Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday questioned the Centre over the alleged offloading of some of India’s gold reserve to protect the country’s foreign-currency assets after the rupee continued to depreciate against US dollars. As of filing of this article the Rupee was valued at 95.691 to the US dollar a…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader DK Shivakumar is set to be sworn in as the chief minister of Karnataka on Tuesday, with senior party leader G Parameshwara expected to take oath as the deputy chief minister. While the allocation of portfolios is yet to be announced, a list of 14 leaders likely to be part of…
Vijeta Dahiya, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party on Wednesday announced three spokespersons, a day after activist and educator Sonam Wangchuk decided to join what began as one of the country’s biggest internet sensations and has since evolved into a unique political formation.The CJP, which began as a viral online phenomenon…
Andhra Pradesh is dealing with a fertility rate of 1.4 to 1.5 children per woman. “I have made a new decision. We will provide Rs 30,000 immediately after the birth of a third child and Rs 40,000 for a fourth child. Isn’t this the right decision?” When Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu made…
TMC chief Mamata Banerjee with nephew Abhishek Banerjee (PTI photo/file) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday dissolved all its committees, frontal organisations in West Bengal, after rebel Rathindra Bose, with a support letter from nearly 60 MLAs, met the governor in what is being seen as a major crisis unfolding in the Mamata Banerjee-founded…
Punjab orthopaedic treatments: Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana records Rs 84 crore in four months The Punjab Government’s flagship Mukh Mantri Sehat Yojana has spent more than Rs 84 crore on orthopaedic treatments in 4 months, reflecting a sharp rise in demand for bone and joint care services across the state.A new and expanded version of…
Atishi slams education minister Dharmendra Pradhan over limited bank options on portal (Image credit: ANI) Former Delhi chief minister and current Delhi assembly LoP, Atishi, has criticised the CBSE reevaluation process, alleging that students are facing difficulties due to limited payment options on the board’s reevaluation portal.In a post on X, Atishi claimed that payments…
NEW DELHI: Annamalai Kuppusamy (K Annamalai), who not so long ago was the BJP’s biggest face, and also its biggest hope in Tamil Nadu, has quit the party. The former IPS officer, who joined the BJP in 2020 and made the party visible in the state like never before, is all set to form his…
BJP shares AI video mocking DK Shivakumar ahead of Karnataka swearing-in (Image- BJP Karnataka X) Ahead of Congress leader DK Shivakumar‘s oath-taking ceremony as Karnataka chief minister on Wednesday, the BJP launched a sharp attack on the Congress government through a series of posts on X, criticising and alleging failures in governance.In an AI-generated video…
NEW DELHI: The Indian govt has strongly rejected the reference to J&K in an EU-Pakistan joint statement, issued during EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas’s visit to Islamabad this week, saying those who have no locus standi on such matters should desist from making any comment on them.According to the joint statement, Pakistan and the…