Cong to stake claim for formation of new government in Rajasthan : Pilot
Jaipur/Dec,12: Congress will stake claim to form the government in Rajasthan on Wednesday evening after the party president decides on the new chief minister,Rajasthan PCC president Sachin Pilot said. “We have full majority and will stake claim to form government in the evening. We will take along all non-BJP parties and elected members who are […]
Cong’s Kamalnath to form new government in MP, Outgoing CM Chouhan decides to resigns, declines to form new government
Bhopal/Dec, 12: Decks were cleared Wednesday morning for the formation of a Congress government in Madhya Pradesh after outgoing Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan declared that BJP falling short of majority in the new assembly won’t stake claim to form a new government and he will tender his resignation to Governor shortly. “As we have […]
We accept the people’s mandate with humility
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday evening accepted the Peoples mandate in three states where it lost Congress saying ‘we accept the people’s mandate with humility’. In a tweet Prime Minister Modi said “we accept the people’s mandate with humility. I thank the people of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan for giving us the […]
Polls were fought on state Govts’ performance: Rajnath
New Delhi: With election trends showing reverses for the BJP, senior party leader and Home Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday said the polls were fought on the basis of the performance of State Governments, rejecting the notion that the results would be a reflection on the Modi Government. He also pointed out the Congress-led grand alliance […]
Shaktikanta Das named new RBI Governor
New Delhi: Former bureaucrat Shaktikanta Das on Tuesday was appointed the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, a Government statement said. Das, who retired as Economic Affairs Secretary in May 2017, has been appointed for a term of three years. He replaces Urjit Patel, who surprisingly resigned from the central bank Monday. KH […]
SC dismisses PIL filed by BJP’s ex-MLA Gagan Bhagat against dissolution of J&K assembly
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a PIL filed by BJP’s dissident ex-MLA Gagan Bhagat to challenge the dissolution of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly by Governor Satya Pal Malik. A bench of the Supreme Court comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Koul observed “We are not inclined to interfere […]
Indian High Commission official walks out from SAARC meeting over presence of Pak official in Pakistan
Islamabad/Dec,10: An official of the Indian High Commission in Pakistan walked out of a SAARC meeting over the presence of a minister from Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK) at the event,said a media report quoting sources. Indian High commission official in Pakistan,Shubham Singh, left the meeting to register India’s protest over the presence of PaK minister Chaudhary […]
Won’t hesitate to launch another surgical strike, if need arises : Lt General Anbu
Dehradun/Dec,9: Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Devraj Anbu has said the security forces would not hesitate to launch another surgical strike against militants if the need to do so arises. “The surgical strike on militant launch pads across the border was a show of strength by our armed forces and we won’t hesitate […]
230 militants killed in JK in 2018,240 militants still active : Report
Srinagar/Dec, 8: Government forces have killed more than 230 militants in Jammu and Kashmir this year so far and an unprecedented decline in injuries in stone pelting incidents has been also witnessed in last one year, a media report quoted officials as saying so. As many as 51 militants were killed in the 80-day period […]
Army man named key suspect in the killing of cop in mob frenzy over alleged cow slaughter in UP’s Blunshahr detained at Kashmir’s Sopore
Srinagar/Dec, 8: An army man named key suspect in the killing of a police inspector in mob frenzy over alleged cow slaughter in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr on last Monday has been detained in North Kashmir’s Sopore town, reported NDTV. Jitendra Malik, also known as Jeetu Fauji, was detained last night by a team of the […]
