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Jaipur, June 4 (IANS) The Congress on Thursday announced sitting Rajya Sabha MP Neeraj Dangi as its candidate for Rajasthan's Rajya Sabha elections, giving him a second consecutive term.With 67 MLAs in the Rajasthan Assembly, the party's victory on one...
Bengaluru, June 4 (IANS) Newly sworn-in Karnataka Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday night allocated portfolios to 13 members of his Council of Ministers, including Deputy Chief Minister G. Parameshwara. The list has been sent to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot for...
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Delhi Police launched an extensive security operation on Thursday after receiving information about a threatening email sent to the official account of the Mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. The email reportedly contained references...
Indore, June 4 (IANS) An Indore court on Thursday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Congress councillor Fauzia Sheikh Aleem, who is accused of refusing to sing the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ during a meeting of the Indore Municipal Corporation.Additional...
Patna, June 4 (IANS) Bihar's Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) intensified its anti-corruption campaign on Thursday by arresting a revenue employee and his alleged middleman in a trap operation conducted in Patna district. According to the Bureau, Rana Ranvijay Gopal, posted...
Jaipur, June 4 (IANS) In a significant development in the widely discussed large-scale corruption case related to the Jal Jeevan Mission, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Rajasthan, on Thursday filed a charge sheet against retired IAS officer Subodh Agarwal before ACB...
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Subhash C Kashyap, one of India’s most respected constitutional experts and former Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha, passed away in New Delhi at the age of 97. His death has evoked widespread grief across the...
Amaravati, June 4 (IANS) The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will organise three major public meetings in Andhra Pradesh to mark two years of the NDA governments at the Centre and in the state. These meetings, to be organised at...
Kolkata, June 4 (IANS) "Every plot matters," a senior Eastern Railway (ER) official said in defence of the ongoing eviction of squatters from railway property in the Howrah and Sealdah divisions."We have been trying for decades to clear land belonging...
Ahmedabad, June 4 (IANS) The newly constituted Standing Committee of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), at its first weekly meeting on Thursday, directed officials to complete pothole repairs across the city before the onset of the monsoon and announced tighter...
Bhopal, June 4 (IANS) In a significant political development, the Congress on Thursday announced its list of candidates for the upcoming biennial and bypolls to the Rajya Sabha, with Meenakshi Natarajan emerging as one of the key political leaders. Her...
Mumbai, June 4 (IANS) In a sweeping reform that will reshape Maharashtra’s energy landscape, the state government has executed a massive corporate shake-up of its power distribution sector. Following a crucial nod from the State Cabinet clearing the formal demerger...