Rahul will interact with farmers, students, women and pedestrians during the two-hour drive between the two towns. The Assam unit of the Congress is working overtime to organise a massive rally to be addressed by party vice-president Rahul Gandhi here next week. Rahul is set to tour the state on February 25 and 26. “We are organising a series of programmes for Rahul Gandhi […]
Jammu, Feb 19 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly Wednesday witnessed an ugly scene when an opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) legislator slapped a marshal of the house. PDP legislators raised a hue and cry in the assembly Wednesday alleging that the state government was trying to protect the sexual assault accused former minister against […]
Los Angeles, Feb 19 (IANS) Singer-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham says she never shaves her legs using razor. The 39-year-old says that she abandoned tiresome shaving for a more hi-tech method of hair removal, reports dailystar.co.uk. “I don’t shave my legs. I got laser (treatment) which is amazing. You can go back for little touch-ups if you […]
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) A benchmark index of the Indian equities market was trading flat in Wednesday’s late afternoon trade session as metal and automobile stocks declined. The 30-scrip sensitive (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 20,643.85 points, was trading at 20,696.39 points around 2.00 p.m., up 62.18 points or 0.30 […]
Patna, Feb 19 (IANS) Delhi-based Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Banaras Hindu University (BHU) are keen to open their centres in Bihar, state Education Minister P.K. Shahi Wednesday said. “JNU’s official has informed us that they will open a centre in Bihar after permission from the union human resource ministry,” Shahi said. Shahi said he had […]
New Delhi, Feb 18 The live telecast of the Lok Sabha proceedings was disrupted Tuesday soon after the house started discussing the bill to create a separate Telangana state. While a parliament official said it was due to a “technical problem”, the opposition termed it a planned “tactical glitch”. “They say the blackout of Lok […]
New Delhi, Feb 18 A day after president’s rule was imposed in the national capital, Delhi Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung Tuesday directed government officials to continue the anti-corruption helpline launched by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government. In a meeting convened at the Raj Niwas, Jung directed government officials that the anti-corruption campaign should continue […]
New Delhi/Hyderabad, Feb 18 Amid pandemonium and a television blackout of the proceedings, the Lok Sabha Tuesday passed a bill to carve out a Telangana state out of Andhra Pradesh, triggering joy in the Telangana region and protests elsewhere in the southern state. The Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill was passed by voice vote in the face […]
New Delhi Forty-nine days after he took charge of a minority Delhi government, Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal resigned following a tumultuous day in the assembly where combined Congress and BJP legislators “defeated” his AAP’s attempts to introduce its signal Jan Lokpal bill aimed to curb corruption in high places. After resigning from his post, Kejriwal, 45, […]
New Delhi/Hyderabad Brushing aside opposition from some Congress ministers from Andhra Pradesh, the union cabinet gave its nod to a bill to form a Telangana state even as parliament was plunged into chaos for a third straight day. The approval for the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Bill came at a two-hour cabinet meeting held at Prime Minister Manmohan […]