Jaya Prada joins BJP
Actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada joined the BJP on Tuesday and may be fielded by the party from the Rampur parliamentary constituency in Uttar Prad...
ED arrests defence agent in VVIP choppers case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested a defence agent from Delhi in the Rs 3,600-crore VVIP choppers deal case, officials said on Tuesday. Th...
Gadkari declares assets worth Rs 25.12 cr in poll affidavit
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has declared movable and immovable assets worth Rs 25.12 crore in an affidavit filed along with his nomination papers fo...
BJP calls for new list of candidates for Delhi LS seats
The BJP has asked its Delhi unit and city Lok Sabha poll in-charge Nirmala Sitharaman to send a fresh list of shortlisted candidates for the seven Lo...
Shiv Sena, BJP sweep Palghar Municipal Council elections
The BJP and the Shiv Sena have swept the Palghar Municipal Council elections in Maharashtra, results for which were announced on Monday.The saffron p...
Govt notifies new rules for drugs and clinical trials
Aimed at promoting clinical research in the country, the Health Ministry on Monday notified New Drugs and Clinical Trials Rules, 2019 reducing the ti...
Chamling files nomination from 2 assembly seats
Sikkim Chief Minister and Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) president Pawan Kumar Chamling, the longest serving chief minister of the country, on Monday ...
Paralympic Games winner Deepa Malik joins BJP
Deepa Malik, a noted para athlete, on Monday joined the BJP with the party asserting that her presence will strengthen the organisation. She joined t...
IAF inducts four Chinook heavy-lift helicopters
Four Chinook heavy-lift helicopters made in the U.S were inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) in Chandigarh on Monday. After inducting the helico...
Naresh Goyal to step down from Jet Airways board
Jet Airways Founder and Chairman Naresh Goyal and his wife Anita Goyal will resign from the board of the crisis-hit airline, according to a regulator...
RLD chief files nomination from Muzaffarnagar
RLD chief Choudhary Ajit Singh filed his nomination as the SP-BSP-RLD alliance candidate from Muzaffarnagar for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. While ...
Rahul Gandhi promises big-bang minimum income scheme
In a big bang election promise, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday announced that 20 per cent families belonging to the poorest category will ...
No end of tunnel for HFCs, FY20 looks as difficult as FY19: Report
The liquidity crisis has crimped credit growth for housing finance companies (HFCs) and is unlikely to improve much in FY20, even as the weak externa...
SC dismisses plea challenging constitutional validity of 'triple talaq' ordinance
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea challenging the constitutional validity of an ordinance which makes the practice of instant 'triple tala...
SC asks EC to file reply on increasing VVPAT sample survey per assembly segment
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Election Commission (EC) to reply by March 28 if it can increase the number of VVPAT sample survey from one ...
SC dismisses plea seeking ban on roadshows, bike rallies during polls
The Supreme Court refused to entertain a plea filed by a former DGP of Uttar Pradesh seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India to ban r...
Congress fields Karti Chidambaram from Sivaganga
The Congress released its ninth list of 10 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, fielding former finance minister P. Chidambaram's son Karti from S...
Rs 3 lakh cr private power investment at risk as discoms delay payments
As much as Rs 3 lakh crore of investment in a dozen power plants of the private sector is at risk of turning into NPA as states buying power have not...
Congress 'banking on lies', might win election in Pakistan: Ram Madhav
BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav said the Congress might win an election in Pakistan if it contests from there as the opposition party is "b...
BJP to support Independent candidate Sumalatha in Mandya
Independent candidate and multi-lingual actress Sumalatha received a big boost on Saturday with the BJP deciding to support her in Mandya to take on ...
Uma Bharti appointed BJP's national vice-president
The BJP appointed Union minister Uma Bharti, who has decided not to contest the Lok Sabha polls, its national vice-president. Uma, who represents Jha...
Justice Pinaki Ghose takes oath as first Lokpal of India
President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday administered the oath of office to Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose as the country’s first Lokpal.
The oath was ...
Jet Airways Suspends Services To 13 International Routes Till April End
Jet Airways, on the verge of going belly-up, has suspended operations on as many as 13 more international routes till end-April even as it grounded s...
PM Modi Sends Message On Pak National Day Eve, Imran Khan Tweets
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said he had received a message from PM Narendra Modi in which he extended his best wishes on the eve of ...
TMC removes Cong's name from its logo
Twenty-one years after officially separating from the Congress, Mamata Banerjee-led TMC has removed the grand old party's name from its logo.
The new...
Cong announces 35 more candidates for Lok Sabha polls
The Congress on Friday released the seventh list of its 35 candidates for the April-May Lok Sabha election and shifted Uttar Pradesh state unit chief...
BJP releases 2nd list of candidates for LS polls
The BJP has released its second list of candidates for the Lok Sabha polls containing 36 names, which included 23 nominees for Andhra Pradesh where p...
Yasin Malik-led JKLF banned by Centre
The Yasin Malik-led Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) was banned on Friday for "promoting" secession of the militancy-hit state from the Union of...
Farooq leads campaigning of alliance candidates in Jammu
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Friday led the campaigning of joint Congress-NC candidates and said the alliance was aimed to keep I...
Parts of Kerala hit by soaring mercury; 36 sunburn cases reported
Several parts of Kerala have been hit by soaring mercury with 36 cases of sunburns being reported, official sources said on Tuesday. Kollam and Alapp...
Pentagon authorizes USD 1 bn for Trump's border wall
Acting Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan said he had authorized USD 1 billion to build part of the wall sought by President Donald Trump along the U.S-...
