New Delhi, May 18 (IANS): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said the party is committed to usher in progress for Karnataka and will implement the five guarantees promised to the 6.5 crore people of the state. Taking to Twitter, Kharge said: "Team Congress is committed to usher pro

Gadag, Oct 31 (IANS): BJP leader and Minister for Agriculture in Karnataka, B.C. Patil, sparked a row on Monday after he said that it is insanity to think of a Muslim leader becoming the Prime Minister of India. Speaking to reporters here, Patil said, "This is 'Bharat'. It is impossible for a Mus

India on Tuesday issued its second advisory in a week asking its citizens to “leave Ukraine by all available means”. In the previous advisory, issued on October 19, New Delhi had warned its citizens against travelling to Ukraine and asked students who returned to the country to leave in view of t

New Delhi(PTI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday sought to downplay speculation that he could be made Congress chief, saying nobody knows what will be decided. Gehlot's meeting with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi led to the buzz that the two may have discussed the possibility of hi

Kolkata (PTI): Union Minister Subhas Sarkar alleged that he was "not allowed" to hoist the national flag by the West Bengal government at a correctional home in Paschim Medinipur district as part of the Centre's 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' initiative. He claimed that state government officials were

New Delhi(PTI): Amid a stalemate in Parliament, the Congress on Tuesday asked why the government is not allowing an urgent debate on price rise and GST when the entire opposition was demanding it. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said a debate under Rule 267 has been held several times in the

Kolkata (PTI): Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in connection with its investigation into the teacher recruitment scam, an official of the agency said. Chatterjee, who was the state education minister when the scam took place, was arrested a

Allahabad, Jul 18: The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the civil judge (senior division) of Mathura to expedite and decide within three months an application for a survey of the Shahi Eidgah and Jahanara's mosque by the Archaeological Survey of India and the objections filed by the Sunni Cen

New Delhi(PTI): A married couple was arrested at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here for allegedly trying to smuggle 45 hand guns into the country, customs officials said on Wednesday. The officials who made the arrest said a ballistic report will confirm whether the guns are real or n

New Delhi(PTI): SpiceJet's Dubai-Madurai flight was delayed on Monday after the Boeing B737 Max aircraft's nose wheel malfunctioned, Directorate General of Civil Aviation officials said. Monday's incident is at least the ninth incident of technical malfunction in a SpiceJet aircraft in 24 days.

New Delhi, Jun 13 (IANS): The recent surge in Covid-19 cases in the country is part of the new normal as the virus continues to mutate, experts said on Monday and added that use of masks and booster doses are imperative to tackle the disease. India on Monday recorded 8,084 fresh Covid cases, the

Patna(PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday asserted that there was "no need" for an anti-conversion law in the state where the government was "alert" and members of different religious communities lived in peace. He gave the statement when asked by journalists about the need for s

New Delhi, June 6: People can now book 24 train tickets in a month on the IRCTC website and app if their user ID is linked to Aadhaar, otherwise only 12 tickets can be bought, the Railways announced on Monday. So far, the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) allowed people to

Budaun (UP), Jun 5: Five police personnel and two unidentified people have been booked here for allegedly torturing a man in custody. Rehan (20) was held by police on suspicion of theft when he was returning home from work. He was given electric shocks and the accused inserted a wooden stick in h

Srinagar(PTI): Three soldiers were injured in a blast inside their private hired vehicle in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said. The nature of the blast is being investigated, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said. "A #blast took place inside a priva

Nuh (Haryana), Jun 1: Three people, including an eight-year-old boy, died in a septic tank in this district, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place in Bichhor village in Punhana block on Tuesday, they said. After the boy fell into the tank accidentally while playing near it, the boy

Banihal (J&K), May 23: A baby girl who was declared dead in a hospital here soon after her birth on Monday was found to be alive when her family was forced to dig up her grave nearly an hour after she was buried, officials said. Locals in the area objected to her burial in their graveyard and

Panaji(PTI): The Goa Police have arrested a man from his home town in neighbouring Karnataka for allegedly raping a 12-year-old Russian girl at a resort in Arambol in North Goa, where he worked as a room attendant, an official said on Thursday. The accused, Ravi Lamani (28), a married man, was ar