NEW DELHI: Union minister and BJP national president JP Nadda announced that every household in Puducherry would receive two free gas cylinders a year if the NDA returns to power, as he flagged off the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha’s mega bike rally ahead of the upcoming assembly polls.Speaking at the rally, also attended by Union … Read more
NEW DELHI: Chief minister Rekha Gupta lauded the central government for regularising Delhi’s unauthorised colonies on an “As Is, Where Is” basis under the PM-UDAY scheme, noting that the new framework allows for the regularisation of 1,531 colonies without requiring layout plan approval. Furthermore, she mentioned that all plots and buildings within these colonies will … Read more
NEW DELHI: Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Tuesday to present him with a Bastar 2.0 development blueprint, aimed at transformation of the once Naxal-infested region into a hub for infrastructure expansion, innovation-led growth, start-ups and tourism. Bastar was recently declared as free from Left-wing extremism after all … Read more
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday arrested five people, including a Pakistani terrorist who was wanted for 16 years, as it busted a “deep-rooted” interstate Lashkar-e-Taiba module.According to officials, Pakistani terrorist Abdullah alias Abu Hureira was captured on Monday along with another Pakistani national in an operation that comes six months after the … Read more
NEW DELHI: India on Tuesday issued an advisory for its nationals still residing in Iran to stay where they are for the next 48 hours and to remain indoors. “In continuation of previous advisories, Indian nationals who are still in Iran must stay where they are for the next 48 hours, avoiding all electric, military … Read more
AIADMK’s Lalgudi candidate Leema Rose Martin NEW DELHI: AIADMK’s Lalgudi candidate Leema Rose Martin has emerged as the richest contestant in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, declaring assets worth approximately Rs 1,049.56 crore in her election affidavit filed ahead of the April 23 polls.The 58-year-old, wife of lottery businessman Santiago Martin, filed her nomination … Read more
NEW DELHI: Private weather forecasting agency, Skymet, on Tuesday predicted ‘below normal’ monsoon rainfall this year amid risk of El Niño whose impact is expected to develop increasingly during the second half (Aug-Sept) of the four-month season, beginning June.If that happens, India’s farm sector, which is already staring at the possibility of high input (fertiliser … Read more
Ram Temple-like public awareness needed to end cow slaughter: Mohan Bhagwat MATHURA: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Tuesday said that public awareness may help in ending cow slaughtering in India, and wished for a Ram Temple-style fervour for the purpose.“Make society devoted to cows, and cow slaughter will stop immediately. We have to make the … Read more
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan rejected notice by the opposition to move a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. In his order dismissing the notice, Radhakrishnan said that while the allegations were relevant for political debate, they did not prima facie meet the high constitutional bar for removal proceedings.“Some … Read more
NEW DELHI: Assam Police on Tuesday carried out a search at Congress leader Pawan Khera’s residence in connection with a case linked to allegation made by him against chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his family.According to DCP Debojit Nath, Khera was not found at his residence. He, however, said that electronic devices were seized … Read more