Commending Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his team’s efforts, around 80-100 people have queued up at the protest site to support the agitation. Standing undeterred under the rain on a chilly winter morning, many supporters were waiting to “congratulate” the activist-turned-politician who took office Dec 28. “I am here to congratulate Kejriwal. He is […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is being escapist and resorting to anarchy, said Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari Tuesday. “They made promises to the people and now when it comes to walking the talk they are being escapist and trying every gimmick to wriggle out of the situation that they themselves have got into,” […]
ogThick fog enveloped the national capital again Monday. The maximum temperature was recorded at 22.3 degree Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. The Met office has forecast a cloudy Tuesday. The maximum and the minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 20 degrees Celsius and 10 degrees Celsius Tuesday, a met official said. “The […]
Infrastructure development is a key element in the strategy for developing the northeast and increasing the region’s connectivity with the rest of the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday. “Considerable progress is being made in each of the sectors reviewed today,” Manmohan Singh said at a meeting with the chief ministers of the northeast […]
Four landmines apparently planted by Maoists to blast police vehicles were recovered in Bokaro district in Jharkhand Monday, police said. The mines were concealed near the Gomia-Vanchatro road, around 130 km from Ranchi. They were defused. Maoists are active in 18 of the 22 districts in Jharkhand.
Strongly condemning the Jalpaiguri blasts of Dec 26 last year, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday cautioned local youth against falling prey to those who incite violence in the name of language. “I appeal to the youth in north Bengal not to take the road shown by those who instigate people in the name […]
A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Monday gained 141 points or 0.67 percent as information technology (IT) and bank stocks moved up. The 30-scrip S&P Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened at 21,083.53 points, closed at 21,205.05 points — up 141.43 points or 0.67 percent from its previous day’s close at […]
DMDK party leader A. Vijayakant Monday announced the sale of application forms for people aspiring to contest the Lok Sabha election in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. He said the forms can be bought from the party headquarters from Jan 23. Each form for a general constituency costs Rs.20,000, and Rs.10,000 for a reserved seat. Vijayakant […]
Rameshwar Dudi, Congress legislator from Nokha constituency in Bikaner district of Rajasthan, has been named leader of his party in the state assembly. Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Archana Sharma said: “Dudi has been named leader of opposition in the state assembly after the party high command cleared his name today.” Political analysts feel that […]
It would be a serious error to view decline in the number of terrorist strikes in India over the past two years as evidence of terrorism being under check, West Bengal Governor M.K. Nayaranan said Monday. The governor also noted that there was a possibility of both the intensity and the number of attacks being […]