BJP-led NDA sweeps first Silchar civic polls with 34 seats NEW DELHI: The ruling BJP-led NDA won the first elections to the Silchar Municipal Corporation on Tuesday, securing 34 of the 42 seats.Reacting to the result, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said Congress performs poorly even when elections are held through paper ballots.“See, Congress…
File photo: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann NEW DELHI: The alleged Rs 5 crore bribery allegation against Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann‘s wife Gurpreet Kaur has taken a new turn with ED summoning his brother-in-law Amardeep Singh Grewal for questioning in the case.Grewal, a prominent Punjabi film personality, was asked by ED to appear before it Wednesday,…
A push for manufacturing semiconductors as well as for startups and self-reliance, continues to be Modi’s focus in his third term as PM Narendra Modi was thrust into the thick of governance in 2001 as the party suffered a setback in local polls in Gujarat and the response of the state government headed by CM…
AJUP chief Humayun Kabir was detained for allegedly provoking tension KOLKATA/CHENNAI/GUWAHATI: Bypolls across three states and one Union territory saw high but uneven turnouts Tuesday, with Bengal’s Nandigram and Rejinagar recording 80% turnout amid allegations of rigging, voter intimidation and police interference, while polling in one Puducherry and two Tamil Nadu assembly seats and Assam’s…
In a democracy, when someone completes 25 consecutive years as the head of a govt, it is indeed special. I heartily congratulate Shri Narendra Modi ji on 25 glorious years of service as head of govt. He is someone I am very fond of and someone I have interacted with closely over the years.Who is…
NSA Ajit Doval, right, during a meeting with senior Diplomatic and International Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Canada, David Morrison, in New Delhi. NEW DELHI: Amid efforts to conclude a bilateral trade agreement ahead of a likely visit by PM Narendra Modi to Ottawa in December, India and Canada held another round of…
Till 4 pm, no political party had sought an appointment, EC said NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Tuesday, while willing to meet the 240 opposition party MPs at their request conveyed through Delhi Police, declined to do so at their suggested venue of Parliament House annexe, saying the poll panel’s protocol required such meetings to…
Central forces stand guard as CBI searches Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann’s camp office in Chandigarh NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: CBI registered an FIR against Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s OSD Rajbir Ghuman and five others Tuesday, following it up with raids on eight locations, including the CM’s camp office in Chandigarh.The coordinated search came within hours of…
“CBI raid at Punjab CM’s office result of BJP’s frustration”: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday alleged that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raid at Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann‘s camp office, two months ahead of the elections, was a result of the BJP’s “frustration” and…
The agency will prepare a comprehensive National Transport Master Plan with a planning horizon of 10 years or more (ANI Photo). NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Tuesday approved setting up India’s first integrated transport and logistics authority, giving the new body a mandate to plan, appraise and monitor projects worth over Rs 500 crore across…
