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New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Congress on Monday appointed Sandeep Dikshit as the chairperson of ‘Rachnatmak Congress’, formerly known as the Outreach Cell, to engage with civil society, academics and activists on policy matters, including the rural jobs scheme.All...
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) As the Congress leader Digvijaya Singh landed in controversy after praising the BJP and its ideological parent - Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said that the grand old party has...
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, on Monday accorded acceptance of necessity (AoN) for various proposals of the Army, Navy and Air Force, amounting to a total of about Rs...
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 29 (IANS) The controversy surrounding the office of CPI-M's Vattiyoorkavu CPI-M MLA and former Mayor V.K. Prasanth in a Thiruvananthapuram Corporation-owned building at Sasthamangalam has escalated into a larger political and administrative issue, with the state capital civic...
Guwahati, Dec 29 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday inaugurated the Rs 227-crore redeveloped Batadrava Than, the birthplace of Vaishnavite saint Srimanta Sankardeva, in Assam’s Nagaon district. He said that the teachings of Vaishnava saint Srimanta Sankardeva continue...
Patna, Dec 29 (IANS) A political controversy has erupted in Bihar over the vacating of the government bungalow at 10 Circular Road in Patna, with the Janata Dal (United) raising serious questions about the manner in which the residence was...
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) The government on Monday said that the Department of Consumer Affairs has achieved a significant milestone by awarding 12 Government Approved Test Centre (GATC) certificates to 11 private entities, thus strengthening India’s legal metrology verification...
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) With the Supreme Court staying the bail granted to Unnao rape convict and former UP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the survivor on Monday demanded the death sentence for him, saying that only then would her...
Kolkata, Dec 29 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MLA Asit Majumdar on Monday disrupted the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing process at a centre in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, demanding that booth-level agents (BLAs) of his party be allowed to remain present...
Bareilly, Dec 29 (IANS) All India Muslim Jamaat (AIMJ) President, Maulana Mufti Shahabuddin Razvi Barelvi, has again issued a fatwa urging Muslims in India not to celebrate the New Year, as this goes against the tenets of the Sharia.Sharia is...
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) With GDP valued at $4.18 trillion, India has surpassed Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy and is poised to displace Germany from the third rank in the next 2.5 to 3 years with projected...
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Reacting to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s sharp remarks targeting the Congress and its leadership, JD(U) National Spokesperson Rajeev Ranjan Prasad on Monday said the party was heading towards "political irrelevance" if Rahul Gandhi continued...
