Politics

PUNJAB (CHANDIGARH): Former cricketer Dinesh Mongia joins Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during a ceremony held in the party office in Delhi on Tuesday. It is expected that Mongia will start his political innings from Punjab and may contest the Punjab assembly polls which is due early next year. Besides Mongia, two other MLA’s Fateh Jung […]

KANPUR/NEW DELHI: Adding impetus to the infrastructural push of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the completed section of Kanpur Metro Rail Project. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had sanctioned for the construction work of the Kanpur metro project to begin on November 15, 2019. The […]

NEW DELHI: Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi on the occasion of the party’s 137th foundation day on Thursday, asserted that it has confronted several challenges and demonstrated resilience. In her speech she mentioned that divisive ideologies anchored in hate which had no role whatsoever to play in our freedom movement are now causing havoc on […]

CHANDIGARH: Just before the Punjab assembly election early next year, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) bagged 14 seats out of 35 in Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, pushing BJP to second number. AAP won 14 of 35 municipal seats, with the BJP close behind at 12 seats. The Congress won eight seats and the Akali Dal stayed […]

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police on Monday detained several doctors who were protesting against the delay in the NEET 2021 counselling. Doctors claimed that they were brutally thrashed and manhandled while holding a peaceful march towards the Supreme Court and threatened to shut down all healthcare institutions in Delhi. The protest was organised by the […]

NEW DELHI:Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday in his address to nation announced that youngsters of 15-18 age group will be vaccinated and frontline healthcare workers and senior citizens will be given precaution doses. 15 साल से 18 साल की आयु के बीच के जो बच्चे हैं, अब उनके लिए देश में वैक्सीनेशन प्रारंभ होगा। […]

HIMACHAL PRADESH: Prime Minister Modi will be welcomed in the traditional Himachal style with a seven-feet long copper ‘trishul’ during his visit to the state on December 27. The ‘trishul’, a trident, commonly used as one of the principal symbols of the Sanatana Dharma, will be carved out by artisans in Mandi or ‘Choti Kashi’ […]

NEW DELHI: If pre-poll surveys are to be believed, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to retain its power in the Hindi heartland in the upcoming assembly polls, scheduled to be held early next year. Jan Ki Baat Opinion Poll has predicted the return of Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government in politically significant Uttar Pradesh. […]

NEW DELHI: Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh, who earned the sobriquet Turbanator in 2001 after  a gut-wrenching performance in one of the most keenly fought India-Australia Test series where he scalped 32 wickets, has announced retirement from all forms of cricket.  He played 103 Tests, 236 ODIs and 28 T20Is for India and picked up 417, […]

NEW DELHI: Amid infighting in Uttarakhand Congress, former Chief Minister Harish Rawat and AICC in-charge for the state Devender Yadav on Friday met former party chief Rahul Gandhi at his residence. The two leaders were called for a meeting with the senior leadership after Rawat on Wednesday sent out cryptic tweets over the handling of […]