Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann blessed with baby girl
Chandigarh, March 28 - Amid poll heat, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his wife Gurpreet Kaur were blessed with a baby girl on Thursday.
LS polls: Filing of nominations for 2nd phase begins in 13 Raj seats
Jaipur, March 28 - Notification was issued for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections in Rajasthan on Thursday, said officials, adding that with this, the nomination process began on 13 Lok Sabha seats.
Former Haryana minister Savitri Jindal resigns from Congress
Chandigarh, March 28 - Days after her industrialist son Naveen Jindal joined the BJP, former Haryana minister Savitri Jindal, 84, quit the Congress.
Gurcharan Das explains why only the Modi govt can fast-forward reforms
New Delhi, March 28 - Top corporate executive of the yesteryear and now an acclaimed author and public intellectual, Gurcharan Das, has laid out a feast for thought in 'The Dilemma Of An Indian Liberal' (Speaking Tiger), which was formally released here on
Congress’ former MP, two ex-MLAs join BJP in Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal, March 28 - A former MP and two ex-MLAs from Madhya Pradesh's Mahakaushal region resigned from the Congress and joined the BJP on Thursday.
Varun Gandhi pens emotional letter to people in Pilibhit
Lucknow, March 28 - Varun Gandhi, the BJP MP from Pilibhit who has been dropped from the list of Lok Sabha candidates for the 2024 elections, on Thursday wrote a letter to the people of his constituency saying that he will continue to
AAP accuses BJP of ‘poaching’ MP, MLA in Punjab
New Delhi, March 28 - AAP leader and Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Thursday alleged that BJP has poached their party's MP Sushil Kumar Rinku and MLA Sheetal Angural, and that "numerous MLAs in the state had been tempted with financial incentives to
Lawyers write to CJI over group trying to ‘pressurise judiciary’
New Delhi, March 28 - A group of senior lawyers, including Senior Advocate Harish Salve, Bar Council of India Chairperson, Manan Kumar Mishra, in a letter addressed to the Chief Justice of India (CJI), expressed concerns against mounting political and professional pressure through
Centre hikes wage rates for workers under MGNREGA
New Delhi, March 28 - The Centre has notified a 3-10 per cent increase in the wage rates for workers under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) for the financial year 2024-25. The new wage rates will come into effect
Ladakh agitation intensifies as protesters threaten march to border with China
Srinagar, March 28 - The agitation in Ladakh UT intensified on Thursday after the Leh Apex Body and climate activist, Sonam Wangchuk announced a march to the border on April 7.
Not going to ED’s Delhi office today: Mahua Moitra
Kolkata, March 28 - Trinamool Congress candidate from Krishnanagar Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal, Mahua Moitra has said that she will not be going to Delhi to appear before the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday in connection with a Foreign Exchange Management Act
Security beefed up at AAP headquarters, Rouse Avenue Court
New Delhi, March 28 - Delhi Police have beefed up security outside the AAP headquarters and the Rouse Avenue Court ahead of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's appearance before the court on Thursday.
CM Kejriwal to be produced before Delhi court today as 6-day ED custody ends
New Delhi, March 28 - Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be produced before a court here on Thursday on expiry of his six-day Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam.=
Fresh petition filed in UP court to declare Taj Mahal as Shiva temple
Agra (UP), March 28 - A fresh petition has been filed in an Agra court in Uttar Pradesh seeking the declaration of the Taj Mahal as Tejo Mahalaya, a Hindu temple.
BJP appoints election in-charges, co-incharges for states, UTs
New Delhi, March 28 - The BJP has appointed its poll in-charges and co-in-charges for several states and Union Territories ahead of the Lok Sabha.
PM Modi, party chief J.P. Nadda among BJP’s star campaigners for Rajasthan
Jaipur, March 28 - The BJP has released the list of 40 star campaigners for Rajasthan in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections.
C.R. Kesavan, great grandson of C. Rajagopalachari, appointed BJP national spokesperson
Chennai, Mar 27 - Tamil Nadu BJP leader C.R. Kesavan, the great grandson of C. Rajagopalachari, the last Governor General of India, has been appointed as the national spokesperson of the party.
LS polls: In a first, Congress ticket eludes Brahmin, Muslim leaders in Rajasthan
Jaipur, March 27 - Contradicting its 'Brahmin DNA' stand, the Congress in Rajasthan has not fielded a single Brahmin candidate for any of the 25 parliamentary constituencies in the desert state.
India lauds continuity of G20 focus on quality jobs, gender equality
Brasilia, March 27 - India on Wednesday commended the continuity in the G20 multi-year agenda for creating quality employment and gender equality in the workplace at the Employment Working Group (EWG) meeting under the Brazilian Presidency.
BJP candidate, two Congress nominees file nominations in Manipur
Imphal, March 27 - The BJP's Inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat candidate and the Congress nominees for the Inner and Outer Manipur constituencies filed their nominations on Wednesday.