India urges Iran to release 40 Indian seafarers
India has asked Iran to release nearly 40 Indian seafarers who were detained from four different merchant ships seized by the Persian Gulf country over the past eight months on different charges, sources said on Wednesday. Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal made the request during a meeting with Iranian...
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EC summons Andhra chief secretary, DGP over post poll violence
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BJP, Congress spar over Modi’s remark
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Deeply saddened: Centre condoles Indian UN worker's death in Gaza
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Will carve separate State of Bundelkhand if come to power, says Mayawati
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Hope I get to file nomination from Choti Kashi in future as well, says Kangana Ranaut
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Azad, Mufti differ over Srinagar Lok Sabha polls voter turnout
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Over half million displaced due to floods, earthquakes, storms in 2023 in India
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41 civil servants from Sri Lanka undergo training in India
The National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG) has started training 41 civil servants from Sri Lanka to help them gain insights into India’s transformative policies such as right to service, housing for all and leveraging digital technology among others, according to an official statement issued on Tuesday. The third capacity building...
Congress attacks PM Modi over clean Ganga
The Congress on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi as to why he has abandoned the Varanasi villages adopted by him and why the Ganga has gotten dirtier despite spending Rs 20,000 crore. On a day PM Modi filed his nomination from Varanasi, Congress chief spokesman Jairam Ramesh said the...
TMC approaches EC over poll code violations by BJP
The Trinamool Congress on Tuesday asked the Election Commission to stop “blatant violations” of the poll code by the BJP and its leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while alleging that the model code of conduct has been turned into “Modi Code of Conduct”. After submitting a letter over the matter...
PM, President, others condole death of former Bihar Deputy CM Sushil Modi
President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several senior leaders cutting across the party lines condoled the death of senior BJP leader and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who was suffering from cancer. Murmu said the sudden demise of Sushil Kumar Modi is an irreparable loss. “His...
NGOs seek SC listing of PIL for SIT probe into electoral bonds scheme
Two NGOs on Tuesday urged the Supreme Court to consider listing their PIL seeking a court-monitored probe by a special investigation team into alleged instances of “apparent quid pro quo” involving political parties, corporate entities and officials of investigative agencies in the electoral bonds scheme. A bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna...
BJP has crossed 270 mark, says Shah; Mamata predicts 215 seats for INDIA Bloc
Mamata Banerjee and Amit Shah on Tuesday placed their own estimations of Parliamentary seats that their respective Blocs might have clinched till at the end of fourth phase of elections on Monday. While the Union Home Minister on Tuesday said that the BJP had already crossed the 270 mark out of...
Amarnath yatris to experience improved tracks this year: DG BRO
Director General of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan Tuesday said the pilgrims planning to visit Amarnath cave shrine would experience “improved tracks” this year. The 52-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir will commence on June 29. “I am back from the Baltal (base camp). Last...
