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Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Monday that a decade ago, his office was viewed as a major power centre, but now it serves as a “catalytic agent” that brings fresh vitality and vibrancy to the system. Speaking with staff members of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) upon commencing his third term, Modi stated that […]
Prajwal Revanna, the former MP for JD(S), who is accused of rape and sexual abuse against many women, was sent to 14 days of judicial custody by a Bengaluru court on Monday. He was produced before the 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM) court as his Special Investigation Team (SIT) custody ended today. On May […]
Arvind Kejriwal has got very little attention for what he may have done to derail BJP’s winning streak in Uttar Pradesh. The impact of one of Kejriwal’s campaign speeches has been overlooked by many analysts. Both the seats won and the vote share of the BJP in the largest state of the country dropped in […]
Adani Airport Holdings Limited (AAHL) on Sunday said it handled an impressive one million tonnes of air cargo in fiscal year 2023-2024 (FY24). This represents a significant 7 per cent growth (YoY) compared to the previous fiscal, when the total cargo handled was 9,44,912 metric tonnes, the company said in a statement. Seven airports facilitated […]
A petition has been submitted in the Supreme Court seeking a probe against media outlets and their associates for airing the exit polls shortly after the completion of the final phase of Lok Sabha elections and allegedly influencing the investors who suffered a loss of Rs 31 lakh crore as the share market crashed after […]
A high-level security with companies of paramilitary personnel, NSG commandos, drones, and snipers is going to cover the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony slated for June 9, Delhi Police officials said on Friday. Officials claimed that since dignitaries from SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) countries have been […]
Senior party leader KC Venugopal said on Saturday that the Congress Working Committee has passed a resolution supporting Rahul Gandhi to assume the position of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. Addressing a press conference, Venugopal said, “CWC unanimously requested Rahul Gandhi to take the position of the leader of opposition in Lok […]
The Crime Branch of Ahmedabad arrested four suspects on June 7, involved in the recent murder of a local journalist, Manish Shah. The murder, which has been revealed to be a contract killing worth two lakhs, was allegedly instigated due to a personal feud. The main suspect’s brother and the deceased journalist’s wife were reportedly […]
Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi on Friday met President Droupadi Murmu and staked claim to form the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre. The 73-year-old Modi will take the oath of office as Prime Minister on June 9, matching Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s record of holding the position for three consecutive […]
Amidst intense discussions on the structure of the upcoming Narendra Modi-led Union Council of Ministers, prominent RSS officials, including Arun Kumar, the party’s point of contact with the Sangh, met with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership on Thursday. The meeting, two days after the BJP lost the majority in Lok Sabha after 10 years […]
A standout moment from the Lok Sabha election campaign trail was this one when Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav labelled his party’s candidate, Awadhesh Prasad, “poorva vidhayak (former MLA)” while campaigning in Faizabad constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Akhilesh corrected himself swiftly as Prasad, who was standing next to him on the podium, told him […]
Narendra Modi will take the oath as the prime minister of India for the third consecutive time in the coming days. In the Varanasi constituency of Uttar Pradesh, Modi won the election, securing 6,12,970 votes out of a total of 11,30,143. The turnout was 56.57%. The name Modi has inspired awe and fear in the […]
Yusuf Pathan was under a different kind of pressure in Baharampur, West Bengal as he was making his political debut and was up against five-time MP and seasoned Congress politician Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury,. “I felt the same tension before the 2007 India-Pakistan World T20 final in South Africa. That was quite helpful and I knew […]
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the NEET UG Result 2024. Of the 67 candidates who achieved a perfect score (720/720), 44 reached the because, ironically, they got an answer to a basic physics question wrong – and received “grace marks” for that. Their wrong answer was based on an incorrect reference in their […]
The BJP-led NDA’s 293-seat win and the opposition INDIA bloc’s significant gain of 232 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections came as a huge surprise for many pundits and pollsters. Even though Prime Minister Narendra Modi is almost guaranteed a third term and an NDA government, the current government will not have an easy […]
Even as the Lok Sabha election results emerged contrary to most of the Exit Polls, in Gujarat opposition Congress succeeded in preventing the hat-trick by the BJP as its candidate Geniben Thakor won from Banaskantha seat. Thakor, sitting MLA from Vav, on Tuesday defeated Dr. Rekhaben Chaudhary by a margin of … votes. The BJP […]
A 27-year-old woman, the daughter of Maharashtra cadre IAS officers, died by suicide on Monday morning by jumping off from the 10th floor of a high-rise apartment in south Mumbai. Lipi, the victim, died by suicide at 4 a.m. at the Suruchi apartment, which is close to Mantralaya, the state secretariat. She was a law […]
The Election Commission on Monday announced that India set a world record with 642 million registered voters in this polling season. A record-breaking 312 million women participated in the voting process in the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections 2024. CEC Rajiv Kumar said, the process of vote counting on June 4 will begin with postal ballots […]
In the recently concluded financial year 2023-24, the Adani Group of companies performed its best, delivering a record overall EBITDA growth of 45 per cent. “Sustained growth in EBITDA is due to a high contribution of the core infra and utility platform, which offers a high level of predictability, stability, and visibility,” the conglomerate said […]
In India’s electoral history, a party has crossed the ‘400 paar’ only once, when the Congress won 414 seats in the Lok Sabha elections that followed Indira Gandhi’s assassination. Even in the initial years following Independence, when the Congress was the predominant party, its numbers were more modest – between 1951-52 and until 1977, the […]
