NEW DELHI: Former Jharkhand Chief Minister and JMM leader Champai Soren has responded to speculations about his potential switch to the BJP. When asked about the rumours circulating, Soren expressed his lack of knowledge regarding the matter.In his statement, Soren said, “I don’t know what rumours are being spread. I don’t know what news is…
NEW DELHI: Union health minister JP Nadda on Saturday chaired a meeting with senior officials of the ministry to evaluate the monkeypox situation and country’s preparedness.“In the meeting chaired by the Union health minister, it was decided that as a matter of abundant caution, certain measures such as sensitizing the health units at all the…
NEW DELHI: A war of words has erupted between the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) following Karnataka governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s decision on Saturday to allow the prosecution of chief minister Siddaramaiah in the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) scam. Following the governor’s decision, several Karnataka ministers, including deputy CM DK Shivakumar and…
No political party in power took this short step despite SC goadingNEW DELHI: When the Constitution was just a year-old, law minister B R Ambedkar had stoically met the charge that the Hindu Code Bill, 1951, was communal in nature as it aimed to codify the personal law of one religious community leaving aside the…
BHOPAL: Madhya Pradesh forest department has yet again denied an RTI request for information on Project Cheetah, citing ‘national security concerns’.RTI activist Ajay Dubey, who requested records on management and finances of Project Cheetah, is stunned at having his second request turned down. “I will appeal to the information commission and move court against the…
NEW DELHI: Twenty-four years after demand was raised during Bihar-Jharkhand bifurcation, the Centre on Friday gave a green light for a second civilian airport for Patna, which will come up at the Bihta air force base.The clearance for new facility at Bihta came within weeks of Bihar package in the budget, which had highlighted how…
NEW DELHI/DHAKA: Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of Bangladesh‘s interim government, called up PM Modi on Friday to assure him that the new regime in Dhaka would prioritise the protection of Hindus and all other minorities.The conversation also saw Modi promising Yunus of India’s support for a “democratic, stable, peaceful and progressive” Bangladesh, while underscoring the…
RUDRAPUR: Amid the nationwide anger on the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata, the brutal rape and murder of a 33-year-old nurse has ignited widespread outrage in Uttarakhand‘s Udham Singh Nagar. The victim was a single mother and worked at a private hospital in Rudrapur. On Friday, members of Women’s Congress staged a…
NEW DELHI: The announcement of elections in J&K is unlikely to have any impact on India-Pakistan ties which remain in a deep freeze since India revoked the special status of the erstwhile state, or even well before that.With the Supreme Court having upheld the repeal of the special status, India believes the question about whether…
NEW DELHI: Hours after announcement of the election schedule for J&K, Congress appointed Tariq Hameed Karra at the new state president in place of Vikas Rasool Wani. The party also named Tara Chand and Raman Bhalla as working presidents of J&K Congress.Sources said leaders from the state had recently demanded that a senior person should…
