News from India
Bengaluru, Aug 7 (IANS) Amid the politics surrounding the Karnataka Legislative Council Chairman's post, Basavaraj Horatti tendered his resignation as Chairman of the Upper House of the state legislature on Friday.The resignation letter was shared by the Chief Minister's Office....
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a breakfast meeting with 45 Parliamentarians on Friday, a majority of whom switched political loyalties recently and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), allaying their apprehension and...
Chandigarh, Aug 7 (IANS) Days after being caught in a controversy over his purported statement linking Pakistan ISI-backed terror modules busted by the Punjab Police with protesters at New Delhi's Jantar Mantar, Amritsar's Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar was...
Srinagar, Aug 7 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Minister and President of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti alleged on Friday that she and her party were being harassed just because PDP is the only party seeking restoration...
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) As India observes 'National Handloom Day' on Friday, Gujarat's Chaman Siju recalled having an interaction with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a textile exhibition in the state, where the latter asked him to create "organic...
Jaipur, Aug 7 (IANS) Rajasthan Governor, Haribhau Bagde, attended a national seminar on the theme 'Drug-free Vagad, Healthy Youth, Empowered Tribal Community and Developed India' at Govind Guru Tribal University (GGTU), Banswara, on Friday. Addressing the gathering, the Governor called...
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The government has taken various measures to ensure that adequate availability of fertilisers are available to farmers and there has been no shortage of urea and DAP during the last three years and the ongoing...
Jaipur, Aug 7 (IANS) Three contractual nursing staff members, including a woman, climbed a nearly 90-foot-high water tank inside the Jaipuria Hospital premises in Rajasthan's Jaipur on Friday to press for their long-pending recruitment demands. The protesters are seeking the...
Bengaluru, Aug 7 (IANS) Karnataka Congress Chief President B.K. Hariprasad on Friday wrote to the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), V. Anbu Kumar, urging the Election Commission to extend by 15 days the deadline for voters to rectify their names...
New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The BJP on Friday clarified that the proposed charges on Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions would not be imposed on ordinary users and would apply only to commercial transactions. The clarification came a day after...
Guwahati, Aug 7 (IANS) Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu on Friday assured teachers regularised under the Special Recruitment Drive (SRD) from Samagra Shiksha Assam (SSA) that there is no uncertainty over their salaries, saying the delay in disbursement this month...
Amaravati, Aug 7 (IANS) YSR Congress Party President, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, on Friday slammed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Chandrababu Naidu, over the alleged attack on YSRCP cadres participating in a relay hunger strike to demand a CBI enquiry into...