Constitution: BJP leader seeks debate on ‘secular’

March 25, 2022, 8:13 pm Bengaluru, March 25 : BJP national general secretary CT Ravi wants a debate on “retaining or deleting” the word ‘secular’ in the Indian Constitution. This demand comes in the wake of temple authorities barring Muslim traders from doing business during Hindu festivals. “There should be a debate on whether to … Read more

Locals rescue Crocodile from Chitrotpala river

March 25, 2022, 8:13 pm Kendrapara, March 25 : The locals with the help of fire tender personnel have rescued a 4.5-feet long Crocodile floating on the Chitrotpala river in Odisha’s Kendrapara district, forest officials said.on Friday. The crocodile was rescued on Thursday near Korua –based Kartakuda muth under Patkura police station. Forest official sources … Read more

SC rejects petition against PM Cares Fund.

March 25, 2022, 2:54 pm New Delhi, March 25 : The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a plea challenging the legality of the PM Cares Fund alleging that money was being diverted from Ministries and other government agencies. The Supreme Court, however, directed the petitioner to file a review before the Allahabad High Court, where … Read more

PTI MNA Malik Ahmad Hussain Dehr switches sides with govt

March 25, 2022, 2:09 pm Islamabad, March 25 : PTI MNA Malik Ahmad Hussain Dehr said on Friday that he stands with prime Minister Imran Khan on the no-trust vote, just days after claiming that the prime minister’s conduct had forced him to change his loyalty and join hands with the opposition, Dawn reported. Speaking … Read more

Reaction sparks after Tripura BJP MLA demands closure of Madrasas in assembly

March 25, 2022, 3:02 pm Agartala, March 25 : The statement of BJP MLA Shambhu Lal Chakma in the assembly on Thursday charging Madrasa of producing terrorists has triggered serious reaction across the state while Tripura Madrasa Teachers Association (TMTA) and other Muslim bodies demanded action against Chakma unless he proves the allegation. Chakma told … Read more

Bring back fishermen from Pakistan: MP

March 25, 2022, 2:59 pm New Delhi, March 25 : Congress leader Shakti Singh on Friday demanded pro-active measures from the government to bring back Indian fishermen lodged in Pakistani jails even after they had completed their sentence. Raising the matter during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Gohil said that a 44-year-old fisherman, Nanuram … Read more

Bihar Assembly adjourned following ruckus over caste-based census issue

March 25, 2022, 3:41 pm Patna, March 25 : Bihar Assembly was adjourned twice during pre-lunch sitting on Friday following pandemonium created by the opposition over demands of the caste-based census. Speaker Vijay Kumar Sinha took up the starred question proceedings after the short noticed questions had been completed after which members of Rashtriya Janata … Read more

Goa Congress asks CM to cap fuel prices

March 25, 2022, 2:10 pm Panaji, March 25 : Goa Congress on Friday asked acting Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to cap petrol and diesel prices at Rs 80 per litre. “The most insensitive BJP Government is now continuing to push the comman man under huge financial burdens by rapidly increasing the petrol, diesel and gas … Read more

Calcutta High Court orders CBI probe into Bengal carnage, slams SIT

March 25, 2022, 1:53 pm Kolkata, March 25 : The Calcutta High Court on Friday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the carnage at Bogtui village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, where eight persons were burnt alive earlier this week. A division bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Chief Justice Prakash … Read more

PM shares booklet on Mann Ki Baat

March 25, 2022, 1:53 pm New Delhi, March 25 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday shared a booklet showcasing the interesting aspects of last month’s Mann Ki Baat episode. The booklet has interviews of those who were featured in last month’s Mann Ki Baat episode. The Prime Minister also informed that this month’s Mann … Read more

India, China talk early, complete disengagement

March 25, 2022, 1:37 pm New Delhi, March 25 : Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday discussed the need to take forward “early and complete disengagement in remaining areas” and said that “continuation of the present situation is not in mutual interest.” After the Chinese Minister reached … Read more

UP: Many ex-ministers fail to get ministerial berth

March 25, 2022, 8:10 pm Lucknow, March 25 : While many new faces have been inducted and given important assignments in the Yogi’s new council of ministers, there are several senior and prominent faces of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who failed to make their way this time. Former Deputy Chief Minister Dr Dinesh Sharma, about … Read more

Kerala logs 543 fresh Covid cases

March 25, 2022, 6:35 pm Thiruvananthapuram, March 25 : Kerala has reported 543 fresh Covid-19 cases from 17,804 samples tested during the last 24 hours on Friday. “Meanwhile, 2 recent deaths lacking proper records have been added today. About 79 deaths were also added to the list based on appeals seeking its inclusion in the … Read more

Next election most likely my last: Siddaramaiah

March 25, 2022, 6:24 pm Mysuru, March 25 : Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Friday said he will remain in politics, but the next election will most likely be his last. “Most likely the next election will be the last I will be contesting, but I will remain in politics,” he told reporters at his … Read more

Google faces probe over unfair trade practices

March 25, 2022, 10:23 pm New Delhi, March 25 : The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has ordered an investigation into complaints against Google that the tech giant has allegedly abused its dominant position as news publishers, according to a statement issued by secretary general of Indian Newspaper Society. In its information, INS has stated … Read more

INX Media: Delhi HC seeks response from PC, Karti

March 25, 2022, 9:54 pm New Delhi, March 25 : The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response from former on Minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in the INX Media case registered under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has alleged irregularities in a Foreign … Read more

AP Assembly adjourned sine die

March 25, 2022, 4:55 pm Vijayawada, Mar 25 : Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly was adjourned sine die by Speaker Tammineni Seetaram after the Appropriation Bill 2022 and Appropriation (No 2) Bill 2022 was passed by voice vote here on Friday. The house sat for 12 days from March 8 to 25 and 11 Bills have … Read more

Odisha’s journey in several sectors remarkable: Guv

March 25, 2022, 6:21 pm Bhubaneswar, March 25 : Odisha has made a remarkable journey in several sectors notwithstanding challenges and the Covid pandemic during 2021, Governor Ganeshi Lal said here on Friday Addressing the inaugural day of the budget session of the Odisha Assembly, Lal said 2021 was marked by the second and third … Read more

SC reserves Sidhu road rage verdict

March 25, 2022, 6:07 pm New Delhi, March 25 : The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its judgement on an application seeking to enlarge the scope of notice in a 33-year-old road rage case against Congress leader and former Indian cricketer, Navjot Singh Sidhu. A bench headed by Justice AM Khanwilkar and also comprising Justice … Read more

Yogi takes oath as UP CM for second time.

Lucknow, March 25 : Yogi Adityanath on Friday took oath as the 22nd Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second consecutive term, a feat never repeated by any CM in the history of the state. Governor Anandiben Patel administered the oath of office to Yogi at a grand function organised at Atal Bihari Vajpayee … Read more

Boeing-SpiceJet-CSIR-IIP to reduce CO2 emissions

March 25, 2022, 7:24 pm Hyderabad, March 25 : Boeing, SpiceJet, and CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) on Friday announced that they are working together to explore possibilities for the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) in the Indian aviation industry to reduce carbon emissions. The companies will work together to leverage SAF supply from … Read more

Immigration racket busted, 5 including two agents arrested

March 25, 2022, 7:04 pm New Delhi, March 25 : Delhi Police claimed to have busted an immigration racket and arrested five people including two mastermind agents, the police said on Friday. They were identified as Sucha Singh, Surjit Singh and Amandeep Singh (trio passengers) and Sandeep Kumar and Gurvinder Singh Mokha (both agents) A … Read more

President’s Colours bestowed on INS Valsura

March 25, 2022, 6:58 pm Jamnagar/ New Delhi, March 25 : President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said the Indian Navy has emerged as a combat-ready, credible and cohesive force, and is the Preferred Security Partner in the Indian Ocean Region. He presented the prestigious President’s Colour to INS Valsura. The President’s Colour is bestowed … Read more

Odisha police officer dies during cleaning of service revolver

March 25, 2022, 6:57 pm Bhubaneswar, March 25 : In a tragic incident, Inspector in Charge (IC) Deb Gamang of Gangapur police station in Ganjam district died on Friday when his service revolver went off accidentally. A seriously injured Gamang was rushed to Aska hospital, but the doctors declared him dead. Police sources said the … Read more

Yogi2.0: CM meets his new council

March 25, 2022, 9:48 pm Lucknow, March 25 : Immediately after taking his oath of office, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a meeting with his council of ministers where he explained his vision of development and what Prime Minister Narendra Modi expected from them. “After becoming minister your responsibility has increased manifold. There … Read more

CM urges Manipur residents to support earth hour campaign

March 25, 2022, 4:03 pm Imphal, March 25 : Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh has appealed to the people of Manipur to support the Earth Hour Campaign of World Wide Fund for Nature India (WWF-India) on March 26 by switching off all non-essential lights of offices and residences between 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. … Read more

Finance Bill passed in Lok Sabha

March 25, 2022, 9:46 pm New Delhi, March 25 : The Lok Sabha passed the Finance Bill on Friday, completing the Budget exercise, as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman pointed out that the Budget did not put any extra tax burden on the people despite the economic downturn due to the pandemic. The Finance Bill was … Read more

Govt considering online voting for NRIs: Rijiju

March 25, 2022, 5:56 pm New Delhi, March 25 : on Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said the government is consulting the Election Commission on how voting can be enabled for Indian citizens staying abroad, and added prospects of having secured online voting is also being discussed. Replying to supplementary questions in … Read more

Yogi 2.0 takes oath with 50 ministers in UP

March 25, 2022, 5:33 pm Lucknow, March 25 : A fortnight after the BJP stormed to power in India’s most populous state, the Yogi Adityanath 2.0 government took oath on Friday at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana International Cricket Stadium here along with two Deputy Chief Ministers and 48 other Ministers. Of these, 22 are … Read more

By Oct, Srinagar airport will operate at 500m visibility

March 25, 2022, 5:30 pm Srinagar, March 25 : With state of the art facilities and equipment, including Doppler Very High Frequency Omni Range (DVOR) being installed at the Srinagar International Airport, it will start remaining operational even at 500 metre visibility, an official said. A range of modern equipments besides the DVOR, that will … Read more

28 CRPF men hospitalised in Chhattisgarh

March 25, 2022, 4:49 pm Sukma (Chhattisgarh), Mar 25 : Chaos prevailed at the CRPF’s Chintagufa camp, in this extremely-restive district of Left-wing extremism-affected Bastar division, when as many as 28 personnel suffered food poisoning after breakfast on Friday and had to be admitted at the field hospital. “The men complained of abdominal pain and … Read more

Punjab scraps multiple pensions for MLAs

March 25, 2022, 4:35 pm Chandigarh, March 25 : Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced on Friday that legislators will in future get only one pension even if they were elected to the Assembly more than once, ending a practice that allowed some MLAs to draw lakhs of rupees every month. “Today, we have taken … Read more

Scrap MPs’ quota in Kendriya Vidyalaya

March 25, 2022, 4:55 pm New Delhi, March 25 : BJP MP Sushil Modi on Friday demanded abolition of admissions in Kendriya Vidyalayas through the discretionary quota of 10 seats for each MP and 17 for the Management Commitee Chairman every academic year. He highlighted that 29,000 admissions take place through discretionary quota of MPs … Read more

Don’t allow other countries to influence Beijing’s foreign policy towards India: EAM to Chinese FM

March 25, 2022, 5:17 pm New Delhi, March 25 : Two days after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi described Pakistan as his “second home”, he was told by India that Beijing should follow an independent foreign policy towards New Delhi and not be influenced by other countries – in reference to Pakistan. During his meeting … Read more

Defence budget up 76pc between 2011-20: Minister

March 25, 2022, 5:06 pm New Delhi, March 25 : Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday assured Lok Sabha that sufficient allocations are being made for the defence sector, as his j or minister Ajay Bhatt assured the House of Indian borders being secure after an MP raised the issue of India-China border situation in … Read more

Five women made ministers in Yogi 2.0 govt

March 25, 2022, 9:03 pm Lucknow, March 25 : Yogi Adityanath 2.0 government in Uttar Pradesh will have five women ministers, comprising a 10 pc share in the new ministry. While former Uttarkhand governor and state BJP vice president Baby Rani Maurya has been made a cabinet minister in Yogi Adityanath’s cabinet. Gulab Devi has … Read more

Govt planning to achive indigenous aircraft development : Haryana Guv

March 25, 2022, 9:35 pm Hyderabad, March 25 : Haryana Governor Bandru Dattatraya on Friday stated that the aviation conference will provide much desired fillip to the aviation sector as the Central government is looking to formulate a plan for the development of indigenous civilian aircraft, helicopters and associated aviation equipment in order to promote … Read more

Punjab rules out multiple pensions

March 25, 2022, 3:28 pm Chandigarh, March 25 : Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced on Friday that legislators in the state will henceforth get only one pension even if they had been elected to the Assembly more than once. “Today, we have taken another big decision,” Mann said. “The pension formula for Punjab’s MLAs … Read more

Maha CM backs Nawab in Assembly

March 25, 2022, 8:59 pm Mumbai, March 25 : Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday came out in open support for his Minority Affairs Minister Nawab Malik, who is incarcerated in a money laundering case, involving underworld kingpin Dawood Ibrahim family member over a land purchase. On the last day of state assembly in … Read more

ICG annual awards ceremony held

March 25, 2022, 3:50 pm Chennai, Mar 25 : The annual award ceremony was conducted at the Coast Guard Regional Headquarters (East) here today. Inspector General AP Badola, Commander, Coast Guard Region (East), felicitated the ICG ships and establishments of the Eastern Region in recognition of their dedicated and sustained efforts in the realm of … Read more

Preeti allowed to attend grandmother’s funeral

March 25, 2022, 3:34 pm New Delhi, March 25 : The Supreme Court on Friday allowed former tech promoter Sanjay Chandra’s wife Preeti, lodged in Tihar Jail for money laundering, to attend her grandmother’s funeral for a day between 10 am and 3 pm and directed that she will be escorted by the police. A … Read more

Bank strike on March 28-29

March 25, 2022, 3:52 pm Aurangabad, Mar 25 : All central trade ons except the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) have called a nationwide strike of banks on March 28 and 29 to oppose the new four labour codes and to oppose largescale privatisation of public sector entities. on leader Devidas Tuljapurkar said in a statement … Read more

Two imprisoned for raping minor in Tripura

March 25, 2022, 2:33 pm Agartala, March 25 : District courts of Khowai and South Tripura in two separate cases of rape convicted two people and imprisoned them to jail under several sections of the POCSO Act and Indian Penal Code on Thursday. According to report, the District and Session judge of Belonia South Tripura … Read more

Youtuber Shahbaz Khan calls Bommai, BJP leaders dogs

March 25, 2022, 2:17 pm Bengaluru, March 25 : A controversial Youtuber Shahbaz Khan has threatened Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and hurled derogatory slurs at him by calling him a “BJP dog” in connection with Karnataka High Court’s verdict on hijab. Khan hurled the slurs at the CM by using the platform of a … Read more

Blockade of Manipur vehicles in Nagaland unfortunate: CM Biren

March 25, 2022, 1:40 pm Imphal, March 25 : Manipur Chief Minister N Biren has described the blockade of all Manipur bound vehicles in Nagaland as unfortunate. Addressing the media here on Friday at CM Secretariat, Biren said a Manipur police outpost exists about 100 m from the Manipur Nagaland border area on the Manipur … Read more

26 new COVID-19 cases in MP

March 25, 2022, 1:26 pm Bhopal, Mar 25 : Twenty-six fresh instances of novel coronavirus infection were detected over the past 24 hours in Madhya Pradesh on analysis of 21,837 samples even as 26 individuals recuperated during the period under review thus keeping the active cases figure static at 132. “The positivity rate is 0.12 … Read more

Indian cultural fest ‘Passage to India’ in Doha inaugurated by FS

March 25, 2022, 12:15 pm Doha/New Delhi, March 25 : Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Thursday inaugurated ‘Passage to India’ an Indian comm ty festival in the Qatari capital. The festival is being organized by the Indian Cultural Centre in coordination with Qatar Museums, the Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) and the Indian Embassy … Read more

Verdict on Article 63-A will determine country’s future: Fawad

March 25, 2022, 12:11 pm Islamabad, March 25 : Pakistan’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry has said that the country’s future will be determined by the verdict of the apex court on the presidential reference seeking interpretation of Article 63-A of the Constitution, Express Tribune reported on Friday. Speaking to the media along … Read more