Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi Saturday met chief ministers, state unit presidents and AICC state members, asking them to strongly take up issues affecting people. He also got feedback regarding the party’s preparations for the Lok Sabha elections. The meeting, held a day after the All India Congress Committee (AICC) met here, was also attended […]
Trinamool Congress has nominated Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty as one of the five Rajya Sabha members to be elected from West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said here Saturday. “In our state, five Rajya Sabha members will be elected this time. One of these seats will be given to Mithun Chakraborty from All India Trinamool […]
President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday launched the pulse polio immunisation programme for 2014, administering pulse polio drops to six small children. Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who was also present at the function at Rashtrapti Bhavan, pointed out that in this round of the polio campaign, more than 17 crore children will be vaccinated, an […]
Goa Police have been directed by a trial court to file a First Information Report (FIR) against both the Congress and the BJP state units for illegally accepting Rs.5 crore each from a foreign-registered mining company, Vedanta. Vedanta Resources has a significant presence in the Goa mining sector. The order, passed Friday evening by Judicial […]
The army Saturday foiled another infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir. Just six days ago, an infiltration bid was foiled in this sector. A defence spokesman said: “At 8.30 a.m. today, alert troops in the Krishna Ghati-Mendhar sector foiled an infiltration bid by three […]
The Indian Army Friday conveyed its concern to Pakistan about an attempted infiltration into India in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir Jan 13, a defence spokesman said. A flag meeting was held at the brigade commander level between the Indian and the Pakistan Army at Chakan-Da-Bagh crossing point on the Line of Control (LoC) […]
Over 100 kg of brown sugar was Friday seized by police and customs officials from a cross-LoC (Line of Control) trade consignment in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The value of the contraband has been estimated at over Rs.100 crore in the international market. The brown sugar was discovered hidden under a […]
Slamming the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) for its “involvement in scams”, Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Gurudas Dasgupta Friday dubbed the centre’s economic policies as “terrorism”. “UPA’s economic terrorism has ruined the lives of the common people in the country,” Dasgupta said while addressing a party meet here. Slamming the coalition over several […]
The Supreme Court Friday declined a plea by a Gujarat cadre IAS officer Pradeep Sharma for the court’s nod to travel abroad to meet his family who are American citizens. Sharma had alleged he was being targeted by the state administration over a CD row. Counsel Prashant Bhushan appearing for Sharma told the bench of […]
India and Sri Lanka Friday continued the exchange of jailed fishermen ahead of talks between fishing communities of the two nations here Jan 20. A statement by the Tamil Nadu government said 121 Indian fishermen were released by Sri Lanka Friday. They would reach home in a couple of days. India on its part released […]