Hemant Soren (File photo) RANCHI: Jharkhand government raised the farm loan waiver from Rs 50,000 to Rs 2 lakh a farmer on Thursday and benefitted around 1.77 lakh farmers the same day.“Farmers are the backbone of the country. They battle financial constraints and weather vagaries to produce food. We have been working to help ‘annadatas’,”…
NEW DELHI: With just days left for Haryana polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday sought to enthuse the BJP cadre saying that the party would get a third term in the state as people realise that its two previous ones marked a break from the corruption which had become the hallmark of the Congresss…
BENGALURU: Congress government in Karnataka withdrew Thursday “general consent” to CBI for any new probe against public servants in the state on the ground that the agency was biased. The step coincides with BJP‘s clamour for a CBI probe into Mysore Urban Development Authority land-allotment case involving CM Siddaramaiah‘s wife. “It’s clear central government isn’t…
JAMMU: Union home minister Amit Shah cautioned Thursday that electing candidates from the NC-Congress alliance and PDP in the ongoing J&K assembly elections would play into Pakistan’s hands. “If they get elected, Pakistan will celebrate,” he said, addressing a BJP campaign rally at Chenani in Udhampur district for the third and final phase of polling…
NEW DELHI: Department-related standing committees of Parliament were announced on Thursday. The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) B Mahtab will now helm the panel on finance. Crucial committees of external affairs will be chaired by Congress‘ Shashi Tharoor and home will be lead by BJP’s Radha Mohan Das Agarwal.BJP’s Radha Mohan Singh will head defence committee,…
NEW DELHI: Former Delhi deputy CM and AAP leader Manish Sisodia launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP on Thursday, accusing them of “killing democracy” in the Delhi Municipal Corporation. Sisodia’s remarks came in response to an order from Delhi LG VK Saxena, directing the immediate completion of the election…
NEW DELHI: The Congress, which had vehemently opposed the “display nameplate” diktat for eateries on the route of Kanwar Yatra by BJP-led Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments, finds itself in an embarrassing situation with party’s minister in Himachal Pradesh Vikramaditya Singh announcing a similar proposal for the state. Vikramaditya Singh, who is the state public…
NEW DELHI: National Conference, Congress and Jammu and Kashmir‘s People’s Democratic Party are responsible for terrorism spread in the union territory, Union home minister Amit Shah said on Wednesday.While addressing a rally in Udhampur, Amit Shah alleged that if NC-Congress alliance come to power then they would impose Pakistan’s agenda.“The whole world is watching these…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday lashed out at Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren for comparing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to “rats,” asserting that the organization consists of “Hindu lions” working to restore the glory of Sanatan dharma. The BJP accused Soren of following the pattern of George Soros and patronizing…
A Mumbai magistrate’s court sentenced MP Sanjay Raut to 15 days’ simple imprisonment and imposed a Rs 25,000 fine in a defamation case filed by Professor Medha Kirit Somaiya. MUMBAI: A magistrate’s court on Thursday convicted MP Sanjay Raut and sentenced him to 15 days simple imprisonment in a defamation case filed by professor Medha…
