The death toll in flood-hit Maharashtra rose to 207 and heavy rains coupled with discharge of water from the Koyna dam forced the evacuation of millions of people while the northern states received widespread showers with Delhi recording the...
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5th Aug 2021 | Updated at 06:13am 5th Aug 2021
Jakhar questions Sidhu's appointment as Punjab Cong chief
Chandigarh: All is not well within Punjab Congress as former state Congress chief Sunil Jakhar has expressed his grievance openly, saying the party has forgotten him, indirectly pointing to the incapability of the newly appointed state party...
Mamata meets Sonia to forge united front
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Congress President Sonia Gandhi at her residence last week, for the first time since the two parties fought as rivals in the assembly elections, as the Trinamool chief said there will be efforts...
New Karnataka CM to discuss cabinet expansion with BJP high command
Bengaluru: Newly sworn-in Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai is in Delhi and is expected to meet the BJP high command to finalise the names of ministers to be inducted into the new Cabinet. He has also dropped hints that the new ministers...
Karnataka CM Yediyurappa submits resignation to governor
BENGALURU: Putting to rest speculation that lasted a fortnight, Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa submitted his resignation to Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot in Bengaluru, ending his fourth stint at the helm exactly two years after he...
Babul Supriyo quits politics, says his absence 'won't matter' in BJP
Kolkata: Former Union minister and BJP MP Babul Supriyo, who has recently been dropped from the Union cabinet after his defeat in the West Bengal Assembly election, announced that he will be quitting politics as he needs some time. In a long...
Assam-Mizoram drop FIRs ahead of talks on Aug 5
Squabbling northeastern neighbours Assam and Mizoram made “goodwill gestures” towards each other on Monday, including dropping FIRs filed in connection with the border violence a week ago, as they prepared the ground for an August 5 meeting...
Vibrant Gujarat roadshow held in Mumbai
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani held a roadshow in Mumbai on November 26, for the ninth edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019
Manchester airport delivers major boost to north with new Mumbai connection
Jet Airways’ five-times-a-week service from Manchester to Mumbai took for the first time this morning, at a celebration attended by Aviation Minister, Baroness Liz Sugg and hundreds of guests from across the region.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's massive social media reach has helped him earn the tag of being one of the popular leaders on Twitter in the world. His...
Bihar chief minister and JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar on Monday became the first NDA ally to seek an investigation into the Pegasus snooping allegations, albeit with the disclaimer that he was “not sure what has actually happened, what has not...
India registered 40,134 fresh Covid-19 infections, pushing its virus tally to 3,16,95,958, while the number of active cases recorded an increase for the sixth consecutive day, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The death toll from...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a digital direct benefit transfer (DBT) platform called e-RUPI, which aims at making sure that the money transferred...
India and China have inched closer to completing the stalled troop disengagement at Gogra and Hot Springs in eastern Ladakh, though there was no headway...
Over two months after saying that several Covid-19 patients died due to oxygen shortage at the state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Health...
Squabbling northeastern neighbours Assam and Mizoram made “goodwill gestures” towards each other on Monday, including dropping FIRs filed in connection...
At least five Assam Police personnel were killed after the old boundary dispute between Assam and Mizoram exploded in violent clashes at a contested border...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in India on a two-day visit aimed at further boosting bilateral ties and deliberate on the rapidly evolving...
