Uttarkhand Governor K.K. Paul on Saturday asked Chief Minister Harish Rawat to prove his majority by March 28 even as the BJP sought dismissal of the minority Congress government while opposition parties accused it of horse-trading. Rawat claimed he that he had a majority and would prove it on the floor of the house while […]
New Delhi, Focusing on rural economy and infrastructure with minor rebate for small taxpayers but amnesty for defaulters, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday unveiled a Rs.19.78 lakh crore ($300 billion) budget for 2016-17, earmarking more money for health, literacy and roads. The focus on rural economy and the promise to double the income of […]
New York, Republican front-runner Donald Trump late on Saturday won the South Carolina Republican primary. The victory is seen as a tremendous show of strength in the heart of the Deep South that validates his status as the GOP’s national front-runner, CNN reported. Trump’s win, following his victory in New Hampshire earlier this month and […]
Patna, Amid a political furore over JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar’s arrest, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday asked the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to explain their definition of ‘desh-drohi’ (anti-national). “One week has passed (since Kanhaiya’s arrest) but government agencies concerned have failed to come out with evidence against Kanhaiya. Is it […]
New Delhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to use ‘nationalism’ to create a ‘fear psychosis’, and said it was wrong to dub JNU as “a terrorist centre”. In a letter to Modi, Kejriwal urged the prime minister to act against “lumpen and anarchist elements” like Delhi BJP […]
New Delhi, The BJP on Tuesday won four seats and the Congress two as the ruling NDA bettered the opposition in by-elections for 12 seats held across eight states three days ago. Uttar Pradesh’s ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) was the worst sufferer. The SP lost two of the three seats it held in Uttar Pradesh […]
Lucknow, The BJP on Tuesday demanded that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav sack his minister Azam Khan for his “baseless allegations” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi met underworld don Dawood Ibrahim in Pakistan. Azam Khan, the state parliamentary affairs minister, has alleged that during his brief stopover in Pakistan in December last year, Modi […]
Kathmandu, Nepal’s former prime minister Sushil Koirala, who died on Tuesday, epitomised the adage “simple living, high thinking”, visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said. Koirala, president of the Nepali Congress, died in the early hours of Tuesday at his Maharajgunj residence in Kathmandu. Sushma Swaraj signed a condolence message on behalf of the […]
Paldev (Madhya Pradesh), The government is considering a policy whereby the contractors assigned to clean the Ganga river will maintain it as well, union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday. “We are considering a policy whereby the contractors hired for cleaning the river will also maintain it for 10 years,” Javadekar told IANS here. […]
Paradip (Odisha), Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday dedicated to the nation a 15-million tonnes a year refinery of the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) here, and expressed regrets over delay in execution of different projects. “Projects are marred by delays due to legal and tender processes and local agitations, resulting in cost overruns to […]