Gave assessment of Ukraine’s destructive line: Russian President Putin after phone call with PM Modi (Ld)
New Delhi/Moscow, April 27 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin following his last week’s landmark visit to Ukraine. “Spoke with President Putin today. Discussed measures to further strengthen Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership. Exchanged perspectives on
KT Rama Rao urges CJI to initiate contempt proceedings against MoS Bandi Sanjay
Hyderabad, Aug 27 – Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President, KT Rama Rao on Tuesday urged the Chief Justice of India (CJI) and the Supreme Court to initiate contempt proceedings against Union Minister of State for Home, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, for his comments
BJP, Congress trade barbs after SC grants bail to Kavitha in excise policy case
Hyderabad, Aug 27 – The BJP and Congress in Telangana traded barbs on Tuesday soon after the Supreme Court granted bail to BRS MLC K. Kavitha in the Delhi excise policy case. While the BJP claimed that the Congress and its advocates secured
Dushyant’s JJP seals alliance with Azad Samaj Party for Haryana polls
New Delhi, Aug 27 – In a pre-poll alliance, Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) and Chandra Shekhar Azad’s Azad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) on Tuesday formed an alliance for the 90 Assembly seats in Haryana that will go to the polls on October 1.
Tension on Kolkata streets as protesters break barricades en route Nabanna
Kolkata, Aug 27 – Tension over the ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ (March to Bengal Secretariat) protest rally condemning the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital earlier this month has now spread to Kolkata from Howrah as
US diplomats in Kashmir, meet political leaders
Srinagar, Aug 27 – A US diplomatic delegation, which is in Kashmir meeting various political leaders, on Tuesday met Sajad Gani Lone, president of the People’s Conference. The US diplomatic delegation led by minister-counsellor political affairs, Graham Mayer, first secretary Gary Applegarth and
Thousands of trade workers join strikes over Australian government’s union takeover
Canberra, Aug 27 – Tens of thousands of trade workers have walked off job sites across Australia in protest against the federal government’s takeover of the construction union. Members of the Construction, Forestry, and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) as well as the electrical,
Assam records dip in road accident fatalities: CM Sarma
Guwahati, Aug 27 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said though the number of road accidents in the state has increased compared to last year, fatalities have dropped due to timely medical intervention. CM Sarma compared the road accident data
Five panchayats of Bihar’s Begusarai District cut off from mainland due to flooding
Patna, Aug 27 – The flood situation in Bihar’s Begusarai District has worsened, with more than five panchayats, including Mirnaipur, Bahadurpur, and Gopalpur in the Balia block, completely cut off from the mainland due to the rising water levels of the Ganga River.
Kharge land deal row: BJP MP slams K’taka Minister for calling him ‘Rajasthani’
Bengaluru, Aug 27 – BJP Rajya Sabha member Lahar Singh Siroya has slammed state Minister Priyank Kharge for calling him a “Rajasthani” in the backdrop of questioning the allotment of land to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s family members by the Karnataka Industrial Area
Centre cuts timeline for public grievance redressal to 21 days
New Delhi, Aug 27 – The Centre has issued comprehensive guidelines for a time-bound handling of public grievances filed by citizens on an integrated user-friendly CPGRAMS www.pgportal.gov.in portal which will operate as a single window open platform. The timelines for effective grievance redressal
Missing teachers, dirty washrooms: BJP team finds in Delhi school
New Delhi, Aug 27 – Delhi BJP MP Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, State President Virendra Sachdeva, and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Raja Iqbal conducted a surprise visit to a Delhi Municipal Corporation school in the Kapashera area of the national capital on Tuesday. Kapashera
Nabanna Abhijan: Bengal LoP approaches Calcutta HC on 4 missing students; cops confirm arrests (Lead)
Kolkata, Aug 27 – The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Tuesday approached the Calcutta High Court on four student activists associated with the ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ march to the Bengal Secretariat reportedly going missing since Monday midnight. The
Champai Soren meets Amit Shah, to join BJP on Aug 30, says Assam CM Sarma
New Delhi, Aug 27 – JMM leader and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren, who had publicly shared his anguish at his treatment by the party and his unceremonious removal from the top post, will join the BJP on August 30, Assam Chief
Three former unit chiefs in Congress’ first J&K candidates list
New Delhi, Aug 27 – Congress’s former J&K unit Presidents Ghulam Ahmed Mir, Peerzada Mohd Syed, and Vikar Rasool Wani were among the nine candidates announced by the party in its first list for the coming elections in the UT. While Mir has
Russia launches missile, drone attack on Ukrainian energy facilities
Moscow/Kyiv, Aug 27 – Russian military launched a massive strike on Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure facilities, the Russian Defence Ministry said. “This morning, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a massive strike with high-precision long-range air and sea-based weapons, striking unmanned
Layers of security in place ahead of ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ in Kolkata
Kolkata, Aug 27 – The Kolkata Police have made massive security arrangements for the ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ (March to Secretariat), anticipating violence during the protest in the city on Tuesday. The students of West Bengal have given the march call in protest against the
TN govt to renovate Parambikulam Aliyar Project, farmers apprehensive
Chennai, Aug 27 – Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department is preparing a Detailed Project Report (DPR) to renovate the Parambikulam Aliyar Project (PAP) which comprises 10 major dams. The farmers in the region, however, have expressed apprehension and demanded their concerns be considered.
RG Kar scam: ED to enter investigation by filing ECIR
Kolkata, Aug 27 – More trouble seems to be brewing for the former and controversial Principal of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, Sandip Ghosh, as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is also entering the scene by filing an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR)
Luxury treatment to Darshan in jail: Three special K’taka Police teams launch probe
Bengaluru, Aug 27 – The three special teams formed by the Karnataka Police to look into the matter of luxury treatment given to Kannada superstar Darshan, an accused in a kidnap and murder case, inside the Bengaluru Central Jail, launched their investigation on