Lucknow/IBNS: Uttar Pradesh MLC Swami Prasad Maurya on Tuesday quit former state Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party (SP) just ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, media reports said.
Hyderabad/UNI: The Telangana BJP has announced the initiation of the 'Vijaya Sankalpa Yatra' throughout the state of Telangana, aiming to achieve a dual objective: bolstering support for Narendra Modi in Telangana ahead of the upcoming elections and exposing the Congress party's alleged hypocrisy in the state, particularly in failing to fulfill critical electoral promises.
Kolkata/IBNS: Upholding its single-bench order, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday allowed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs Suvendu Adhikari and Shankar Ghosh to visit violence-hit Sandeshkhali in West Bengal after they were stopped by police in Dhamakhali in the morning.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Suvendu Adhikari was stopped from entering Sandeshkhali for the third time despite the Calcutta High Court order in his favour.
Kolkata/IBNS: A six-member Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) team comprising Leader of Opposition and MLA Suvendu Adhikari are heading to West Bengal's Sandeshkhali, where women have alleged to have been sexually harassed by local Trinamool Congress leaders.
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore and Spain have emerged as the world's most powerful passports, as per the latest data released on the Henley Passport Index.
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: The Calcutta High Court on Monday said that West Bengal Leader of the Opposition and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari could visit areas of Sandeshkhali where prohibitory orders Section 144 CrPC has not been extended.
New Delhi/UNI: Chairman of the French Senate Gerard Larcher, along with a delegation of five other Senators, is in India on a two-day official visit to enhance bilateral ties and parliamentary cooperation, the French Embassy in India said on Monday.
New Delhi/IBNS: The borders around Delhi are likely to witness another round of showdown starting Wednesday as protesting farmers have rejected the Centre's proposal of a five-year contract to buy pulses, maize, and cotton at the old minimum support price.
New Delhi/UNI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday claimed that a serious constitutional crisis is emerging in the national capital as officers are refusing to work because they are being threatened and coerced by the BJP.
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The Supreme Court Monday, while granting temporary relief to the Sharad Pawar faction, allowed it to use the name 'Nationalist Congress Party-Sharad Chandra Pawar' till further orders for the upcoming Rajya Sabha election scheduled to be held on Feb 27.
Kabul/IBNS/UNI: At least 25 people have been killed and 10 others injured in a landslide in the eastern Afghan province of Nuristan, Khaama Press reported on Monday, citing the country's Ministry of Disaster Management.
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: Lashing out at the Returning Officer (RO) for the Chandigarh Mayoral election, who could be seen defacing the ballot papers on video to influence the poll results, the Supreme Court Mondy asked, why he had made marks (ticks and x marks) on the ballot papers when he was tasked to count.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government for allegedly deactivating Aadhaar cards targeting people belonging to specific communities, media reports said.
Lucknow/UNI: Referring to the decision to confer Bharat Ratna to former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the honour of Chaudhary Saheb, the son of the soil of Uttar Pradesh, is the honour of crores of hardworking farmers in the country.
Lucknow/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the picture of Uttar Pradesh has changed in the last seven years during the tenure of the double engine government of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the red tape culture prevalent here for decades has today transformed into red carpet culture.
The Australian government has said it will participate in Exercise Milan 24 this month in a bid to deepen its relationship with India.
Indian PM Narendra Modi on Sunday wished Indonesia's newly-elected president Prabowo Subianto and said his nation is looking forward to further strengthening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two nations.
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday busted a gang of human traffickers with the arrest of four persons.
The Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve authority in Arunachal Pradesh apprehended one person for illegal possession of barking deer meat, official sources said on Monday.
After arriving at Singapore on 12 February 2024, the Sarang Helicopter Display Team of the Indian Air Force (IAF) conducted its first practice display on 18 February 2024.
Sambhal/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the 'new India' is imbibing the mantra of heritage along with development.
New Delhi/IBNS: The central government's five-year plan on Minimum Support Plan (MSP) has prompted the farmers from the neighbouring states of Delhi to halt their protests temporarily, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Monday put a hold on the Lok Sabha panel's summons to West Bengal top officials on a complaint filed by parliamentarian and state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sukanta Majumdar, media reports said.
Indian PM Narendra Modi will visit Jammu on Tuesday where he will dedicate to the nation and lay the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over Rs 30,500 crore.
Police have traced the missing girl and reunited her with the family in Bari Brahmana area of Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir.
Renowned Digambar Jain monk Acharya Vidyasagar passed away in this district’s Dongargarh on Sunday following a brief illness.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted one more accused in a case related to the revival of the proscribed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Sri Lanka and India.
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Jammu, the top security brass on Sunday went into a huddle in this capital city.
A local court in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Sunday gave an eight-day police remand to arrested TMC leader Shibu Prasad Hazra, one of the three prime accused in the alleged mass sexual assault and grabbing of tribal people's land cases in trouble-torn Sandeshkhali.
