Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his three Cabinet colleagues continued their sit-in protest at the Lt Governor’s (LG) office on Friday despite no response from the Centre. Kejriwal, along with Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and Cabinet ministers Satyendar Jain and Gopal Rai, has been camping in the Raj Niwas — the official accommodation-cum-office […]
A major spurt in prices of manufactured items, food and fuels pushed India’s wholesale price index (WPI) for May to 4.43 per cent, higher than the 3.18 per cent recorded in April, 2018, and 2.26 per cent registered in May last year, the Commerce Ministry’s data showed on Thursday. Earlier this week, Central Statistics Office […]
In a breather to Tamil Nadu’s AIADMK government led by Chief Minister K.Palaniswami, the Madras High Court on Thursday gave a split verdict in the case of disqualification of 18 rebel MLAs. Chief Justice Indira Banerjee upheld the disqualification ordered by Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal while Justice M. Sundar held the Speaker’s decision […]
The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission (MERC) on Thursday concluded its hearing on the proposed stake sale of Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra)’s Mumbai power business to Adani Transmission, and the regulator’s order is expected in the next few weeks, according to a RInfra statement. Earlier this year, RInfra received the shareholders’, as well as the fair trade […]
India on Thursday rejected as “fallacious, tendentious and motivated” the first ever report on human rights in Kashmir released by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (OHCHR). “India rejects the report. It is fallacious, tendentious and motivated. We question the intent in bringing out such a report,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh […]
In a breather to the AIADMK government, the Madras High Court on Thursday gave a split verdict in the case of disqualification of 18 rebel-AIADMK MLAs. Chief Justice Indira Banerjee upheld the disqualification of the 18 legislators ordered by Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal while companion judge Justice M. Sundar held that the Speaker’s […]
At least 17 people were killed and over 30 others injured in a road accident in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri district on Wednesday, police said. The accident took place near the Etawah cut on the Agra-Lucknow Expressway when the driver of the private double-decker bus apparently dozed off, causing the to overturn and hit the divider. […]
As the sit-in protest by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his three Cabinet colleagues at the Lt. Governor’s office here entered its third day on Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia launched an indefinite hunger strike. Kejriwal, Sisodia, Jain and Gopal Rai has been camping in the Raj Niwas, the official accommodation-cum-office of Lt. […]
Four BSF troopers, including an Assistant Commandant, were killed and three others injured on Wednesday in ceasefire violation by Pakistan Rangers on the international border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Assistant Commandant Jatinder Singh, Sub-Inspector Rajnish Kumar, ASI Ram Niwas and Constable Hans Raj were killed in unprovoked shelling and firing […]
Voting began in Bengaluru south’s Jayanagar Assembly constituency on Monday amid tight security, an election official said. “Voting began at 7 a.m. across the 216 polling booths,” he added. Polling in the seat was countermanded following the death of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) contestant B.N. Vijaya Kumar on May 4. The BJP nominated Kumar’s younger […]