Jammu and Kashmir is celebrating the ‘Samvidhan Diwas’ on Tuesday for the first time since 1950 when the country’s Constitution was adopted by Parliament. SRINAGAR: The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir marked a historic first since its accession to India in 1947, as it celebrated the Constitution Day on Tuesday to commemorate the adoption…
NEW DELHI: The BJP in Maharashtra would be feeling a strange sense of deja vu. Five years after Uddhav Thackeray‘s Shiv Sena claimed that there was an agreed “deal” with the BJP over rotational chief minister, now Eknath Shinde‘s Sena says there was a “deal” with the saffron party for the top job if Mahayuti…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Tuesday reprimanded officials regarding the poor condition of a flyover built near Nathu Colony Chowk less than ten years ago and suggested a CBI investigation, after a PIL was filed by BJP MLA Jitendra Mahajan requesting the Delhi government, PWD and TTDC to repair and reopen the Nathu…
NEW DELHI: Yet another member of the Nehru-Gandhi family has entered Parliament. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra made a resounding debut in electoral politics by winning the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll with an impressive 64.99% vote share. Priyanka polled 6,22,338 votes and won the seat with a huge margin of 4.1 lakh votes – eclipsing the 3.6…
Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Congress announced on Tuesday its plans to organise demonstrations, within and outside Parliament, led by Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, protesting the insufficient Central aid for Wayanad’s landslide victims. T Siddique, the party leader and Kalpetta MLA, criticised the Centre’s apparent unwillingness to provide financial support…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre and aviation regulator DGCA to develop guidelines to address unruly air passenger behavior, stressing on the need for “something creative” in handling such incidents, according to news agency PTI. A bench comprising Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan was hearing a plea from a 73-year-old…
BENGALURU: In a horrifying incident reported on Tuesday, a man allegedly stabbed his lover to death and spent an entire day with her corpse in a rented service apartment in Bengaluru before fleeing, IANS reported, quoting police officials.The victim, identified as Maya Gogoi, a resident of Assam working at a private firm in HSR Layout,…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Babasaheb Ambedkar on Tuesday as he addressed the ‘Samvidhaan Divas‘ event at the Supreme Court. PM Modi invoked Ambedkar’s statement during the Constituent Assembly debate, saying, “the Constitution is not a mere lawyer’s document. Its spirit is always the spirit of the age.”“I extend my greetings…
NEW DELHI: US President-elect Donald Trump, on Tuesday vowed to reintroduce sweeping tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China as one of his first executive orders, when he takes oath on January 26. Announcing this on his Truth Social platform, Trump outlined a 25% tariff on all goods entering the US from Canada and Mexico, and…
NEW DELHI: A Karnataka Congress MLA‘s suggestion to chief minister about poll guarantees has left the party embarrassed. HR Gaviyappa, Congress MLA from Vijayanagar, proposed cancelling certain election guarantees due to financial constraints.He said that the electoral commitments were hindering housing provision for underprivileged residents. The Congress MLA said that the CM had secured Rs…
