Rajasthan: BJP Lost Five Seats Out Of Seven In By-polls Since 2018
As the results of bypolls were declared on Tuesday, it turned out that BJP lost both the seats by huge margins, with its candidates finishing third and fourth respectively in the electoral contest. Congress candidates Nagraj Meena and Preeti Shaktawat won Dhariawad and Vallabhnagar assembly constituencies with margins of 18,725 and 20,606 votes, respectively. In […]
NEET Results 2021: 3 Candidates Secure Top Rank, More Girls Qualify Than Boys
Three candidates have jointly secured the top rank in NEET-UG medical entrance examination, while more girls have qualified the examination than boys. The results of the qualifying medical entrance examination declared by National Testing Agency(NTA) show Telangana’s Mrinal Kutteri, Delhi’s Tanmay Gupta and Maharashtra’s Karthika G Nair shared the top rank, scoring 720 out of […]
UP Polls: Priyanka Gandhi Announces Separate Manifesto For Women
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Monday said her party has prepared separate manifesto for women for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. “My dear sisters of Uttar Pradesh, your each day is full of struggles. Understanding this, the Congress party has prepared a separate manifesto for women,” Vadra said in a tweet. She also […]
Himachal Congress leader GS Bali dies at 67
Himachal Congress leader GS Bali died in New Delhi on Friday night. He was 67. He had undergone a kidney transplant and was admitted to AIIMS in New Delhi following post-operation complications. His son and AICC secretary RS Bali took to Facebook to break the news. His body will be brought to Kangra on Saturday. […]
We stand vindicated, say farm unions as cops begin removing barricades at farmers’ protest sites
With Delhi Police beginning to remove barricades at two farmer protest sites — Tikri and Ghazipur — farm union leaders on Friday said the move vindicated their stand that they never blocked roads at the city border points. Farmer leaders said any decision to entirely clear both the carriageways at the protest sites would be […]
Pegasus Issue: Supreme Court Can’t Be Stymised By Witnesses Failing To Appear, Shashi Tharoor Says
Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said the Supreme Court cannot be stymied by witnesses’ failure to appear or members refusing to sign attendance register just like how the Congress MP alleged the parliamentary panel on IT was thwarted from looking into the Pegasus issue. The remarks by the chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information […]
Supreme Court sets up expert panel led by retired judge to probe Pegasus row
Noting that citizens need to be protected from violation of privacy, the Supreme Court on Wednesday set up an independent expert committee led by former top court judge RV Raveendran to look into allegations of snooping on journalists, activists, politicians, etc, using the Israeli Pegasus spyware. A Bench led by Chief Justice NV Ramana said […]
Supreme Court directs UP to grant protection to witnesses of Lakhimpur violence
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to grant protection to the witnesses of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case in which eight people, including four farmers, were killed during a farmers’ protest. A bench headed by Chief justice NV Ramana asked the Uttar Pradesh government, represented by senior advocates Harish Salve and […]
UP Polls: Priyanka Gandhi Offers Free Medical Treatment Of Rs 10 Lakh To Voters If Congress Wins
Making another poll promise ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said free medical treatment of up to Rs 10 lakh will be provided to people of the state if her party government is voted to power. The Congress leader had flagged off her party’s “Pratigya Yatras” from […]
UP Building Collapse: 5 Killed After Two-Story House In Jaunpur Caves In On Sleeping Family
Five people were killed and six others injured when a two-storey dilapidated house collapsed in Jaunpur, police said on Friday. The incident took place late Thursday night when all the family members were sleeping in the house in Rauja Arjan locality behind Badi Masjid, City Magistrate Anil Agnihotri said. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath […]
