NEW DELHI: A day after the Centre removed the minimum export price of onion and Basmati rice, and increased import duty on edible oils, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home and cooperation minister Amit Shah and agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday emphasised how these decisions would not only boost export but also ensure that…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Saturday expelled a party functionary after a video of the owner of the popular Sri Annapoorna restaurant seeking an apology from Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman went viral on social media, triggering criticism from DMK and the Congress party.Srinivasan, the owner of Sri Annapoorna restaurant can be seen apologizing to Sitharaman…
NEW DELHI: Junior doctors wrote to chief minister Mamata Banerjee saying that they were willing to have discussion in order to end the impasse between the protesting medical professionals and the Bengal government. The Bengal CM is set to hold meeting at 6pm on Saturday at her residence. Post Banerjee’s visit to the protest site…
NEW DELHI: A blast on Saturday at the intersection of Blochmann Street and S N Banerjee Road in Central Kolkata injured a 58-year-old rag picker identified as Bapi Das.Das, a resident of the footpath on S N Banerjee Road, sustained an injury to his right wrist.According to sources, the Taltala Police Station (PS) was alerted…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday called out the absconding Islamic preacher Zakir Naik for “spewing venoms” in context with the Waqf bill and also urged the citizens to “unitedly fight against” the likes of the Islamic evangelist.Naik, booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) linked to terror charges, posted a misleading…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday objected to Varanasi’s Gyanvapi being referred to as a Muslim place of worship and said that it is rather Vishwanath (Lord Shiva). “Unfortunately, people call Gyanvapi a mosque, but it is actually Vishwanath himself,” CM Yogi said while addressing an event in Gorakhpur.Yogi Adityanath contended…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Saturday levelled fresh allegations of conflict of interest against Sebi chief Madhabi Puri-Buch, accusing her of making “high value investments” outside India including Chinese firms, amid rising geopolitical tensions with the neighbouring country.The grand old party also accused Buch of trading in listed securities while being in possession of unpublished price…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the Congress, National Conference and PDP and accused Jammu and Kashmir‘s ‘three political families’ of destroying the state through their dynastic politics.While addressing a rally in J&K’s Doda, PM Modi said, “This time’s assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir is between three…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the arrival of a new member at his residence on Lok Kalyan Marg on Saturday. The new addition to the Prime Minister’s household is a healthy calf, born to a mother cow already living at the premises.The calf bears a unique mark on its forehead, resembling a symbol…
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary chargesheet against Vinod Mishra, a key Naxal leader, for his involvement in a conspiracy to revive the banned CPI (Maoist) in the Magadh region of Bihar. The chargesheet, submitted to a special NIA court on Friday, identifies Mishra as a close associate of Pramod…
