Sun, 28 Aug 2022 18:27:04
Ending speculation, the Congress on Sunday announced that elections for its president will be held on October 17 with the winner being declared two days later, asserting that it is the only party in the country which undertakes such a democratic exercise.
The party, which last held the election for the post in November 2000, has often faced criticism from the BJP over dynastic politics due to t
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Sun, 28 Aug 2022 18:25:02
Hitting out at China for its remarks on India's objection to the docking of its high-tech ship at Sri Lanka's Hambantota port, New Delhi on Saturday firmly told Beijing that what Colombo needs now is "support, not unwanted pressure or unnecessary controversies" to serve another country's agenda.
"We have noted the remarks of the Chinese Ambassador. His violation of basic diplomatic etiquette m
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Sun, 28 Aug 2022 18:22:07
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday claimed the BJP has started "weaving a new fabricated story" of corruption in the construction of Delhi government schools to target him after the CBI could not find anything against him in the excise policy case.
Addressing a press conference, he also claimed the BJP was bringing up such a 'fake story of corruption' under 'a conspiracy' to
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Sun, 28 Aug 2022 18:20:49
More than 130 former civil servants on Saturday wrote an open letter to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) against the premature release of 11 men who were jailed in the gangrape case of Bilkis Bano and requested him to rectify this "horrendously wrong decision".
They asked the CJI to rescind the order of remission passed by the Gujarat government and send the 11 persons convicted of gangrape and
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Sun, 28 Aug 2022 18:14:03
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said there have been conspiracies to defame Gujarat and stop investments to his home state.
Modi was addressing a rally after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of development works in Bhuj district ahead of Gujarat elections slated later this year.
There were conspiracies to defame Gujarat in the country and the world. Repeated attempts were
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Sun, 28 Aug 2022 18:11:52
At least six people, including two children, were killed and 24 others injured when a tractor-trolley in which they were travelling was hit by a tanker here on Sunday, police said.
The accident occurred at the Kichha-Khatima road near Sirsa outpost in the Bahedi area, they said.
A tractor-trolley carrying 35 people was going to Uttam Nagar gurdwara here from Uttrakhand's Sitarganj when it w
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Sun, 28 Aug 2022 18:09:05
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to make efforts to remove malnutrition while stressing that social awareness was a crucial aspect of this fight.
In his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast, Modi said the 'Amrit Dhara' of 'Amrit Mahotsav' marking 75 years of India's independence was flowing in all corners of the country in this month.
"On the special occasion of Amrit Mah
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Sun, 28 Aug 2022 18:07:20
The Supertech twin towers in Noida were demolished on Sunday, a year after the Supreme Court's direction to raze the illegally built structures to the ground.
The nearly 100-metre-high structures taller than Delhi's iconic Qutub Minar (73 metres) were brought to the ground in seconds literally like a house of cards by the 'waterfall implosion' technique, in a breathtaking spectacle of modern d
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Sun, 28 Aug 2022 18:05:46
The CPI(M) district committee office here came under attack from unidentified people early Saturday and the act was condemned by the Left leaders, including Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and LDF convener E P Jayarajan.
While senior Left leaders claimed it was RSS which was behind the attack, the district BJP leadership denied the allegation.
Condemning the attack, Vijayan said a public opi
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