Raipur, October 18 BJP vice president and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh on Wednesday urged the Election Commission of India to postpone the second phase of Chhattisgarh assembly polls scheduled on November 17 in view of the Chhath festival....
Aditi Tandon New Delhi, October 16 A day after the Congress fielded all its top guns in the upcoming Chhattisgarh elections, the BJP went all guns blazing against the ruling party, accusing it of fomenting communal divide. In Rajnandgaon today...
Shubhadeep Choudhury New Delhi, October 15 The Congress on Sunday announced the first list of candidates for next month’s Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana. For the 230-member strong Madhya Pradesh House, the Congress has announced 144 names....
Aditi Tandon New Delhi, October 9 The Election Commission on Monday set the ball rolling for a crucial poll cycle announcing single-phase elections for the Assemblies of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Mizoram and Telangana and voting in two phases for Left-wing...
New Delhi, October 9 The BJP on Monday named former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh and its state president Arun Sao, also a Lok Sabha MP, as its candidates in its second list of 64 nominees for the elections to...
Chandigarh, October 6 In a recent development related to the Mahadev betting app case, comedian Kapil Sharma, along with actresses Huma Qureshi and Hina Khan, have sought a one-week extension from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to comply with their...
New Delhi, October 3 Women table tennis players discussing nuances of their game, a group of girls breaking into song, an artist sharing her thoughts on caste discrimination, those and some more were vignettes from “real India” that Rahul Gandhi...
New Delhi/Raipur, Sept 29 The Chhattisgarh Police have arrested two people in connection with a Rs 20-crore burglary from a jewellery store in New Delhi earlier this week and recovered around 18.5 kg of gold and diamond ornaments from them,...
Jammu, September 29 Many passengers, including pilgrims, were stranded at Jammu and Katra railway stations on Friday as seven trains were cancelled and 13 diverted due to a ‘rail roko’ agitation by farmers in different parts of Punjab. Passengers in...
Balaghat, September 29 A 25-year-old Naxalite carrying a reward of Rs 14 lakh was killed in an encounter with an elite combat unit of the Madhya Pradesh police in the state’s Balaghat district on Friday morning, a senior official said....
New Delhi/Raipur, September 29 The Chhattisgarh Police have arrested two persons in connection with a Rs 20-crore burglary from a jewellery store in New Delhi earlier this week and recovered around 18.5 kg gold and diamond ornaments from them, a...
Ludhiana, September 28 The rail traffic in the region went haywire and several trains were stuck at intermediary stations as farmers resorted to a three-day ‘rail roko agitation in support of their demands, including financial package for crop losses...
Shimla, September 27 Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday thanked the government of Assam and Uttrakhand for donating Rs 10 crore and Rs 5 crore each towards the Aapada Rahat Kosh-2023, or the state disaster relief fund....
THE deed is done, but the deal hangs mid-air, wrapped in uncertainties which a future government will need to unravel as and when the Act is implemented. The Constitution (108th Amendment) Bill, 2008 — popularly known as the Women’s Reservation...
New Delhi, September 25 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said if voted to power, his party would immediately conduct a “caste census” to give the OBCs and other marginalised communities what is their due. PM averse to idea...
Vibha Sharma Chandigarh, September 25 In a repeat of scenes at the BJP headquarters last week, the party’s women leaders today honoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the passage of women’s reservation bill in Madhya Pradesh amid demand for SC/ST/OBC...
Chandigarh, September 24 At the ongoing Chhattisgarh T20 Invitational Cup being played in Raipur, the Chandigarh girls kept their title hopes alive by registering two consecutive wins. In the first match, Chandigarh beat Chhattisgarh Red by seven wickets. The...
New Delhi, September 24 Exuding confidence about a good showing in the upcoming Assembly polls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that as of now the Congress is certainly winning Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, probably winning Telangana, and there...
Aditi Tandon New Delhi, September 23 The BJP government in Uttarakhand on Saturday granted a four-month extension to an expert committee set up to draft the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) law, signalling a clear rethink on the part of the...
Shimla, September 23 Superstar Aamir Khan has donated Rs 25 lakh towards the Aapada Rahat Kosh to provide succor to the rain-affected families in Himachal Pradesh, the state government said in a statement on Saturday. Expressing his gratitude to the...
Vibha Sharma Chandigarh, September 23 On Saturday Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in Varanasi with an itinerary that included laying the foundation stone of an International Cricket Stadium, the closing ceremony of the Kashi Sansad Sanskritik Mahotsav 2023 and dedicating...
Dantewada, September 20 A Central Reserve Police Force jawan was on Wednesday injured when an improvised explosive device (IED), planted by Naxalites, exploded in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Sukma district, a senior police official said. The incident took place at around 7.30...
Raipur, September 20 Two women Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Wednesday, the police said. The gunfight took place around 7 am in the forest of Aranpur police station limits when a...
Chandigarh, September 19 Chandigarh girls registered a six-run win over Odisha team during the ongoing Chhattisgarh Women’s T20 Cup Invitational Tournament. Odisha skipper won the toss and put Chandigarh to bat. Openers Shivi Pandey and Monika Pandey gave a...
Aditi Tandon New Delhi, September 19 In a major pre-election move, Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government introduced the long-awaited women’s reservation Bill as the first agenda in the new Parliament building, where parliamentarians got into business moments after bidding...
Mumbai, September 18 States reverting to the old pension scheme is a “major step backwards” and may take the fiscal stress of states to “unsustainable levels” in the medium to long term, according to an article by RBI staffers. The...
New Delhi, September 18 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lauded the vision of first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru and subsequent leaders, including Lal Bahadur Shastri, PV Narasimha Rao and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, but also reminded the Lok Sabha of...
Chandigarh: A car sped away after hitting a pedestrian in Sector 16. Jatinder Bawa, a resident of Sector 16, reported that a car sped away after hitting his son Paras near his house. The victim was injured and admitted to...
Hyderabad, September 17 Batting for unity and organisational discipline, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday asked party leaders to prioritise the success of the party putting aside personal differences and take on adversaries with full might in the upcoming state...
ANI New Delhi, September 17 A lavish wedding held this February in the United Arab Emirates caught the attention of the Enforcement Directorate as the entire money-around Rs 200 crore- spent on the bash was paid entirely in cash. At...