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The 'Charan Suhave Guru Charan Yatra', honoring Sikh devotion, was welcomed in Lucknow. CM Yogi Adityanath highlighted the Sikh Gurus' contributions to India's heritage, emphasizing sacrifice, service, and unity. The Yatra, marking 350 years since Guru Tegh Bahadur's martyrdom, promotes national pride and spiritual awakening. In a ceremonial reception in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath celebrated the arrival of the 'Charan Suhave Guru Charan Yatra', an embodiment of Sikh f ...Read More >
Cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar demanded swift punishment for the man who harassed the players. "You lock him up and throw the keys away. That's the only way such criminals should be treated," he told India Today TV channel. But Vijayvargiya, who looks after urban development and housing and parliamentary affairs in the state's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, seemed to put some of the onus on the players themselves to ensure they remained safe. "Whenever a player steps out, just like wh ...Read More >
Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Baby Rani Maurya Firozabad: Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Baby Rani Maurya had a close shave when a truck driver lost control over the vehicle and hit her car on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway on Friday night, an official said. The state women's welfare and child development minister was returning to Lucknow after attending programmes in Hathras when the incident occurred near the 56th kilometre mark in Firozabad, Sirsaganj's SDM Anivesh Kumar said. Around 8:40 p ...Read More >
Kolkata: Calling it a "historic victory for the people of Bengal", Trinamool on Monday hailed the Supreme Court's dismissal of a petition by the Centre challenging the Calcutta High Court's order to resume MGNREGA in the state after over three years. TMC said the SC order on the 100-day rural employment guarantee scheme was a "democratic slap on the face of those who believed Bengal could be bullied, coerced or silenced".TMC national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee pos ...Read More >
Jaipur: Singing the national anthem and national song daily will now be mandatory in all govt schools and offices under Rajasthan's education, Sanskrit education, and Panchayati Raj departments, cabinet minister Madan Dilawar announced Monday. Additionally, the state will implement a common uniform for all govt and private schools, effective from the next academic session, besides introducing uniforms for teachers. Attendance of officials and staff would also be recorded based on their participa ...Read More >
Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 25 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Minister for Women Welfare and Child Development, Baby Rani Maurya, narrowly escaped a road accident on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway on Friday night. The cabinet minister was travelling to Lucknow after attending various official programs in Hathras district when the incident occurred. The accident took place near the 56th kilometre mark in Firozabad district, where traffic from both sides of the highway was diverted onto a singl ...Read More >
Pune: Friction within Mahayuti's alliance partners, the BJP and Shiv Sena seems to be growing.Despite complaints from the BJP's Pune unit, Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena has backed its Pune chief, Ravindra Dhangekar by countering its Mahayuti partner and questioning criticism by its minister Ganesh Naik against Shinde.Dhangekar has been targeting senior BJP members from Pune, including cabinet minister Chandrakant Patil, Union minister of state for civil aviation and Pune's MP Murlidhar Mohol, and ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) Reacting to the declaration of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav as Mahagathbandhan Chief Ministerial candidate for the upcoming Bihar Assembly election, Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister and BJP leader Jaiveer Singh on Friday said the people of Bihar are "not in a mood to tolerate Lalu's family once again." Speaking to IANS, Jaiveer Singh said, "The entire state of Bihar witnessed what it was like 20 years ago -- the jungle raj, hooliganism, looting, and illegal land en ...Read More >
Addressing a public gathering of forest-dwelling communities in Vantangiya village, Adityanath inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for 133 development projects worth ₹49 crore. It was his ninth consecutive Diwali celebration with the Vantangiya villagers as chief minister. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday accused the previous Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) governments of denying the existence of Lord Ram and conspiring against his devotees. Addressing a public gathering of f ...Read More >
Surat: The number of MLAs from South Gujarat inducted into the state cabinet has risen to six, even as two MLAs from the region were dropped in the recent reshuffle. Among the new appointments, the elevation of Harsh Sanghavi to the post of deputy chief minister stood out as the most significant, bringing cheer to his supporters in Surat. Sanghavi, who has represented the Majura constituency in Surat since 2012, had been serving as minister of state for home since 2021 in the Bhupendra Patel gov ...Read More >
AYODHYA, Oct 20: In a dazzling display of devotion and national pride, the sacred city of Ayodhya marked this Diwali with a record-breaking Deepotsav celebration that lit up the ghats of the Saryu River and reignited political tempers across the spectrum. The city etched its name into the annals of history by setting two Guinness World Records -- 26.17 lakh earthen lamps (diyas) illuminated the riverbanks, while 2,128 devotees performed a synchronised aarti, creating a spectacle of spiritual fe ...Read More >
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Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday that India and Brazil have agreed to expand their partnership in oil exploration and production, with Indian upstream oil companies such as ONGC expected to participate in upcoming offshore projects in the Latin American country. New Delhi, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday that India and Brazil have agreed to expand their partnership in oil exploration and production, with Indian upstr ...Read More >
Ayodhya: In a dazzling display of devotion and national pride, the sacred city of Ayodhya marked this Diwali with a record-breaking Deepotsav celebration that lit up the ghats of the Saryu River and reignited political tempers across the spectrum. The city etched its name into the annals of history by setting two Guinness World Records -- 26.17 lakh earthen lamps (diyas) illuminated the riverbanks, while 2,128 devotees performed a synchronised aarti, creating a spectacle of spiritual fervour an ...Read More >
Following a major reshuffle-cum-expansion of his cabinet, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday allotted the important portfolios of home and industries to Harsh Sanghavi who has been elevated as deputy CM. IMAGE: Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat administers the oath to Gujarat deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi (left) during the swearing-in ceremony of the new Gujarat cabinet, in Gandhinagar, October 17, 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo Sanghvi was also given transport, sports and youth affairs a ...Read More >
Rajkot: At 34, Rivaba Jadeja on Friday became the youngest member of Gujarat's new council of ministers, taking over as minister of state for primary, secondary and adult education. The MLA for Jamnagar North is also the richest minister in the council, with assets worth Rs 97 crore declared in her election affidavit.The only child of businessman Hardevsinh Solanki and retired railway employee Prafullaba, Rivaba grew up in the University Road and Kothi Compound areas of Rajkot, where she attende ...Read More >
Gulchain Singh Charak, former minister and president of Dogra Sadar Sabha J&K, who spearheaded the campaign for preservation of Mubarak Mandi Heritage Complex, passed away on Friday, at the age of 83, after a prolonged illness . He is survived by his wife Surekha Charak, two sons--Dr Samar Dev Singh Charak, Gambhir Dev Singh Charak and two daughters. "My father passed away due to lung infection. We had shifted him to PGI Chandigarh on August 29 and he was under treatment. However, Charak Sahib ...Read More >
Panaji: Agriculture minister Ravi Naik, a two-time former chief minister, died early on Wednesday at 79. CM Pramod Sawant told TOI that Naik suffered a heart attack at home, and was shifted to a private hospital in Ponda, where he breathed his last. His body was then shifted to his Ponda residence, where people began streaming in to pay their last respects.He is survived by his wife, two sons, daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren. "A stalwart of Goan politics, his decades of dedicated servi ...Read More >
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 18 (ANI): The Additional Sessions Court in Pune has discharged Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MLA Jitendra Awhad of all charges related to the 2016 Fergusson College violence case, citing a lack of evidence. The order, passed by Additional Sessions Judge Aniruddha Subhash Gandhi on October 13, stated that there was "insufficient evidence to frame charges" against the legislator. The court also held that the earlier order of the Judicial Magistrate First Cla ...Read More >
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress leadership on Friday took a significant step towards politically rehabilitating former cabinet minister and Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee, who quit the party in 2018 and joined BJP a year later, making him the chairperson of New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA).Chatterjee, once considered close to Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee and is fondly called Kanan by her, is the first non-bureaucrat chairperson of NKDA since its inception in 2009.The Friday app ...Read More >
Chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday interacted with industrialists in Bengaluru, pitching Punjab as a preferred investment destination. The CM, during his interaction, said that since March 2022, Punjab has received investment proposals worth ₹1.23 lakh crore, which will generate employment for around 4.7 lakh youth. "Sectors such as food processing, textiles, auto components, hand tools, bicycles, IT, and tourism are positioning Punjab as a role model for other states. Tata's second-larg ...Read More >
Shimla: Debt-ridden Himachal Pradesh govt has gifted a hike in salaries and allowances of chief minister, cabinet ministers, vidhan sabha speaker and deputy speaker, and MLAs, besides pension of former MLAs, just days ahead of Diwali.The move -- expected to impose an additional recurring expenditure of nearly Rs 24 crore per year on the state exchequer -- comes after the state govt notified amendments to three key Acts following the governor's assent. The assembly passed the three bills -- Salar ...Read More >
Jaipur: One may call it a political exile for former CM of Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje, but it seems that when it comes to her home ground, she still holds the keys, as the BJP candidate named for the Anta by-election is known to be a Raje loyalist. The BJP has fielded Morpal Suman for the Anta Assembly seat by-election scheduled on November 11th. Anta is part of the Jhalawar-Baran Loksabha constituency represented by Vasundhra Raje's son, Dushyant Singh, while Raje herself is MLA from Jhalrapat ...Read More >
Lucknow, Oct 17 (PTI) Uttar Pradesh ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Asim Arun on Friday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi meeting the family of of Hariom Valmiki -- a Dalit lynched in Raebareli earlier this month -- was "political drama" and "political tourism", not genuine concern for the victims. In a post on 'X', Deputy Chief Minister Maurya wrote in Hindi, "Shri Rahul Gandhi ji, you should be ashamed. This is nothing but your photo-op programme." He said the government prioritised treati ...Read More >
Gandhinagar, Oct 17 (PTI) Following a major reshuffle-cum-expansion of his cabinet, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday allotted the important portfolios of Home and Industries to Harsh Sanghavi who has been elevated as Deputy CM. Sanghvi was also given Transport, Sports and Youth Affairs and Civil Aviation departments, an official release said in the evening. Earlier in the day, Bhupendra Patel inducted 19 fresh faces in his council of ministers and retained six from his previous ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi Assembly complex on Friday came alive with festive decorations and celebrations as Speaker Vijender Gupta extended Diwali wishes and urged people to celebrate the festival in an environment-friendly manner. Gupta said that Diwali is a festival that celebrates light, goodness, and new beginnings -- and it should also inspire responsibility towards our environment and society. He emphasised that while the city shines with festive lights, every citizen ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], October 17: The 7th edition of Windergy India 2025, the exclusive international trade fair and conference for the wind energy sector in the country, is scheduled to take place this October from 29-31 at the Chennai Trade Centre. As India is making giant strides in wind energy generation, the event brings unparalleled opportunities to connect, collaborate and shape the future of renewable energy. Also Read | 'Jatadhara' Trailer: Sudheer Babu Battle Sonakshi Sinha's Evil Dhana ...Read More >
The occasion also witnessed the formal inauguration of the Vidya Samiksha Kendra under Samagra Shiksha and the launch of a suite of new ICT and analytics platforms aimed at strengthening the education ecosystem in the Union territory. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday handed over regularisation orders to 863 contingent paid workers (CPWs) of the School Education Department from multiple districts of Jammu province. The occasion also witnessed the formal inauguration of ...Read More >
Jammu: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today handed over regularisation orders to 863 Contingent Paid Workers (CPWs) of the School Education Department from multiple districts of Jammu province, an official press release informed. It said the occasion also witnessed the formal inauguration of the Vidya Samiksha Kendra under Samagra Shiksha and the launch of a suite of new ICT and analytics platforms aimed at strengthening the education ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir. The ceremony was attended by ...Read More >
Initially, Gurugram Metro will run three-coach trains with a capacity of 975 passengers. As ridership increases, these will be expanded to six-coach trains, accommodating up to 2,004 passengers. The new Gurugram Metro project, connecting Millennium City Centre to Cyber Hub, is being designed for a high-frequency service and a top speed of 90 kmph. This project, which is being developed by Gurugram Metro Rail Limited (GMRL), aims to significantly reduce traffic congestion and travel time for the ...Read More >
Ajnala: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday handed over relief cheques worth Rs 5.70 crore to 631 flood victims in Amritsar district.Addressing a gathering during a function held to disburse cheques to the flood victims, Mann said on Sept 11, he had announced that after conducting girdawari (special survey), the compensation distribution would begin within 45 days. "Although the 45-day deadline ends on Oct 28, the state govt has started distributing compensation," he said.The CM said i ...Read More >
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