New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal with women from purvanchal stages a protest against AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal in New Delhi, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025.Source : PTI Delhi Police on Monday detained Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal as she protested outside Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal's residence over the government's failure to clean the Yamuna River. Maliwal, accompanied by a group of women from Purvanchal, carried water collected from the Yamuna to Kejriwal's residen...Read More
Kochi, Feb 3 (PTI) The opposition Congress-led UDF on Monday intensified its criticism of Union Ministers George Kurian and Suresh Gopi over their recent controversial statements, calling their remarks "immature" and accusing BJP leaders like them of having contempt for Kerala. Addressing reporters here, the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, V D Satheesan, strongly criticised the "backward" remark made by Kurian, the Minister of State for Minorities and Fisheries, on Union Budget day,...Read More
Jaipur, Feb 3 (PTI) Rajasthan Agriculture Minister Kirodi Lal Meena will not attend the ongoing Budget Session of the state Assembly due to ill health, Speaker Vasudev Devnani said on Monday. Meena had sought permission to remain absent from the House due to health reasons. His request was approved on Monday, Devnani informed the House at the beginning of the Zero Hour. "I have to inform the House that Assembly member Kirodi Lal has sought permission to remain absent from the meetings of the H...Read More
New Delhi, Feb 03 : All India Kashmiri Samaj ( AIKS) led by its president Ravinder Pandita called on Kiren Rijiju, minister of minorities and Parliamentary affairs in New Delhi today. AIKS discussed and presented him a memorandum seeking minority status and benefits to minorities within the state. The minister said that it was irony that Kashmiri hindus are minorities in state but majority in union which is true with a few states more. He listened to the points raised by AIKS like constituting...Read More
New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) BJP Rajya Sabha member Kiran Choudhry on Monday accused AAP of turning Delhi into a "dirty slum", saying it was making excuses and blaming others for the bad state of affairs in the national capital. Initiating the discussion on the motion of thanks on the President's address in the Rajya Sabha, Choudhry said AAP has lost the faith of the people of Delhi. Without naming former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, she tore into APP leaders for using "condemnable terms" l...Read More
Rishikesh, Feb 3 (PTI) The compilation of data for the tiger census in Uttarakhand's Ramnagar Forest Division, adjoining the Corbett Tiger Reserve, is in its final stages, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Digant Nayak said. The collected data is being compiled into a database, which will be sent to the Chief Wildlife Warden of Uttarakhand, he said. In the 2022 tiger census, 67 tigers were recorded in the Ramnagar Forest Division -- the highest number reported in any forest division outside a de...Read More
New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) As the Delhi Assembly polls draw closer, AAP leader Satyendar Jain has said the people must decide whether they want to follow the governance model of developed nations like Sweden and France or end up like "failed states" such as Pakistan and Uganda. In an interview with PTI ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, Jain defended the AAP's welfare-driven policies, arguing that free healthcare, education and basic utilities are essential for national progress. "If we are wr...Read More
Kolkata, Feb 3 (PTI) Saraswati Puja celebrations were held at a law college in south Kolkata on Monday under police supervision upon orders of the Calcutta High Court. While the puja was performed on Sunday, a few related rituals were held in various schools, colleges, libraries and households across West Bengal on Monday before the immersion of the idols. Students at Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College joined in the rituals amid police presence as per directions of the high court. The court...Read More
New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Monday refused to hear a plea against the nomination of AAP candidate and Delhi minister Mukesh Kumar Ahlawat in the February 5 assembly elections. Justice Subramonium Prasad observed the petition was not maintainable. "How is this petition even maintainable in law? Either you challenge (his previous) election on whatever grounds ... this is not maintainable," said the court. The plea was then withdrawn by the petitioner. The petitioner, who liv...Read More
New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said people in Delhi will have to choose between education, development and women's upliftment on one side and "misconduct" on the other as they go out to vote on Wednesday. The Punjab CM led multiple roadshows on the last day of campaigning on Monday and encouraged people to vote for the Aam Aadmi Party on February 5 to sustain Delhi's development. Mann held roadshows in Adarsh Nagar and Shalimar Bagh to support AAP candidates Mukesh ...Read More
New Delhi, Feb 3 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Monday granted interim bail to expelled BJP leader and Unnao rape case convict Kuldeep Singh Sengar to undergo an eye surgery on February 4. A bench of Justices Yashwant Varma and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar suspended Sengar's sentence of life imprisonment and directed him to surrender before the jail authorities on February 5. In view of the reprieve given by the division bench, single judge Justice Vikas Mahajan extended the same relief to Senga...Read More
"Let the plaint be registered as a suit. Issue summons to the defendant (Tharoor). List before the joint registrar on April 28," said the court. In his suit, Chandrasekhar claimed Tharoor made false and defamatory statements at various public fora in April, 2024 that severely damaged his professional and personal reputation. Chandrasekhar has sought to restrain Tharoor from making any defamatory statements. While seeking a public apology, he sought Rs 10 crore in damages from Tharoor for alle...Read More
Ballia (UP), Jan 31 (PTI) A case has been registered against unknown persons in connection with the damage to the statue of famous freedom fighter Chittu Pandey in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia city, police said on Friday. Circle Officer (City) Gaurav Kumar said that a stick of the Chittu Pandey statue in Ballia was damaged by unknown miscreants three days ago. He added that a case has been registered at Ballia City Police Station and the matter is under investigation. Members of the Chittu Pandey M...Read More
Chandigarh/New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) In a fresh attack on AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on the Yamuna water quality issue, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday challenged him to drink the river's water at the Wazirabad point. He also accused Kejriwal of resorting to cheap politics to cover up his failures. "For the past decade, Kejriwal has forced the people of Delhi to drink contaminated water," Saini said. He presented water samples from both Haryana and Delhi to reporters at Yamu...Read More
CHENNAI: The stand-off between governor and govt came to a head on Friday with chief minister M K Stalin accusing R N Ravi of acting against his govt on every front. "He is blaming govt for everything. But that is good for us (DMK)," the CM told reporters here. The state govt last week accused the governor of "portraying Tamil Nadu as a bad state and speaking of Tamils as anti-nationals". Ravi on Thursday hit out at the govt for its choice of venue to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his death ...Read More
Mumbai: Maharashtra government on Thursday announced the launch of 'leopard safari' at Mumbai's Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP). Maharashtra cabinet minister Ashish Shelar inspected the SGNP. Mr. Shelar also adopted two lions -- Bharat and Bharati -- for a year. He has taken personal responsibility for their upkeep. The SNGP, which is spread over a 103 square kilometre area in Mumbai suburban district and part of Thane district, currently operates Lion and Tiger Safari for the wildlife lover...Read More
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Friday felicitated the Indian Army contingents and bands for their outstanding performances on Republic Day 2025 and the Beating Retreat Ceremony, said the Indian Army in a statement. Best Marching Contingent Award was clinched by the Jammu and Kashmir Rifles and the Jat Regiment secured the runner-up position. The award for Best Military Band was presented to the Ladakh Scouts Regimental Centre and 14 Gorkha Tra...Read More
Belagavi: It was a heart-rending scene at the Shahapur crematorium here on Friday morning with a pet dog shedding quiet tears as the last rites of Jyothi Hattarwath and her daughter Megha were performed by Jyothi's husband Deepak. The mother-daughter duo was among the four from Belagavi killed in the stampede at the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj on Wednesday. Sony, the canine, was too attached to Megha and hadn't eaten a morsel for the last two days, Deepak said. Jyothi and Megha's bodies reached Be...Read More
Chennai: Reacting for the first time to the fusillade of attacks on Dravidar Kazhagam (DK) founder, Periyar E V Ramasamy, by Naam Tamilar Katchi chief coordinator Seeman, in recent times, Chief Minister M K Stalin, said that he was did not have any respect for anyone denigrating Periyar, who was their leader and leader of all leaders. Speaking to the media after reviewing the ongoing work on the North Chennai Development Plan, Stalin said that he had not taken seriously anything spoken against ...Read More
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): With the Delhi assembly elections just days away, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, launched a sharp attack on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor, accusing Arvind Kejriwal of arriving in a "Wagon R" and heading straight to the parking lot of the "Sheesh Mahal," and further alleged that Kejriwal had "damaged" the infrastructure developed by former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. "He (Arvind Kejriwal) came in a wagon R and ...Read More
FEROZEPUR: A Bolero pickup and a canter collided in Punjab's near village Mohan's Utaad, near Guru Har Sahai, District Ferozepur in the early hours leaving 9 dead and 11 people injured. At the time of the tragic accident, Bolero pickup was carrying waiters to a catering event, going from Guru Har Sahai towards Jalalabad. While, the injured people were taken to the hospital by the police with the help of passersby, the bodies of the dead were found scattered on the road. Although the police is ...Read More
Agartala, Jan 31 (VOICE) Tripura has 73 per cent reserve forest cover and absorb huge carbon from the atmosphere, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said, adding that keeping this in mind, the state government has sought 20 per cent devolution of taxes in the forests and ecology category to the 16th Finance Commission, which is now visiting the state.The 16th Finance Commission headed by its Chairman Arvind Panagariya arrived in Tripura on Wednesday on a four-day visit to the state and held a ser...Read More
Kolkata: A Trinamool Congress worker was killed on Friday afternoon after he was shot before being thrashed with a piece of brick by unidentified assailants at Naihati in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, police said. He died on the spot primarily after he was hit by a bullet in his head, they said. "Santosh Yadav was passing by the Gauripur area when the crime took place. He managed to snatch away the revolver from the first attacker after the initial incident of firing. However, he c...Read More
New Delhi, Jan 31 (PTI) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Friday accused AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal of defaming his state of birth by levelling false allegations that the BJP government has mixed "poison" in the Yamuna water being supplied to Delhi. Addressing a public meeting in Timarpur in support of BJP candidate Surya Prakash Khatri, Saini said Kejriwal has failed to fulfil his promise of cleaning the Yamuna River. "Kejriwal has defamed his own state of birth Haryana by making t...Read More
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Seven MLAs of the Aam Aadmi Party resigned from the party on Friday, saying AAP has moved away from its original ideology of 'honesty' and its leadership has been tainted into several cases of 'corruption'. The MLAs who tendered their resignation are: Rohit Maharoliya from Trilokpuri, Madan Lal from Kasturba Nagar, Rajesh Rishi from Janakpuri, Bhavna Gaud from Palam, Bhupender Singh June from Bijwasan, and Pawan Kumar Sharma from Adarsh Nagar, Naresh Yadav (...Read More
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday demanded an immediate apology from the Opposition Congress over the remarks made by party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on President Droupadi Murmu and said those were insults for the people of Odisha and the Santal community. Majhi expressed his opinion on the ongoing debate over the alleged disrespect to the President through a long post on X. "Sonia Gandhi's comment, 'Poor lady President Murmu got tired at the end,' and Ra...Read More
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 31 (ANI): Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Friday highlighted the challenges of town planning amid rapid urbanisation, citing rising migration and increasing strain on city infrastructure. Speaking at an award function organised by the state's Urban Development and Urban Planning Department, Pawar pointed out that not only people from "Uttar Pradesh and Bihar" but also Bangladeshi immigrants are moving to Maharashtra's cities. Pawar projected ...Read More
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Friday, highlighted that the state lacks a single international-standard airport and the entire cost of its construction should be borne by the central government. Additionally, the Centre should also fully fund the construction of the Bhanupalli-Beri and Chandigarh-Baddi railway lines. Speaking informally to the media in Solan, about the 'poor condition' of the Solan-Parwanoo highway, CM Sukh...Read More
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The custody of children of CRPF constable Ravikant Verma was given to his elder brother Shivkumar by Misrod police. The bodies of Ravikant and his wife Sarita aka Renu were handed over to their family members after the post-mortem. Police officials said that children would remain under care of grandparents till both families reach an agreement over the issue and take some decision in this regard. At present, children are under care of paternal grandparents. Family of ...Read More
Chennai: In a bid to strengthen the organizational infrastructure of the Tamilaga Vetri Kazhagam (TVK) and to develop a robust campaign machinery, the party's founder president Vijay announced the names of 17 new key office-bearers for various wings with Adhav Arjuna, former deputy general secretary of the VCK, becoming the general secretary for campaign management on Friday. Apart from Adhav Arjuna, another known political leader who had been co-opted by Vijay is C T R Nirmal Kumar, a former B...Read More