New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS): Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal, on Tuesday launched the sale of rice under the ‘Bharat’ brand at an MRP of Rs 29/kg in 5 kg and 10 kg packs. The minister flagged off 100 mobile vans through which the rice w

New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS): Everyday items used in households such as plastic bottles, tea bags; beauty products, and e-cigarettes and hookahs are contributing to the escalating danger of cancer, warned health experts on World Cancer Day on Sunday. World Cancer Day is observed on February 4 eac

New Delhi: 2 February 2024 (Press Release) Muslim leaders respond to interim judgment on Gyanvapi Mosque, say courts appear biased, systems compromised Prominent Muslim leaders express their deep regret and concern over the abrupt initiation of puja in southern cellar of Gayanvapi mosque, marked

New Delhi, Feb 1: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today, February 1 presented the Union Budget 2024 in the Lok Sabha. This was an interim budget as it came just ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections. In her Budget speech, she said that Indian economy has witnessed a profound transformation in th

Koppal, Jan 29 (IANS): Mining baron and founder of the Kalyan Rajya Pragathi Paksha (KRPP) Gali Janardhana Reddy has said that he was ready to forge an alliance with BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Speaking in Koppal on Monday, Reddy said, “Even I wish to see Prime Minister Naren

The Hindu plaintiff in Gyanvapi case has filed an application in the Supreme Court seeking directed to vacate its May 19, 2023 order by which it had put on hold the scientific survey of a “Shivling” said to have been found at the Gyanvapi mosque complex in Varanasi during a videographic

The Rajya Sabha MPs whose term ends in April include nine Union ministers, Bharatiya Janata Party president J P Nadda and former prime minister Manmohan Singh The Election Commission will hold polls for 56 Rajya Sabha seats across 15 states, where the members are set to retire in April, on Februa

Patna, Jan 28 (IANS): Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader Nitish Kumar on Sunday was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Bihar for the ninth time -- hours after he dissolved his Cabinet by walking out of the 'Mahagathbandhan' to once again join hands with the BJP. Bihar Governor Rajendra Arlek

New Delhi: The recent survey conducted by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on the Gyanvapi Masjid in Varanasi has brought to light some interesting findings. According to the ASI report, there was a ‘large Hindu temple’ present at the site before the construction of the existing

بہار میں سیاسی ہلچل کے درمیان ایک بڑی خبر سامنے آئی ہے۔ بہار کی سیاست میں اگلے 24 گھنٹے اہم ہیں۔ وزیراعلیٰ نتیش کمار استعفیٰ دے سکتے ہیں۔ وہ بی جے پی کے ساتھ مل کر حکومت بنا سکتے ہیں۔ نتیش 28 جنوری کو حلف لے سکتے ہیں۔ نائب وزیر اعلیٰ بی جے پی کے سشیل مودی ہو سکتے ہیں۔ ذرائع کا کہناہے کہ اگر جے ڈی

Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer has issued a clarification on the date of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. Confusion arose, after a notification by the Election Commission of India had informed "tentatively given the Poll Day as April 16, 2024... for the purpose of reference and to calculate S

A Varanasi court on Wednesday ruled that the ASI report on the Gyanvapi mosque complex survey will be given to both sides while making it clear that the report should not be made public, the counsel for the Hindu litigants said. District Judge A K Vishvesh said both the Hindu and Muslim parties s

Ayodhya, Jan 22 (IANS): Carrying a silver ‘chhatra’ placed on a red cloth amidst playing of ‘Mangal Dhvani’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi climbed up the stairs of the newly constructed Rama temple and performed ‘Sankalpa’ within the 84 seconds ‘abhijit

New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS): If Lok Sabha and assembly elections are held simultaneously, the Election Commission will need around Rs 10,000 crore after every 15 years to buy new Electronic Voting Machines, the poll body said. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has informed the government t

At least 14 students and two teachers died after a boat carrying them overturned in a lake on the outskirts of Vadodara city in Gujarat on January 18, officials said. There were at least 27 students in the boat, Vadodara district collector A.B. Gor had said. A search operation was under way to tr

All central government offices will be closed for half day on January 22 on the occasion of the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Union minister Jitendra Singh said on Thursday, news agency PTI reported. The minister told the news agency that the decision on the half-day closure of the offi

Sixty-eight Rajya Sabha members, including nine Union ministers, are completing their tenures this year. The elections have already been called for three seats in Delhi and one seat in Sikkim. In Delhi, AAP leaders Sanjay Singh, Narain Dass Gupta and Sushil Kumar Gupta will complete their tenures on

New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS): The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Monday said that FASTags with incomplete KYC will be deactivated or blacklisted by banks after January 31, as part of its move to enhance efficiency of the electronic toll collection system and provide seamless movemen