New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order of sending him to judicial custody. Kejriwal’s lawyers mentioned the matter before a division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Sidharth Mridul for urgent hearing. The court posted the matter for Tuesday. Kejriwal […]
Lucknow, May 26 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi, an official said. Akhilesh Yadav, his wife and MP from Kannauj Dimple Yadav, nephews Akshay Pratap (MP from Firozabad) and Dharmendra Yadav (MP from Badaun), have left for Delhi […]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Ahead of his swearing-in, Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi Monday paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi and visited former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at his residence here. Modi had said in a tweet Sunday: “Tomorrow (Monday) will begin the day by visiting Raj Ghat and paying my respects to Pujya Bapu (Mahatma […]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) How does a warming environment affect rainfall, cropping patterns, livelihoods? What could be the alternatives that people whose livelihoods are hit by the effects of climate change do to cope? An initiative by Britain and Canada seeks to study and tackle the effects of climate change in South Asia, in tandem […]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Delhiites woke up to a pleasant Monday morning. The Met Office has forecast thundershower and rains, which may play a spoiler at the oath-taking ceremony of Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi. Modi’s swearing-in ceremony will be an open air event at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan. The minimum temperature settled six […]
Lucknow, May 26 (IANS) As many as 13 people were killed and several injured in a storm that hit eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh late Sunday, officials said. The storm killed people in Sonebhadra, Mirzapur and Bhadohi where many hutments collapsed and tin sheds were blown away in the wind. Over a dozen people were injured. […]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Several BJP leaders, including Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Sushma Swaraj, met Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi Monday, ahead of his swearing-in ceremony. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Sushma Swaraj, Ravishankar Prasad, Nirmala Sitharaman, Uma Bharti, Najma Heptullah, Ananth Kumar, Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Maneka Gandhi, Harsh Vardhan were among those who […]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal Monday moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order of sending him to judicial custody. Kejriwal’s lawyers mentioned the matter before a division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Sidharth Mridul for urgent hearing. The court posted the matter for Tuesday. Kejriwal […]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Former central telecom minister A. Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and seven others, who are accused of money laundering in the 2G spectrum allocation case, Monday moved their bail application in a court here. DMK chief M. Karunanidhi’s wife Dayalu Ammal, who is Another accused in the case, did not appear before […]
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in India Monday morning to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi. Earlier in the morning, Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam arrived in New Delhi to attend the swearing-in ceremony to be held Monday evening. Sharif waved […]