MUMBAI: Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday acknowledged the problem posed by rebel candidates, saying there is a large number of them in all parties. “Our efforts will be to persuade them to withdraw (from the fray),” he told reporters in Mumbai.When the MCC was announced, the Mahayuti coordination committee had announced that it would…
MUMBAI: Farm loan waiver, bigger govt health insurance and schemes focussed on women, farmers and youth are likely to be part of Congress manifesto that will be released by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and leader of opposition in LS Rahul Gandhi at an MVA rally at BKC on Nov 6.NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar and…
Those aged 70 years and above can now benefit from the expansion of the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) regardless of income, a major shift in the govt policy. Earlier, only poor and vulnerable families and a few specific categories of workers, like ASHA staff, were eligible for the scheme that offers health…
NEW DELHI: India will continue the process to restore peace along the Line of Actual Control on the basis of the consensus achieved with China, defence minister Rajnath Singh said Wednesday, during his ongoing two-day trip to Tezpur in Assam and Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh to review the operational situation and celebrate Diwali with troops.Singh’s…
NEW DELHI: A digital exam platform to prevent frauds, a hybrid model of testing, and developing 1,000 reputed govt institutions as testing centres are part of the recommendations made by the Centre-instituted seven-member panel to work on exam reforms.The panel also called for multi-stage testing for the medical entrance – National Eligibility cum Entrance Test…
Canadian govt has admitted it leaked sensitive information to The Washington Post about the alleged involvement of Indian govt officials and agents in criminal activities in Canada that led to the withdrawal of Indian high commissioner Sanjay Verma and five other diplomats from the country. Canada had said it “expelled” the diplomats after India refused…
NEW DELHI: The city’s air quality turned ‘very poor’ on Wednesday, a day before Diwali, worsening from ‘poor’ a day earlier due to calm winds and high locally generated pollution, with emissions from transport the leading contributor.As per IITM’s air quality early warning system under the earth sciences ministry, the city’s air is likely to…
NEW DELHI: The Army will begin initial patrols on Thursday to a few places where its access was blocked by Chinese troops in the Depsang and Demchok areas of eastern Ladakh for the last four and a half years, in a significant development that India hopes will eventually lead to de-escalation along the entire Line…
Mumbai: Actor Salman Khan and MLA Zeeshan Siddique received yet another death threat, along with a demand for Rs 2 crore, on Tuesday morning. Two threat messages were received on the city traffic police’s WhatsApp helpline around 10am, and within hours, Worli police tracked down the sender — Bandra West resident Azam Mohammed Mustafa (56),…
SRINAGAR: At least 12 people were injured after a mob allegedly attacked National Conference’s Gurez MLA Nazir Ahmad Khan’s rally in Gujran area of Tulail in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district Wednesday. No arrests have been made so far, even as police registered a case and launched a probe.The injured were hospitalised. Three of them were…
