BJP releases first list of 67 candidates
Looking to get the first-mover advantage in the Haryana Assembly polls, the BJP on Wednesday released its first list of 67 candidates for the 90 Assembly seats for the upcoming Assembly elections, with Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini to contest the Ladwa seat while former Haryana BJP president Om Prakash...
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Phogat, Punia likely to contest Haryana polls on Congress ticket
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Kejriwal bail plea hearing in SC today
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Netflix questioned over Hindu code names for IC 814 hijackers
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Congress and AAP talk about Haryana Polls
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Bestial cow vigilantes in Haryana arrested
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Former chief of iconic Atlas Cycles shoots himself to death
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Nine Naxalites killed in Bastar
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India’s Air Defence gets future ready
With a view to sustaining the modernisation drive and operational readiness of the Armed forces, ten proposals worth `1,45 lakh crore were given the go-ahead on Tuesday. They include Future Ready Combat Vehicles, Air Defence Fire Control Radars, Dornier-228 aircraft, Next Generation Fast Patrol and Offshore Patrol Vessels. Notably, of the...
WB Government passes anti-rape Aparajita Bill
In the backdrop of a Statewide agitation for justice for the Kolkata lady doctor who was raped and murdered early this month while on duty turning fast into a movement for “change of the system that harbours rapists and the corrupt,” the Mamata Banerjee Government of Bengal on Tuesday got...
Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav gets bail in Swati assault case
The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar in the Swati Maliwal assault case noting that he has been in custody for over 100 days. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan also took into account that the prosecution has proposed...
Jail and bail for AAP
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday arrested AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan in connection with a money-laundering case related to financial irregularities in the Delhi Waqf Board. Khan was produced before Special Judge Rakesh Syal hours after he was arrested from his home by the ED who told the court that...
RSS says, caste census important, but not for electoral gain
At a time when the Opposition led by Congress is pressurising the NDA Government to conduct caste census across the country, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Monday said it has no objection to the census as it could be useful for welfare activities while cautioning against its exploitation for...
Cabinet announces big ticket reforms for farming sector
In an effort to improve the lives of farmers and increasing their income, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday approved around `13,966 crore outlay for seven big-ticket programmes related to the farming sector, including a `2,817-crore digital agriculture mission and a `3,979-crore scheme for crop...
Tragedy engulfs Vaishno Devi pilgrims
At least two Mata Vaishno Devi-bound pilgrims died and a minor child received injuries when they were hit by a massive landslide on the Himkoti track to the cave shrine in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Monday. The incident took place near the Panchi colony in the Himkoti area around...