NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday morning submitted his resignation to governor Rajendra V Arlekar.“I have resigned as CM as things were not working out well. Will leave the earlier alliance and form a new alliance now,” Nitish said after resigning as Bihar CM.He is likely to take oath as Bihar chief … Read more
NEW DELHI: India is cooperating with Canada in the probe into the killing of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, top Canadian official said.“I wouldn’t describe them (the Indians) as not cooperating. I think we’ve made advancements in that relationship,” Jody Thomas, Trudeau’s national security adviser, told CTV in an interview.Diplomatic ties strained after Canadian PM … Read more
NEW DELHI: Government on Thursday declared a half-day holiday in all its offices, institutions and establishments, including banks, across the country on January 22 to mark the consecration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, marking a significant shrinking of its distance from the escalating fervour over the shrine’s inauguration.A communication from the department of personnel and … Read more
HYDERABAD: Vaccine maker Biological E (BE) on Tuesday said its Covid vaccine Corbevax has received emergency use listing (EUL) from the WHO.Corbevax, which was India’s first indigenously developed Covid- vaccine based on the protein sub-unit platform, was approved in India for restricted use. While the DCGI granted emergency use authorisation for Corbevax in adults, adolescents … Read more
JAMMU: Security forces continued searches on Monday in the Krishna Ghati (KG) sector of J&K’s Poonch to track down terrorists who fired on an army convoy on Friday, official sources said.“The search is underway in Dharti, Dhara, Magnad and Jhallas areas of Poonch,” an official source said. The firing had caused no loss of life … Read more
NEW DELHI: In a bid to combat increasing terrorist activities in Jammu and Kashmir, the Army has initiated Operation Sarvashakti, under which terrorists operating on both sides of the Pir Panjal mountain ranges in the Union Territory will be neutralisedRecent attempts by Pakistani proxy terrorist groups to revive terrorism in the Rajouri Poonch sector, particularly … Read more
NEW DELHI: BJP veteran L K Advani has expressed in an upcoming article that destiny had chosen Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fulfill the long-cherished dream of building a grand temple of Lord Ram in Ayodhya. The article, titled ‘Ram Mandir Nirman, Ek Divya Swapna Ki Purti’, will be featured in a special edition of … Read more
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Thursday expressed her strong disagreement with the proposal of “one nation-one election” and questioned the concept of “one-nation” in the given context. Mamata alleged that the letter sent by the high-level committee, headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind, to the states … Read more
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar on Wednesday pronounced the much-awaited verdict on the cross-petitions by Shiv Sena factions seeking disqualification of each other’s MLAs following a split in the party.Here are the highlights of the ruling:* In his verdict, Narwekar held that the Shiv Sena constitution of 1999 given by the Eknath Shinde … Read more
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his latest address, highlighted India’s growing self-confidence and commitment to self-reliance. Speaking during the 108th episode of his Mann Ki Baat radio program, Modi focused on the nation’s embodiment of the ‘Viksit Bharat’ (developed India) spirit, emphasizing the importance of sustaining this momentum into 2024.The broadcast also featured … Read more