Mamata Banerjee says cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday
Rubbishing media reports about the possible dissolution of state cabinet, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that a reshuffle was on the cards, with four to five new faces expected to get inducted in the council of ministers. Mamata added that Bengal would get seven new districts with the total number rising to 30. […]
K’taka: Cong workers lay siege to BJP MP Tejaswi Surya’s residence, detained
Congress workers in Karnataka were on Saturday detained for attempting to lay siege to BJP MP Tejaswi Surya’s residence over his alleged “stone pelting” remark. An audio in which Tejaswi could be purportedly heard saying BJP workers could have pelted stones to protest the murder of BJP activist Praveen Kumar Nettare if Congress had been […]
Covid pandemic ‘unprecedented’ which India faced confidently: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday termed the COVID-19 pandemic as ‘unprecedented’ and once in a century crisis and said the country faced it confidently due to its scientists and common people. There was a “temperament” for reforms in the government, which is not restrictive but responsive, he said about the ruling NDA at the […]
Suspended MPs continue protest, says won’t apologise
The suspended opposition MPs continued their protest near Gandhi statue a day after Union Minister Pralhad Joshi said that opposition MPs suspension can be revoked if they apologise. Reacting over the same, Mausam Noor, TMC MP said, “There is no question of apologising. We want to have discussions on price rise in Parliament but we […]
Congress MPs held intense protest; Sachin Pilot detained
The Congress workers and members held an intense protest against the questioning of their president Sonia Gandhi by the Enforcement Directorate. Sonia Gandhi has appeared for the third round of questioning by the probe agency Enforcement Directorate. Even though there was heavy security deployment outside party headquarters AICC in the national capital, the party workers […]
Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Allahabad High Court rejects Ashish Mishra’s bail plea
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Ashish Mishra alias Monu, son of Union minister Ajay Mishra ‘Teni’, in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case which had left four farmers dead. The Justice Krishna Pahal bench said Ashish is politically so influential that he could influence the witnesses […]
Fresh Covid advisory issued in Uttarakhand following rise in infections
With COVID-19 cases on the rise again, a fresh advisory was issued here on Monday putting emphasis on the five-point strategy of testing, surveillance, treatment, vaccination and compliance of Covid-appropriate behaviour to stop the spread. The guidelines were issued by Director of the National Health Mission R Rajesh Kumar, who asked district administrations to ensure […]
India logs 21,411 new COVID cases in last 24 hours
India reported 21,411 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours with a daily case positivity rate of 4.46 per cent, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. 1,50,100 instances are now active in the nation, which represents 0.34 percent of all cases. 20,726 COVID patients have recovered in the […]
PM Modi meets top ministers to discuss government’s strategy in Parliament
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held a meeting with top ministers to discuss the government’s strategy in Parliament as the Opposition parties are continuously creating ruckus and forcing adjournment of the Houses. Union Ministers including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Pralhad Joshi, Anurag Singh Thakur, Kiren Rijiju, Piyush Goyal were resent in the meeting. Both […]
ED quizzes Sonia Gandhi: Congress slams Modi govt for ‘misusing’ probe agencies
The Congress on Thursday slammed the Modi government for “misusing” probe agencies against opposition leaders and staged protests against the Enforcement Directorate’s questioning of Sonia Gandhi, alleging the ruling BJP is treating the opposition as its enemies. Senior Congress leaders, including some MPs, courted arrest outside the party headquarters here to protest the ED action. […]
