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Bengaluru: Responding to scathing attacks against him by Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and State Congress President D.K. Shivakumar said on Tuesday that he is ready to engage an open debate with the Union Minister. "Union Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy is indulging only in hit-and-run politics against me. There must be an end to this. Let the media provide a suitable platform. I am ready to hold an open debate with Kumaraswamy," Shiva ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: After four days of relentless downpours, Telangana is expected to have a brief respite on Monday, with no rainfall alerts issued. However, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) placed the state under a yellow alert for thunderstorms. IMD data showed that Papannapet in Medak district received the heaviest 24-hour rainfall at 10.6 cm, followed by Manoor in Sangareddy with 9.28 cm and Nallabelly in Warangal at 9.15 cm. The statewide average rainfall for the day stood at 7.3 mm, nota ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In what could mark a thaw in the strained relationship between the government and the governor, Pinarayi Vijayan shared a stage with Rajendra Arlekar at the Raj Bhavan on Sunday. The chief minister, who was attending a ceremony to mark the release of the inaugural edition of Raj Bhavan's in-house journal, 'Rajahams', exchanged friendly gestures with Arlekar. The event, which was notable for the fact that it was Pinarayi's first visit to the governor's official residence aft ...Read More >
Chandigarh: After weeks of flood devastation, Punjab chief minister, Bhagwant Singh Mann, set a festive deadline for recovery, promising all compensation disbursed by Diwali, on Oct 21. With boosted payouts for homes, crops and livestock, he framed the plan as the most generous in the country, though the state continues to spar with the Centre over disaster relief funds.Mann announced a record ₹20,000 per acre for crop losses, promising assessments by mid-Sept and payments within weeks. Framing ...Read More >
CHANDIGARH: A day after being discharged from the hospital after about six days, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today said that the state government will ensure compensation to all flood victims across the state within 45 days. Striking an emotional chord with the public, he said he is not the Mukh Mantri of Punjab but the Dukh Mantri. Chairing a high-level meeting at his official residence, CM Mann said that a few days ago, he had announced that his government would give the highest compe ...Read More >
Chandigarh: Jagdeep Dhankhar, who resigned as Vice-President in July for health reasons, has moved into the South Delhi farmhouse of a prominent political ally, the family of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Abhay Singh Chautala. Dhankhar's relocating to the Chautala residence at Chhatarpur highlights a long-standing political and personal relationship. He has often credited the late deputy prime minister Devi Lal, a key figure in the Chautala family, as his political mentor. "We have share ...Read More >
Guwahati: Former Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar has made an unconventional move by shifting to the Delhi farmhouse of INLD leader Abhay Chautala on Monday, bypassing the long-standing tradition of former constitutional officeholders being allotted official government accommodation. Despite owning private residences in and around the NCR, Dhankhar opted for Chautala's farmhouse, reportedly citing security considerations, according to News18. Upon arrival, he received a reception at Chautala's b ...Read More >
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta faced an attack during a Jan Sunvai event. The incident drew condemnation from various political figures. AAP leader Atishi stressed the importance of non-violence in democracy. Delhi BJP President Virendraa Sachdeva also condemned the attack. Delhi Congress chief Devender Yadav raised concerns about the CM's security. Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly, Atishi, on Wednesday condemned the attack on Chief Minister Rekha Gupta. Taking to X, Atishi said that t ...Read More >
New Delhi/Bhopal, Aug 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Parliament on Monday during his visit to the national capital. During the meeting, Yadav apprised the Prime Minister of the state's ongoing welfare and development projects, including the PM MITRA Park in Dhar and the Bhopal Metro, slated for launch later this year, probably in October. PM Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the country's first PM MITRA Park in Dhar on Augu ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday inaugurated the Amrit Udyan Summer Annuals Edition 2025. The iconic gardens will be open to the public from August 16 to September 14. Visitors can explore the gardens daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with the last entry at 5.15 p.m. The Udyan will remain closed on Mondays for maintenance. Entry is free but requires prior registration, either online via the Rashtrapati Bhavan website or at Self-Service Kiosks placed outside G ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): The Delhi High Court briefly heard a petition filed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), seeking a directive to the central government to allot residential accommodation in the national capital to its national convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister, Arvind Kejriwal.On Wednesday, Justice Sachin Datta scheduled the matter for a detailed hearing on August 25, placing it at the top of the court's board.Representing AAP, Senior Advocate Rahul Mehra argued that under the ...Read More >
Thane, Aug 14 (PTI) A fire broke out at a cafe located in a multi-storey residential building in Maharashtra's Thane city early Thursday morning, following which 35 persons were evacuated from the structure, officials said. No casualty has been reported as of now, Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi said. The blaze erupted in the Parsik Cafe located on the ground floor of the six-storey building at Kharegaon in Kalwa (West), he said. The disaster managemen ...Read More >
BJP's Malviya said that Sonia's name appeared in the voter list three years before she officially became an Indian citizen. BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya hit out at the opposition's protest over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar and alleged that former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi herself "violated" electoral law back in the 1980s. In a detailed post on X, along with a photocopy of an extract from the electoral rolls of 1980, Malviya said that Sonia's name appeared in the voter list ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): The credit-to-deposit ratio in Indian banks has stayed below 80 per cent as credit offtake in the country continues to lag, according to a report by CareEdge Ratings. The report highlighted that while both credit offtake and deposit growth have increased sequentially, they remain significantly lower than the levels seen last year. Deposits continued to outpace credit offtake in the current fortnight, leading to a narrowing of the credit-deposit gap. It state ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Wednesday launched a counterattack on the Congress, questioning its alleged attempt at 'vote-chori' by reportedly seeking inclusion of Sonia Gandhi's name in the electoral roll years before she was granted Indian citizenship. In response to the Congress's criticism of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) system and its allegations of electoral malpractice, BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya took to 'X' (formerly Twitter), saying, "Sonia Gandhi's tryst with India's voters' list ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: BJP on Wednesday sought to turn the tables on Congress over the latter's campaign against alleged "vote theft" by making the serious charge that Sonia Gandhi got herself enrolled twice as a voter without renouncing her Italian citizenship."Sonia Gandhi's name entered the electoral rolls twice without meeting the basic citizenship requirement - first as an Italian citizen in 1980, and then again in 1983, months before she legally became a citizen of India. We are not even asking why it ...Read More >
Lucknow: As India celebrates its 79th year of Independence, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launched the state's 'Har Ghar Tiranga' campaign on Tuesday from his official residence in Lucknow. He led a Tiranga Yatra through the streets, accompanied by cabinet colleagues and public representatives, including Deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak. The campaign, which runs from August 13-15, is a tribute to freedom fighters and brave soldiers. Before the march, the Chief Minister intera ...Read More >
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday constituted a three-member committee to investigate allegations of misconduct against Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma. The panel will be headed by Supreme Court judge Justice Aravind Kumar, with Madras High Court Chief Justice Manindra Mohan Shrivastava and jurist B V Acharya as members. The decision follows an in-house inquiry report that found Justice Varma guilty in connection with the "cash discovery" incident at his officia ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): The Lok Sabha on Tuesday accepted a motion to extend the tenure for the Joint Parliamentary Committee report on the One Nation, One Election Bill. The extension will allow the committee to submit its findings by the first day of the last week of the Winter Session in 2025. The motion was moved by PP Chaudhary, Chairman of the One Nation, One Election Panel. He requested the House to allow the JPC more time to present the report on the Constitution (One Hundr ...Read More >
The Congress party will support a motion against Justice Yashwant Varma in the Lok Sabha, prompted by former CJI Sanjiv Khanna's recommendation for his removal following the discovery of burnt banknotes at his residence. Jairam Ramesh emphasized the need for a proper investigation into the matter. The Congress will support and its MPs will be among the signatories to the motion to be brought against Justice Yashwant Varma in the Lok Sabha, senior party leader Jairam Ramesh said on Friday, asser ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Indian equity indices opened lower on Friday as heavyweights like Axis Bank and Bharti Airtel were among the top losers in the BSE benchmark. At 9.25 am, Sensex was down 171 points or 0.21 per cent at 82, 087 and Nifty was down 35 points or 0.14 per cent at 25, 075. In the Sensex pack, M&M, Tata Steel, Power Grid, L&T, UltraTech Cement, Infosys, Tata Motors, BEL, NTPC, TCS, Trent and Maruti Suzuki were top gainers. Axis Bank, Bharti Airtel, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Tech Mahindr ...Read More >
New Delhi: Allahabad High Court judge Justice Yashwant Varma has approached the Supreme Court, challenging the in-house committee's report that indicted him following the recovery of a large sum of unaccounted cash from his official residence in Delhi. The development comes amid reports that the Centre is preparing to introduce an impeachment motion in Parliament seeking Justice Varma's removal from office. In his plea, Justice Varma has questioned the constitutional validity of the recommenda ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Mizoram Chief Minister Pu Lalduhoma met Prime Minister Narendra Modi today at his official residence in New Delhi, during which several key issues concerning the development of Mizoram were discussed. CM Office Mizoram X account posted pictures form the met and wrote, 'Chief Minister Shri @Lal_Duhoma met Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi in New Delhi today and discussed key development issues of Mizoram.' The Chief Minister raised important matters inc ...Read More >
Balasore, July 14 (UNI) The National Commission for Women (NCW) has directed the Odisha Director General of Police (DGP) to conduct a fair and time-bound investigation into the attempted self-immolation of a college girl in Balasore. The NCW has also sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) within three days. NCW chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar took cognisance of the incident, in which a 20-year-old student of Fakir Mohan (FM) Autonomous College allegedly set herself ablaze after facing sexual harassme ...Read More >
Lucknow: BSP national president Mayawati on Sunday said that the dispute and violence happening over language all over the country, especially in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, is "dangerous"."Mumbai is the economic capital of the country, with which people from all states have a direct contact. The govt must guarantee the safety of people's lives, property, and religion. The central govt should also take interest in this," she saidShe added that such disputes take place when narrow politics of rel ...Read More >
Srinagar: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said that the "unelected nominees of New Delhi locked up the elected representatives" of the people of Jammu and Kashmir after prominent leaders from ruling and opposition parties were not allowed to leave their houses to prevent them from visiting the graveyard of 1931 martyrs here. Though CM Omar was not in the town and reached here in the afternoon from Delhi, he posted on X likening July 13, 1931 incident to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, "th ...Read More >
Srinagar, Jul 13 (PTI) Prominent leaders, including from ruling and opposition parties, were placed under "house arrest" in Srinagar on Sunday to prevent them from visiting the martyrs' graveyard to pay tributes to the 22 people killed by the Dogra army in 1931, a move termed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as "blatantly undemocratic". The detentions, which were not officially confirmed by police or the administration, were widely reported by leaders who posted videos and pictures showing their ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], July 12 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu flagged off a 20-member Indian contingent from his official residence for the Shitokai Goju-Ryu Karate Championship being held in Osaka, Japan, from July 15-23. The Chief Minister extended his best wishes to the team and said that it is a proud moment for the country as the athletes prepare to represent India on an international platform. He said, as quoted from a release by CMO HP, ...Read More >
Patna: CM Nitish Kumar on Friday disbursed the first instalment of the enhanced social security pension - Rs 1,100 per month - directly to the bank accounts of over 1.11 crore beneficiaries across the state, including senior citizens, widows and people with disabilities.A total of more than Rs 1,227 crore was transferred under six different pension schemes during a function held at the chief minister's official residence here.The increase in pension - from Rs 400 to Rs 1,100 per beneficiary - ha ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday claimed that there was no waterlogging in the national capital following heavy rain in Delhi-NCR from Wednesday night. CM Rekha Gupta said, 'We are solving the backlog of the last 27 years of Delhi one by one. Even after such heavy rains, there was no waterlogging in Delhi.' She added that there was no waterlogging at Minto Bridge, which made headlines in the media every monsoon. 'It was a trend for a picture of a ...Read More >
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