Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Rashid Alvi on Tuesday kicked up a fresh row with his controversial remarks on Waqf Amendment Bill and made an ‘inflammatory’ suggestion to the Muslim community, suggesting them to hold road blockages much like what the farmers did during their months-long stir. … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Hyderabad, March 9 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday alleged that there is a deliberate conspiracy to block 42 per cent reservations for backward classes. Stating that caste census data has been collected to strengthen policies for backward communities, he criticised opposition parties for attempting to distort … Read more
Chennai, March 4 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to exclude the ecologically sensitive Gulf of Mannar from the auction of petroleum and natural gas blocks. In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, Stalin expressed strong opposition to offshore mining activities in the Gulf of Mannar, … Read more
Agartala, Feb 25 (IANS) Around 100 surrendered militants of different outfits on Tuesday blocked National Highway-8, the surface lifeline of Tripura, demanding the fulfillment of their long-standing demands, including the withdrawal of all court cases against them and the proper implementation of the tripartite agreement signed with them. An official said that the blockage was, … Read more
Patna, Feb 24 (IANS) At least seven people were killed in a road accident near the Nura Bazaar bridge on Masaurhi-Pitwans Road in Patna district following which locals led by MLA blocked the road on Monday in protest. The accident occurred late Sunday night. Local MLA Rekha Devi and villagers blocked the road, accusing the … Read more
Patna, Feb 21 (IANS) A day after a class 10 student was gunned down and another injured in Bihar’s Rohtas district, hundreds of villagers on Friday blocked the Delhi-Kolkata National Highway (NH) at Dehri, demanding swift justice. The murder of 14-year-old Amit Kumar, who was returning home after his board exams, has led to outrage … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Amid the uproar over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s remarks on the Maha Kumbh, BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP, Sudhanshu Trivedi on Wednesday slammed her for causing a ‘deliberate’ insult to Sanatan Dharam and said that such disparaging remarks were not arbitrary but part of a deeper ‘plot’. Sudhanshu Trivedi, … Read more
Palamu, Feb 16 (IANS) Production has officially begun at the Rajhara North coal block in Palamu district, Jharkhand. The coal block, allocated by the Union government to Fairmine Carbons Private Limited, was inaugurated on Sunday by Jharkhand Finance Minister Radha Krishna Kishore. The coal block holds an estimated reserve of 22 lakh metric tonnes and … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 5 (IANS) The Kerala government’s proposed Private Universities Bill hit a roadblock at the state cabinet meeting on Wednesday with the ruling LDF’s second-biggest constituent – the Communist Party of India (CPI) – expressing its strong reservation to the measure. As State Agriculture Minister and senior CPI leader P. Prasad expressed his doubts … Read more
