Ranchi: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Hemant Soren, who is out on bail in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam, is likely to become the Chief Minister again. There are reports that incumbent Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren will resign from the post and pave the way for Hemant Soren. In
The Indian cricket team finally left Bridgetwon, Barbados, on Wednesday (Tuesday evening local time) by a special chartered flight, operated by Air India. The Indian team, the cricketers’ families, support staff and some media personnel boarded the flight from Bridgetown and will land in New Delhi on Thursday (local time). The Indian team was stranded
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday sent a condolence message to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the stampede in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district. “Esteemed Mrs President, Esteemed Mr Prime Minister, kindly accept the most sincere condolences over the tragic accident in Uttar Pradesh. Please convey words of sympathy and support
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar lambasted the Opposition MPs for staging a walkout while Prime Minister Narendra Modi was speaking on the Motion of Thanks to President’s address, while terming the incident as a ‘dangerous precedent’. Prior to leaving the House, the Opposition MPs resorted to loud sloganeering and raised chants like ‘LoP
Mumbai: Indian equity indices closed at record highs on Wednesday following a rally in heavyweights like HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, and Kotak Mahindra Bank. At closing, Sensex was up 545 points, or 0.69 per cent, at 79,986 and Nifty was up 162 points, or 0.67 per cent, at 24,286. During the day, Sensex and Nifty
The 30-share Sensex hit the historic 80,000 mark for the first time earlier in the day. Mumbai: Benchmark BSE Sensex breached the historic 80,000 level intraday for the first time while Nifty raced more than 162 points to a fresh lifetime high today following heavy buying in banking and FMCG shares amid firm global market
In a media conference organized at the Secretariat, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu declared that Amaravati is the largest land acquisition project in the world. He released a white paper on the capital city, highlighting its significance and the efforts put into its development. Naidu recounted the history of Amaravati, a city of great
121 people, including women and children, died at the stampede in UP’s Hathras. New Delhi: The organisers of a ‘prayer meet’ – held by godman Bhole Baba in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras, which ended in a stampede that killed over a hundred – “tried to cover up the incident”, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said after visiting
Bengaluru: A couple who got a photoshoot done of their infant child dressed in jail uniform with jailed Kannada superstar Darshan’s prisoner number written on it have landed in trouble with the state child rights body taking suo moto cognizance of the matter and directing the police to track them down. The photo of the
PM Modi launched a scathing attack on the Opposition for politicising Manipur issue New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spoke on the Manipur issue in parliament for the first time amid the Opposition’s allegation that he had “turned his back” to the violence-hit state. PM Modi launched a scathing attack on the Opposition for
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao on Wednesday condemned the criminal case against party MLA Padi Kaushik Reddy. He alleged that the Huzurabad MLA was booked as he was fighting against the Congress government’s corruption. Rama Rao made it clear that the BRS leaders will not be cowed down by
Naveen Patnaik has told BJD MPs to emerge as a vibrant Opposition New Delhi: The Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD), once the BJP’s friend in need whose support helped several contentious Bills clear Rajya Sabha during Modi 2.0, were on the other side today. The party’s nine MPs joined the Opposition’s walkout during Prime