The BJP on Tuesday came down heavily on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after the DJB increased a combined water and sewer tariff in the city by 20 per cent for consumption of more than 20,000 litres per month. “Delhi …
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J&K has ‘always’ preferred ballot over bullet: Mehbooba
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday expressed the hope that people in the state will prefer the ballot over the bullet in the just-announced panchayat elections like they have always done. “I am very pleased to announce …
Read More »Indian Army commandos cross LoC, kill three Pakistani soldiers
Indian Army commandos crossed the Line of Control (LoC) on Monday evening and killed three Pakistani soldiers, two days after four Indian Army men, including a Major, were shot dead in an ambush in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said on …
Read More »Build an educational ecosystem comparable with the best: Pranab Mukherjee
Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday called on Indian academic institutions to lay emphasis on quality research work to earn global recognition and build “an educational eco-system comparable with the best in world”. “There has to be sincere deliberations on …
Read More »Excluding Kejrwal from metro inauguration cheap mentality: AAP
Senior AAP leader Sanjay Singh on Sunday criticised the Narendra Modi-led Central government for its “hatred” towards Arvind Kejriwal, terming the Delhi Chief Minister’s exclusion from the inauguration of Delhi Metro’s Magenta Line their “cheap mentality”. “This hasn’t happened for …
Read More »Parliamentary party will decide on triple talaq bill: Congress
With the government likely to table a proposed bill that criminalises the practice of instant divorce among Muslims, Congress on Sunday said that its parliamentary party will decide on the matter. “If the government brings a bill, that’s the call …
Read More »Mumbai commuters get AC local trains
The Indian Railways on Monday flagged off the country’s first air-conditioned suburban local train for Mumbai commuters, 150 years after the first suburban local was hauled by a steam engine in 1867, officials said. The Christmas and pre-New Year bonanza …
Read More »Modi condoles Rajasthan bus accident victims
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday condoled the deaths of 30 people who were killed when a passenger bus fell into a river near Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur, saying his “thoughts” were with the victims’ families. “Anguished by the bus accident …
Read More »2G verdict: Ex-CAG Vinod Rai must explain, demands Shiv Sena
Terming the verdict by the CBI court in the 2G spectrum case as “a slap” on the face of the BJP and others who “exploited it politically”, the Shiv Sena on Saturday targeted the original whistle blower, ex-Comptroller & Auditor …
Read More »30 killed in Rajasthan bus accident
At least 30 people were killed and 15 injured when a passenger bus fell into a river on Saturday near Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur, police said. The Sawai Madhopur-Lalsot bus was driven by a 16-year-old conductor who lost control due to …
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