Large numbers of devotees are thronging the Brajeshwari Devi temple here every day to pay obeisance and have glimpse of a 1,400 kg butter idol, temple official said Thursday. The 14 quintal butter idol, made by 18 priests, will remain on the ‘pindi’ or iconography of the goddess till Jan 20, temple official Pawan Patial […]
The BJP’s national executive and national council will meet for three days from Friday to chalk out a strategy for the Lok Sabha election. BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the national executive will meet Friday at the NDMC Convention centre here. He said the national council will meet Jan 18-19 at the Ramlila […]
The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the central government to place before it the guidelines that the screening committee followed in allocating coal blocks to applicants. “What were the guidelines followed by the screening committee? Whether guidelines were disclosed in the advertisement inviting applications for allocation of coal blocs,” asked a bench of Justice R.M.Lodha, Justice […]
The government Wednesday announced that it has decided to defer Rs.15,000 crore bond issue scheduled for Jan 17, a move seen to aimed at containing fiscal deficit. The finance ministry said in a statement that the bond issue has been deferred after taking into account the “Government of India’s cash position and funding requirement”. “It […]
Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Wednesday took a dig at the chaos at the ‘Janata Durbar’ of his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal and advised the AAP leader to take some lessons from him. Badal was addressing a gathering in Lohara village in his Lambi assembly constituency in Muktsar district, 250 km from here. “Kejriwal […]
A Delhi Police constable high on liquor who described Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal as “god” and tried to force his way into his apartment here has been arrested. Police here seized the constable Tuesday night for trying to get into the Girnar Tower where Kejriwal lives with his family. The constable, who was later […]
Rajeev Kher will be the new commerce secretary. Kher, a 1980 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, is currently special secretary in the commerce department. He will replace S.R. Rao, who retires Jan 31. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) Wednesday approved Kher’s new appointment.
Former Supreme Court judge Swatanter Kumar Wednesday filed a defamation case in the Delhi High Court against a law intern who has accused him of sexual harassment and demanded damages from a section of the media which reported the allegation. Justice Manmohan Singh reserved the order for Thursday morning after hearing the parties. “Till then […]
Condemning the rape of a 51-year-old Danish woman near the New Delhi railway station, ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) stressed the need for fast-track courts, and for bringing Delhi Police under the purview of the state government. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said he met Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung on the matter. “We both felt […]
The Congress has “clearly failed” to communicate with the people about its achievements, the party’s key advisor Sam Pitroda said Wednesday. “The Congress party clearly has failed to communicate with the people on its achievements. For eight years, we gave over eight percent average economic growth, transformed education… it was not an easy job, certainly […]