PATNA: In what may create a new force in Bihar politics, Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor (PK) has decided to contest bypolls for four assembly seats in central-south region, where RJD-led grand alliance fared well in Lok Sabha elections.PK, who has been on a “padyatra” for two years, will officially launch Jan Suraaj as a…
PUNE: BJP‘s Maharashtra unit on Tuesday demanded that Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi ‘do penance’ for Jawaharlal Nehru‘s statement “insulting Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj”.“Rahul Gandhi should come to Maharashtra and apologise for Jawaharlal Nehru’s statement that insulted Shivaji Maharaj by calling him a misguided patriot and a treacherous plunderer,” the party’s chief spokesperson Keshav Upadhye…
NEW DELHI: Government has included enactment of Uniform Civil Code among the terms of reference of the 23rd Law Commission, further amplifying its intent to bring about uniformity among laws of different communities regarding marriage, divorce, guardianship, maintenance and inheritance.As per the terms of reference notified on Monday, the Law Commission is to “examine the…
JAIPUR: Politics of colour is back in the education department. Rajasthan education minister Madan Dilawar said on Tuesday that the colour of bicycles being distributed to girls in govt schools will again be changed to saffron from black. Dilawar said that earlier saffron-coloured cycles were distributed, but the previous Congress govt had changed it to…
KOLKATA: In the dead of the night at 3.45 am on Tuesday, doctors who were at a sit-in demonstration on BB Ganguly Street stood up and began singing the National Anthem. Some 300 policemen who were also present stood up as well and joined them. Though everyone stands whenever ‘Jana Gana Mana’ is sung, the…
NEW DELHI: The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) on Tuesday approved a new eye drops to help remove reading glasses. The Mumbai-based drugmaker, Entod Pharmaceuticals announced that it had received a final approval for PresVu eye drops and plans to introduce it in the domestic market in the first week of October. The approval…
NEW DELHI: Ministry of home affairs on Tuesday notified that the President has delegated Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena the power to form and appoint members to any authority, board, commission, or statutory body under laws enacted by Parliament for the national capital. In a gazette notification, the ministry of home affairs said,”In pursuance…
Nepal’s central bank is moving forward with plans to print new banknotes featuring a revised map that incorporates disputed territories with India within the next year, a media report said on Tuesday.Striving to include areas like Kalapani, Lipulekh, and Limpiyadhura, the Nepal Rashtra Bank has started this process, according to joint spokesperson Dilliram Pokharel.This effort…
NEW DELHI: India’s medal hopes will rest on the track and field athletes and the para powerlifters on the seventh day at the Paris Paralympics on Wednesday. Archer Harvinder Singh, along with shooters Nihal Singh and Rudransh Khandelwal, will also be competing.Following is the India schedule on Day 7 of the competitions in the Paris…
NEW DELHI: The bodies of two Indian Coast Guard (ICG) jawans were recovered from the Arabian Sea late on Tuesday evening, following an emergency landing of an ICG Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) in the sea late Monday night. One crew member had been rescued earlier, while one is still missing.The helicopter, which had recently played…
