Politics

NEW DELHI: More than 2000 trains were affected across the country as protestors of the Agnipath Scheme damaged properties worth more than Rs 259 crores, Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Parliament on Friday. In a written reply to Rajya Sabha, Vaishnaw said 2,132 trains were cancelled between June 15 and June 23. Train […]

NEW DELHI: Hours after the Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena recommended CBI inquiry into Delhi Liquor Policy 2021-22, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the BJP is after them as the party is scared of AAP’s expansion in the country. Kejriwal also said that the case is fake. “I told you three months ago, and […]

NEW DELHI: A day after the Trinamool Congress decided to abstain from voting in the Vice President election, opposition candidate Margaret Alva on Friday broke her silence describing the decision as “disappointing”. The veteran politician also said that this is not the time for ‘whataboutery’, ego or anger but time for courage and leadership. “The […]

NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Gorakhpur Ravi Kishan will introduce a private member’s bill in the Lok Sabha today aimed at controlling the population. The bill comes days after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had expressed concern over the exploding population and population imbalance. Speaking on World Population Day on July […]

NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday accorded Y category security to Samajwadi Party ally Om Prakash Rajbhar, who is the national president of Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP). Rajbhar is an MLA from Zahoorabad Constituency in the Ghazipur district of eastern Uttar Pradesh. The SBSP has six MLAs in the assembly. Although still […]