Former Haryana chief minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday accused the BJP government of worsening the state’s situation. Former Haryana chief minister and leader of opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Friday accused the BJP government of worsening the state’s situation, alleging that Haryana, once among the country’s leading states on development…
The panel will assess the SIR’s impact on eligible voters and hold public hearings to record the views of affected citizens. A panel of five former Supreme Court and high court judges has been set up by a lawyers’ body to examine the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, as the poll…
Protesters stage a protest under the leadership of CJP Founder Abhijeet Dipke, seeking CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over voter roll deletions at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Park, Dadar, in Mumbai (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: Protests demanding the resignation of chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar intensified across Delhi and Mumbai on Friday, with around 700 people detained…
Why Pargat Singh – Congress picks former Olympian to lead Punjab. NEW DELHI: The Congress on Friday picked former Olympian and Jalandhar Cantt MLA Pargat Singh for the post of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president. Singh replaced Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, who formally resigned from the post earlier in the day. His appointment…
A brawl 17 years ago brought into question flight safety The flight carrying 106 passengers from Sharjah to Delhi via Lucknow witnessed a mid-air confrontation that raised questions about cockpit discipline and flight safetyThe recent flydubai incident has highlighted an unusual aviation danger: what happens when those responsible for flying an aircraft become part of…
Warring’s exit may have opened another front NEW DELHI: The churn in Punjab Congress is now complete. Or is it?Amarinder Singh Raja Warring has quit as the Punjab Congress president after more than four years in the post. The Congress is yet to make a formal announcement, but Warring has already changed his X bio…
A new chapter on startups and entrepreneurship has been introduced for Class IX students in NCERT textbooks. NEW DELHI: Seven women, Rs 80 in borrowed capital and a Mumbai terrace. That was how Lijjat Papad began in 1959. More than six decades later, the story will be used to teach Class IX students how an…
PM Modi attending interfaith prayer meeting, pays floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Gandhi Smriti NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attended a special interfaith prayer meeting at Gandhi Smriti in New Delhi on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi‘s birth anniversary, where he paid floral tributes to the Father of the Nation.Earlier in…
Pilots’ body seeks national recognition for Captain Smit Machchhar NEW DELHI: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday seeking an appropriate national bravery award for flydubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar, citing his “exceptional courage” and professional conduct during the mid-air emergency on September 30.The pilots’ body said Machchhar,…
Three alleged operatives were arrested as Delhi Police uncovered threats to two businessmen and a suspected plan to carry out a shooting NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has busted an alleged India-Dubai extortion network linked to the Goldy Brar gang and arrested three operatives, foiling a plan to open fire at the residence of a Delhi…
