official said here on Friday.
To pacify ‘miffed’ Himachal Governor, Chief Minister Sukhu pays visit to Raj Bhavan
Shimla, June 28 - In what is being viewed as a damage-control exercise, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu on Friday paid a visit to the Raj Bhavan in Shimla to pacify Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla, who is reportedly miffed with the 'style
Maha: 7 killed as 2 cars collide on Nagpur-Mumbai Expressway in Jalna
Jalna (Maharashtra), June 29 - At least seven persons were killed and another three passengers were injured critically when two private cars collided violently near Kadvanchi village in Jalna district, police said here on Saturday.
Nation stands firm with their families: Defence Minister on death of soldiers in Ladakh
New Delhi, June 29 - Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday expressed grief over the death of five Indian Army soldiers while they were attempting to cross a river in Ladakh, and said that the nation stands firm with their families.
It is wrong to equate judges with God: CJI Chandrachud
Kolkata, June 29 - The Chief Justice of India (CJI), DY Chandrachud, on Saturday, observed that the trend of equating judges with God is dangerous since the task of judges is to serve public interest.
Maha Budget 2024-2025 had leaked in advance: Sharad Pawar
Kolhapur (Maharashtra), June 29 - NCP(SP) President, Sharad Pawar, alleged on Saturday that the Maharashtra Budget 2024-2025 – presented by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar in the legislature on June 28 – had leaked in advance, and the proposals were made with an
Judicial system should be politically unbiased: Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata, June 29 - The judicial system of the country should be politically unbiased, honest and pure, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday.
Women need to be given flexibility in work to ensure they retain jobs: Arundhati Bhattacharya
Jaipur, June 29 - Former SBI Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya on Friday raised concern over the fact that a very small percentage of women make it to the senior management in different organisations.
India’s fiscal deficit registers steep fall in first 2 months of 2024-25
New Delhi, June 28 - The Centre’s fiscal deficit narrowed to 3 per cent of the full-year estimate in the first two months of the current financial year (2024-25) compared to 11.8 per cent during the same period of the previous fiscal on
Indian economy slated for sustained growth: ITC annual report
New Delhi, June 28 - Going forward, the Indian economy is expected to sustain its high growth trajectory in FY 2024-25 driven by strong momentum in fixed investments and a pickup in private consumption on the back of moderation in inflation, improvement in