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While the Indian markets opened on Thursday after the Vijayadashmi holiday, Rupee opened at 81.52 against the dollar at the inter-bank foreign exchange market. However, by the end of the trading day, it attained 81.94, it’s another all-time low continuing it’s regular slide. The Indian currency registered a decline of 32 paise over it’s American […]
After 61 cows died allegedly due to the consumption of poisonous fodder in a shelter at Santhalpur village of Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha district earlier this month, the state Congress has found the perfect way to address the situation. The Amroha district unit of the Congress held a ‘yagna’ outside the collector’s office. The aim was […]
India celebrated 75 years of independence today. The day dawned with many leaders and business tycoons from across the world wishing Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion. Many also shared congratulatory messages for the country. In keeping with the central government’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign, households across the country and even Indians living outside […]
Pavan K Varma, All India Trinamool Congress Vice President, sent his resignation to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The veteran leader’s decisions have sparked rumours of his return to Janata Dal-United, the Nitish Kumar-led political party. The story came to light two days after Bihar CM Nitish Kumar quit his alliance with BJP. Consequently, […]
In December 2021, RJD leader and Bihar Deputy chief minister Tejaswi Yadav tied the knot with long-time friend Rachel Godinho. While Tejaswi comes from a political background, Rachel, who is now Rajshri, comes from a regular set-up. Describing his wife as “the perfect partner,” he said his family fully supported his decision to marry her. […]
Sibling rivalry is the name of the game. But come Rakshabandhan, and out goes the rivalry to welcome in revelry between brothers and sisters. If Bollywood is the touchstone of couple goals, it is not far either when it comes to showing and showering love on siblings. Camaraderie and jealousy go hand-in-hand when it comes […]
NDA’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu has gained a significant lead in the first round of counting, which began at the Parliament House around 1:30 pm. Of the 748 valid votes, she got 540, while Yashwant Sinha was at 208, and 15 were invalid. Final results are expected around four this afternoon. This morning, ballot boxes […]
Tamil Nadu: In the garbage of an ATM kiosk on Kundrathur Murugan Koil Road on Monday, a 35-year-old woman with depression and a sleepwalking illness disposed 43 sovereigns of gold jewellery valued at Rs 15 lakh. The police discovered the problem only when the the kiosk’s security guard alerted them. The security guard opened the […]
As the BJP-Eknath Shinde alliance assumed power in Maharashtra on June 30, the Aarey Forest controversy resurfaced. The relocation of a metro car shed was, in fact, one of the first decisions that the new government enforced. However, this story goes back two-and-a-half years. A protest, supported by AAP and the Shiv Sena, was held […]
Pic: At a press meet later in the day, Aaditya Thackeray clarifies the incident Ahead of the two-day special session of the Maharashtra Assembly beginning Sunday morning, the Shiv Sena legislative party office at the Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai was found sealed with a notice. A white paper was stuck with a plastic tape on […]
A wanted Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist captured in Jammu and Kashmir, Sunday afternoon, was an active member of BJP. He was also the party’s Minority Morcha social media in-charge in Jammu. Talib Hussain Shah and his accomplice were captured by the villagers in Jammu’s Reasi area this morning. Two AK rifles, several grenades and other arms and […]
With Maharashtra in its kitty, the BJP has consolidated its position in the south-western region. It is now eyeing the South, especially Telangana, where Sunday marked Day 2 of the BJP’s national executive meet. Hyderabad was all decked up for the mega event. The BJP’s foray into the Telangana Rashtra Samithi bastion was addressed by […]
Registering a dip in the number of cases, India reported 16,103 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours with a daily case positivity rate of 4.27 per cent, as per the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Sunday. On Saturday, India logged 17,092 fresh infections (Friday’s count). With this, the active caseload in […]
An anti-terrorism probe has been ordered into the murder of a chemist in Maharashtra whose throat was slit last month, a week before a similar killing in Udaipur, over supporting suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s comment on Prophet Mohammad. Umesh Kolhe, 54, was attacked and killed by two men on a motorcycle on his way […]
National Investigation Agency(NIA), the country’s frontline anti-terror organisation, took over the Kanhaiya Lal Murder Case. The two men, seen on camera beheading a tailor who backed Nupur Sharma’s statement in Rajasthan’s Udaipur, attempted to flee the city on a motorcycle before being apprehended by police. Gos Mohammad and Riyaz Akhtari murdered Kanhaiya Lal, 48, a […]
As the political turmoil in Maharashtra coils more and more, Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant whipped the blame on Gujarat BJP. He accused the party of betraying Bal Thackrey, who supported the party after the 2002 riots. According to Sawant, the Bharatiya Janata Party staged the rift within the Shiv Sena members that led to […]
A BJP delegation from Poll-Bound Gujarat is set to inspect the “Delhi Model “ of the Arvind Kejriwal government on Tuesday. The delegation which consists of 17 members consists of former ministers, speaker of state assembly and legislators of Gujarat BJP, revealed Delhi BJP vice president Virendra Sachdeva. AAP, Aam Admi Party has been trying […]
Driven to the wall with the Eknath Shinde faction gaining from strength to strength, a smarting Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena has argued that the rebel group cannot claim to be a separate group even if it has a two-thirds majority and must merge with another party. The Shinde faction, which is in no hurry to leave Guwahati, is […]
In Assam, floods had waterlogged Cachar Cancer Hospital located in the Barak valley. With no other options left, the hospital staff did the chemotherapy on the patients on the road outside the hospital. More than 150 people have died and millions have been displaced by the catastrophic floods in recent weeks in Assam and neighbouring […]
Pic: Shiv Sainiks took out a rally in support of the Thackeray Sena, in Mumbai, Sunday As the political crisis continues to play out in Maharashtra, the rebel camp led by Eknath Shinde has moved the Supreme Court over the deputy speaker’s disqualification notice. Two petitions have been filed challenging the disqualification notice issued by […]
