Complete all STPs works in Delhi by Dec: Centre to officials

April 6, 2022, 6:40 pm New Delhi, April 6 : on Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has directed the officials to complete all the work related to all the Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) in the national capital by December 2022. Under the Namami Gange programme, a total of 11 projects for treatment of … Read more

Modi govt subverting secularism, democracy, federalism: D Raja

April 6, 2022, 6:45 pm Kannur, April 6 : Comm st Party of India (CPI) General Secretary D Raja on Wednesday said resurgence of the Comm st movement on principled basis is the need of the hour to counter the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) supported ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government’s rhetoric in the country. Responding … Read more

Two labourers die, 5 injured as truck overturns in Palghar

April 6, 2022, 5:17 pm Palghar, Apr 6 : Two labourers died and five others were injured, three of them seriously, when a brick-laden truck they were travelling in overturned on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway on Wednesday. An offence of culpable homicide and other sections of Indian Penal Code and Motor Vehicles Act has been registered … Read more

Govt’s indigenisation list of defence items

April 6, 2022, 1:57 pm New Delhi, April 6 : Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will announce a third positive indigenisation list of defence systems on Thursday, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday. The list essentially means that the Army, Navy and Air Force will procure the listed items only from domestic manufacturers, which could be … Read more

Supreme Court disposes of Amazon SLP

April 6, 2022, 1:53 pm New Delhi, April 6 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday disposed of the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by Amazon group challenging the Delhi High Court’s January 5 order staying the arbitration proceedings in the Singapore International Arbitration. A three-judge Bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana has ordered … Read more

J&K: Night patrolling stepped up to thwart targeted attacks

April 6, 2022, 1:14 pm Srinagar, April 6 : In the wake of a series of targeted attacks, security forces have stepped up night patrolling in remote Kashmir areas to thwart such attacks, officials informed on Wednesday. A senior police officer said the stepping up patrolling is aimed at preventing militants from attacking soft targets. … Read more

Pondy LG calls on PM

April 6, 2022, 12:56 pm Puducherry, April 6 : Puducherry Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his office here on Wednesday and held discussions pertaining to the development of the on territory. According to a Raj Nivas release here, the prime minister assured her that the centre would provide all … Read more

India for peace in Russia-Ukraine war: Minister

April 6, 2022, 3:36 pm New Delhi, April 6 : India has picked the side of peace in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday, as he condemned the civilian killings in Bucha and called for an independent probe. Replying to a debate in the Lok Sabha, Jaishankar said India’s approach … Read more

Assam: Crime rate drops significantly

April 6, 2022, 4:59 pm Umiam, April 6 : Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said that crime rate in the state has come down significantly for the zero-tolerance policy adopted by the police force during his regime. However, he said that along with zero tolerance against criminals simultaneously should also have a … Read more

Over 25,000 killed in UP road accidents in two years

April 6, 2022, 5:44 pm New Delhi, April 6 : A total of 25,507 people were killed in road accidents on national highways crisscrossing Uttar Pradesh between 2018 and 2020, a data showed. The data issued by the on Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari in response to a question in Rajya Sabha … Read more

Two judges refuses to hear Deshmukh plea

April 6, 2022, 5:49 pm Mumbai, April 6 : Two judges of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to hear a plea moved by former Maharashta Home Minister Anil Deshmukh challenging a CBI application for his remand in an alleged corruption case. Justice P D Naik has recused himself from hearing the plea, shortly … Read more

Yechury for dumping Quad, defeating BJP

April 6, 2022, 4:16 pm Kannur, April 6 : CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday urged India to move away Quad to show its independence from the US and also called for a broader national political ty to battle and defeat the BJP. Delivering the inaugural speech at the 23rd Party Congress here, Yechury … Read more

Hate speech shouldn’t be made: Naidu

April 6, 2022, 3:57 pm New Delhi, April 6 : Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday that hate speech should not be made against any comm ty, be it minority or majority. He was making an observation on hate speech raised by Leader of Opposition and Congress member Mallikarjun Kharge. Kharge submitted a … Read more

Sitaram Yechury inaugurates 23rd CPI(M) Party Congress

April 6, 2022, 2:57 pm Kannur, April 6 : CPI(M) General Secretary SitaramYechury on Wednesday inaugurated the 23rd Congress of the Comm st Party of India (Marxist) at EK Nayanar Nagar at Burnassery. Senior Polit Bureau (PB) member S Ramachandran Pillai hoisted the party congress flag and former Chief minister of Tripura Manik Sarkar presided … Read more

J&K asks businesses to fix CCTVs

April 6, 2022, 3:15 pm Srinagar, April 6 : In view of rising militant attacks, the Jammu and Kashmir government has asked business ts to install Close Circuit Televisions (CCTVs) to monitor suspicious moments of people, officials said. The orders have been issued by the Deputy Commissioners of Srinagar, Anantnag and some other districts of … Read more

Congress hits out at BJP over rising fuel price, inflation

April 6, 2022, 12:42 pm Panaji, April 6 : The Congress in Goa on Wednesday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is celebrating its 42nd foundation, for failing to control rising fuel and gas prices along with inflation. ”On the occasion of BJP’s foundation day, we request Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, office … Read more

DVAC officials arrest Crime Branch DSP for taking Rs 5 lakh bribe

April 6, 2022, 1:01 pm Kanniyakumari (Tamil Nadu), April 6 : Sleuths of the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) arrested a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of Kanniyakumari District Crime Branch for allegedly demanding and accepting Rs 5 lakh as bribe from a businessman on Tuesday evening. Police sources said here on Wednesday that … Read more

42nd foundation day of BJP celebrated in Goa

April 6, 2022, 1:09 pm Panaji, April 6 : The 42nd foundation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was celebrated across Goa on Wednesday. All the party leaders, including Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, party state President Sadanand Shet Tanavade, party’s state General Secretary Satish Dhondh hoisted party’s flag on the occasion. ”On the occasion of 42nd … Read more

Bengal Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal hospitalised

April 6, 2022, 12:32 pm Kolkata, April 6 : West Bengal ruling Trinamool Congress’ Birbhum district president Anubrata Mondal, who was summoned by the CBI in the cattle smuggling case to appear at the Nizam Palace at 11 am, was on Wednesday admitted to the government owned SSKM hospital in the city, official sources said. … Read more

Paytm’s Sharma blames ‘volatile markets’

April 6, 2022, 2:18 pm Mumbai, April 6 : In a bid to regain shareholders’ confidence amid continuous decline in its share price, digital payments firm PayTm’s Founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma on Wednesday blamed “volatile market conditions” for the “significant” drop from the IPO price. In his letter to the shareholders, Sharma exuded … Read more

Govt will return land to Kashmiri Pandits

April 6, 2022, 2:29 pm New Delhi, April 6 : The government is capable of returning the land forcibly taken away from Kashmiri Pandits, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. “Those who left the Kashmir Valley due to oppression… whose land has been forcibly taken away, the … Read more

CBI arrests Anil Deshmukh

April 6, 2022, 2:35 pm Mumbai, April 6 : Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh was on Wednesday arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with corruption allegations raised against him by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. Deshmukh, presently lodged in Arthur Road Jail for his involvement in money laundering, … Read more

Tripura starts meter auto as mass transport means

April 6, 2022, 2:38 pm Agartala, April 6 : In a bid to strengthen the public transport system in the capital city, Tripura government abolished route permits for Auto-rickshaw in the m cipal area and introduced meter based fare collection at any distance from Wednesday, said Transport minister Pranajit Singha Roy. He said the existing … Read more

Cong attacks centre over price rise of commodities

April 6, 2022, 12:41 pm New Delhi, April 6 : Congress on Wednesday slammed the government over skyrocketing price rise and said in the last 30 days the “ration to medicine” everything become expensive in the country. Taking to twitter, congress spokesperson, Randeep Singh Surjewala said “Too difficult day by day now? Prices of pulses … Read more

Delivering on peoples’ aspiration a challenge: Yogi

April 6, 2022, 12:27 pm Lucknow, April 6 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday said delivering on people’s aspirations riding on which the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returned to power, will be a big challenge. Addressing the party workers on the 42nd Foundation Day of the party, Yogi said, “We should remain … Read more

CBI grills former SSC advisor Shanti Prasad Sinha in Bengal

April 6, 2022, 11:42 am Kolkata, April 6 : The CBI has questioned former advisor of the School Service Commission (SSC) Shanti Prasad Singha (Sinha), one of the prime accused in the alleged recruitment irregularity of teaching and non-teaching staff in the West Bengal government-sponsored schools, following a directive from Calcutta High Court. Armed with … Read more

PM attacks ‘dynastic parties’, says social justice is BJP’s core ideology

New Delhi, April 6 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched an attack against ‘dynastic parties’, and stressed that the core ideology of the BJP is that of social justice, as he addressed party workers on the 42nd foundation day of the party. Stating that the ‘dynastic parties’ are hurting democracy, the Prime Minister … Read more

India reports 1,086 new Covid cases, 71 deaths

April 6, 2022, 10:06 am New Delhi, April 6 : India recorded 1,086 new Covid cases, the on Health Ministry said on Wednesday. As per the Ministry’s bulletin, the total caseload rose to 4,30,30,925 while the death toll rose to 5,21,487 as 71 more people succumbed to the disease. On the other hand, 1,198 more … Read more

BJP President kick starts foundation day celebrations

April 6, 2022, 9:38 am New Delhi, April 6 : BJP President JP Nadda on Wednesday hoisted the party flag and paid tribute to ideologues Shyama Prasad Mookerji and Deen Dayal Upadhyay on the 42nd foundation day of the party. Nadda hoisted the flag at the party headquarter flanked by party leaders and workers, and … Read more

J&K: 2 militants killed in Kashmir gunfight

April 6, 2022, 9:13 am Srinagar, April 6 : Security forces shot dead two local militants in a gun battle in Kashmir on Wednesday morning, officials said. They said the duo were Involved in the recent killing of a Sarpanch in the city outskirts. Officials said the gunfight broke in Tral area of Awantipora sub-district … Read more

BJP celebrating foundation day functions in a big way in UP

April 6, 2022, 10:47 am Lucknow, April 6 : The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is celebrating its 42nd Foundation Day with great enthusiasm in the entire state on Wednesday. This time BJP’s Foundation Day celebrations are very special in many ways particularly due to it retaining power in the state. Yogi Adityanath 2.0 government after … Read more

23rd CPI(M) Party Congress at Kannur

April 5, 2022, 12:39 pm Kannur, April 5 : The 23rd Congress of the CPI(M) will begin here in Kerala, the only state it now rules, on Wednesday to deliberate the way ahead amid continuing political domination in the country by its sworn enemy, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The April 6-10 gathering will take … Read more

42 militants killed in past 3 months in J&K

April 5, 2022, 1:49 pm Srinagar, April 5 (UN) Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Tuesday said 42 militants have been killed during the past three months in different encounters. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a wreath laying ceremony of paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel who … Read more

President Kovind, Dutch Deputy PM Hoeskstra name yellow tulip flowers ‘Maitri’

April 5, 2022, 1:47 pm Amsterdam, April 5 : President Ram Nath Kovind and Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra named a new breed of yellow tulip flowers ‘Maitri’ – symbolic of the special and enduring friendship between India and the Netherlands. The two leaders named the flower at Keukenhof, also known … Read more

More arties abandon Gotabaya Rajapaksa-led coalition

April 5, 2022, 12:28 pm Colombo, April 5 : Pressure further mounted on Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa after MP Ranjith Siyambalapitiya resigned as Deputy Speaker of Parliament, along with more than 40 MPs who left the coalition government, BBC reported on Tuesday. Siyambalapitiya said that he decided to resigns as the SLFP decided to … Read more

Congress takes dig at Centre over fuel prices

April 5, 2022, 12:27 pm New Delhi, April 5 : The Congress on Tuesday took a dig at the Modi government over the steep hike in prices of petrol and diesel. “The inauspicious inflation continues every day. Thirteenth installment of ‘fuel loot’. In 15 days, the prices of petrol and diesel hiked by Rs 9.20 … Read more

Gender disparity in Hindu succession law: Centre to respond

April 5, 2022, 1:09 pm New Delhi, April 5 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted four weeks time to the central government after hearing a petition on gender discrimination in Hindu succession law seeking appropriate direction to secure justice and dignity to women. A three-judge bench, headed by Justice DY Chandrachud, asked the Centre … Read more