Jyotiraditya Scindia resigns as Congress General Secretary
Congress leader and former Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday announced to resign from the post of party general secretary. ...
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If Hurriyat is ready, govt should initiate talks: Mehbooba Mufti
If leaders of Hurriyat Conference are ready to talk, then the Center should use this opportunity to initiate a dialogue with the separatist group, said former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba ...
Mumbai: BJP MLC seen outside Sofitel Hotel, says 'busy with party's membership drive'
Maharashtra BJP Vice President and MLC Prasad Lad, who was seen outside Sofitel hotel here where at least 10 disgruntled Karnataka MLAs are lodged, on Sunday said he was busy with the party's ...
Congress MLAs resigning because of their inactivity: Javadekar
In the wake of the political crisis in Karnataka, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday hit out at Congress saying their MLAs are resigning as they are losing the plot because of their ...
Former BJP MP, six others convicted for RTI activist's murder
Former BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki and six others were Saturday convicted by a special CBI court here for killing RTI activist Amit Jethwa in 2010 after he tried to expose illegal mining activities in ...
Green environment behind push for public transport, EVs: FM Nirmala Sitharaman
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said that the tax proposals in the Union Budget for FY20 on fossil fuels and electric cars must push people to avoid polluting fuels and adopt either electric ...
Karnataka: Have faith in Cong MLAs; they will stay and support us, says Mallikarjun Kharge
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said that he has faith in the Congress MLAs who want to leave and that they will stay and support the grand old party.
Union Budget 2019-20 is an eyewash: Asaduddin Owaisi
AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday termed the Union Budget 2019-20 as "an eyewash."
Aadhaar can be used for cash transactions beyond Rs 50,000 in place of PAN: Revenue Secretary Pandey
India's national biometric ID Aadhaar can now be quoted for cash transactions of more than Rs 50,000 and all other purposes where traditionally income tax PAN number was a must, according to a top ...
Govt plans Rs 50 lakh cr investment in railways by 2030: Goyal
Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal Saturday said the government was eyeing investment of Rs 50 lakh crore in railways by the year 2030 to make it the best in the world.
Anyone who criticises govt is branded 'anti-national': Shabana Azmi
Anyone who criticizes the government is branded as an anti-national, said veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Saturday at an event here after she was honoured with 'Kunti Mathur Award' instituted by the ...
Heavy rains continue to lash Mumbai, high tide likely
A high tide of 4.74 meters is expected to hit Mumbai later today, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Saturday. ...
Promise to provide scholarship to 1 crore Muslim students not fulfilled in Union Budget 2019: Asaduddin Owaisi
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday lashed out at Union Minister of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi for not fulfiling the promise of providing ...
Owaisi urges Centre to frame law against lynching
Hyderabad, Jul 6 (PTI) AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has said the Centre should come out with a law against lynching and wondered why such legislation was not brought out despite a Supreme Court ...
Critics of USD 5-trillion economy goal professional pessimists, India poised to race ahead: PM
Varanasi, Jul 6 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday dismissed as "professional pessimists" the critics of the Centre's target to achieve a USD 5-trillion economy within the next five years and ...
Will bounce back in 2021 assembly polls, Mamata to party leaders
Kolkata, Jul 5 (PTI) Notwithstanding the party's dismal performance in the Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee Friday told the party activists to work hard as she is confident ...
Petrol price hiked by Rs 2.45, diesel by Rs 2.36
Petrol price was on Saturday hiked by a minimum Rs 2.40 per litre and diesel by Rs 2.36 after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman raised taxes on the fuels to part-fund her Budget for 2019-20. ...
Key Highlights of Union Budget 2019-20
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday made her maiden Budget Speech and presented the Union Budget 2019-20 in the Lok Sabha. The key highlights of Union Budget ...
Budget 2019: Petrol, diesel set to be costlier; customs duty on gold increased
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday raised cess on petrol and diesel by Re 1 per litre, while customs duty on gold was also increased to 12.5 per cent from existing 10 per cent. ...
Citizen-friendly, development-friendly and future oriented Budget: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for presenting a "citizen-friendly, development-friendly and future-oriented Budget." ...
