Will repair 89 damaged roads, potholes before assembly elections: Atishi
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Atishi on Monday said the Aam Aadmi Party government will restart various works, including road repairs, that were allegedly stalled by the BJP while AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal was in jail. Atishi told a press conference here that to begin with her government will repair damaged roads before the assembly […]
Delhi riots 2020: HC to hear bail pleas of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam in UAPA case on Nov 25
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will hear on November 25 the bail plea of former JNU student Umar Khalid and student activist Sharjeel Imam in a UAPA case related to the alleged larger conspiracy behind the communal riots here in February 2020. The two bail pleas, along with similar pleas by other co-accused in […]
PM Modi’s long journey of public service a living inspiration: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Monday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s long journey of public service is a symbol of “unique dedication” of how a person can devote his entire life to national interest and welfare of the people. As Modi completed 23 years in public life, first as chief minister […]
Modi set example of value-based politics, other leaders can learn from him: Fadnavis
Nagpur: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set an example of value-based politics and other leaders, irrespective of their party affiliation, should learn how he worked with a clean image. BJP leader Fadnavis was speaking to reporters in Nagpur and replying to a query on PM Modi […]
World Junior Shooting C’ship: India win team gold in men’s 50m pistol event
New Delhi: The troika of Deepak Dalal (545), Kamaljeet (543) and Raj Chandra (528) won the men’s 50m pistol team gold medal on the concluding day of the Junior World Shooting Championship at the Peruvian capital of Lima. Indian shooting team won the yellow metal with a combined tally of 1616 points beating Azerbaijan by […]
Land-for-jobs case: Lalu Prasad, sons granted bail by Delhi court
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to RJD chief and former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and his sons Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav in the land-for-jobs money laundering case. Special Judge Vishal Gogne granted the relief to the accused persons on a personal bond of Rs one lakh each, noting that […]
PM Modi shares ‘garba’ song he wrote as tribute to Goddess Durga
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday shared on X a ‘garba’ song he wrote as a tribute to Goddess Durga. “It is the auspicious time of Navratri and people are celebrating in different ways, united by their devotion to Maa Durga. In this spirit of reverence and joy, here is Aavati Kalay, a […]
Saoirse Ronan says Greta Gerwig hasn’t approached her yet for ‘Narnia’ movies
Los Angeles: Actor Saoirse Ronan said she hasn’t been approached by filmmaker Greta Gerwig yet to star in the reimagining of “The Chronicles of Narnia”, popular fantasy films based on novels by CS Lewis. There was speculation that Ronan and Gerwig, who previously collaborated on two films “Lady Bird” and “Little Women”, are teaming up […]
Sensex, Nifty rebound in early trade
Mumbai: Equity benchmark indices rebounded in early trade on Monday after tumbling in the previous week amid a rally in global markets, along with buying in index majors ITC and ICICI Bank. The BSE Sensex climbed 292.29 points or 0.36 per cent to 81,980.74 in early trade. The NSE Nifty went up by 54.55 points […]
Maldivian President Muizzu accorded ceremonial welcome
New Delhi: Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu was accorded a ceremonial welcome and given a guard of honour in the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday. The Maldivian president, who is accompanied by First Lady Sajidha Mohamed and a Maldivian delegation, arrived in India on Sunday evening. President Droupadi Murmu welcomed the visiting dignitaries at […]