Fresh snowfall on the strategic Srinagar-Jammu highway Friday forced authorities to close the highway for vehicular traffic. A senior traffic department official said fresh snowfall occurred in Banihal and Patnitop sectors of the over 300-km long Srinagar-Jammu highway during the night. “Two feet deep snow had accumulated on the road near the Jawahar Tunnel and […]
More than 900 candidates who applied for contesting the 80 Lok Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh on Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) tickets would be selected through interviews that begin Friday. While most seats in the state have multiple candidates, the race for the Lucknow constituency is one of the most keen, with as many as […]
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s road show in Jharkhand has been cancelled due to security reasons, a party spokesman said Friday. The Gandhi scion is visiting Ranchi Friday and was expected to undertake a road show from Hazaribagh to Ranchi. But Rahul will now go to Hazaribagh by helicopter. He will be airlifted from Hazaribagh […]
Supreme Court Friday issued notice to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on a petition challenging a Delhi High Court order in a defamation case against him. The Supreme Court also stayed the operation of the high court order that had permitted Kejriwal to approach the lower court for his discharge in the defamation suit filed […]
Both houses of parliament were adjourned till noon Friday over the creation of a Telangana state and other issues. Members from Andhra Pradesh, who are against the separation, raised slogans and disrupted the proceedings in both houses, forcing their adjournment.
The Lok Sabha was Thursday adjourned for the day after members from Andhra Pradesh protested over the formation of Telangana. As the house reassembled at 12 noon, members from Andhra Pradesh raised slogans, following which the Speaker Meira Kumar adjourned the house. The house was earlier adjourned till 12 noon following protests by members over […]
Central universities suffer from an acute shortage of faculty with over 4,700 posts vacant, President Pranab Mukherjee said Thursday. The president added that India could be a world leader in education if “we discover the will and leadership to take us to that pinnacle”. Addressing a conference of vice chancellors of central universities at Rashtrapati […]
Accidents suffered by some Indian Navy vessels over the past few months was a “matter of concern”, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Thursday. Interacting with the media at Defexpo 14′ here, Antony said he cannot provide “100 percent satisfaction certificate” although standard operating procedures were being largely followed. Every accident, he added, needed to be […]
The BJP Thursday suspended two of its legislators in Bihar for choosing to back Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, and not the party’s prime ministerial hopeful Narendra Modi, as the next prime minister. Bharatiya Janata Party’s state president Mangal Pandey said the party has suspended two legislators – Rana Gangeshwar Singh and Avanish Kumar Singh – […]
The CBI inquiry in the alleged kickbacks in the deal to acquire 12 VVIP helicopters from AgustaWestland was in “advanced stage”, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Thursday, noting that action on complaints of corruption had helped streamline the defence procurement process. Talking to mediapersons at ‘Defexpo 14’ here, Antony said that modernisation of forces was […]