'Delhi chalo' march put on hold till Feb 21: Farmer leader Pandher

Chandigarh (IANS) Hours after holding the fourth round of talks witChandigarh, Feb 19 (IANS) Hours after holding the fourth round of talks with the Centre, farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher on Monday said they would mull over the Centre's proposal…

Bengal LoP’s counsel approaches Calcutta HC with complaint of police harassment

Kolkata (IANS) Suryanil Das, the counsel of Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday approached a single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court with a complaint of harassment against the Kolkata Police.

Sandeshkhali row: SC stays Lok Sabha panel's proceedings against Bengal officials

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the summons issued by Lok Sabha Privilege Committee to West Bengal chief secretary and other top officials in connection with a complaint filed by BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar alleging “misconduct, brutality…

With Rs 13,375 cr project launch, PM Modi set to give major boost to education sector

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to give a major impetus to the education sector on Tuesday by launching many big-ticket projects, to the tune of Rs 13,375 crore.

The Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for…

With two aircraft carriers, Indian Navy kicks off MILAN 2024 joint exercise

New Delhi (IANS) The 12th edition of the Naval exercise 'Milan' began on Monday in which more than 50 nations are taking part.

According to the Ministry of Defence, the theme of Milan this is year is 'Forging Naval Alliances for…

Centre hikes financial package for rubber sector by 23% to Rs 708 crore

New Delhi (IANS) The financial assistance for the Rubber sector under the ‘Sustainable & Inclusive Development of Natural Rubber Sector’ scheme has been increased by 23 per cent from Rs 576.41 crore to Rs 708.69 crore for the next two financial years…

Jaishankar's brief interaction with Chinese counterpart in Munich

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi had a brief conversation on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

The interaction took place on Saturday when Jaishankar was going to…

'Foreign nations also know aayega to Modi hi,' says PM citing invites for 2nd half of 2024

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reiterated his call for ‘third term for BJP-led NDA’ at the Centre, saying that even foreign nations now have a ‘premonition’ about his government returning to power, for the record third term.

Uneasy calm in Ratnagiri after BJP-Shiv Sena (UBT) clashes; Maha Police book over 350

Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) (IANS) Uneasy calm prevailed in the tourist destinations of Chiplun and Guhagar surroundings a day after clashes and stone-pelting between Bharatiya Janata Party and Shiv Sena (UBT) activists, in both towns, here on Saturday.

Pawar ‘cool’ after losing NCP name, symbol; vows to rebuild his party

Pune, (Maharashtra) (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (SP) President Sharad Pawar said on Saturday that the country has never witnessed a situation in which a person who founded a political party has been removed from it, but “this happened with the…