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Karnataka crisis: 5 Congress, 3 JD-MLAs 'resign'

Karnataka crisis: 5 Congress, 3 JD-MLAs 'resign'

06-07-2019  comments

Bengaluru (IANS) In a severe jolt to the year-old coalition government in Karnataka, five Congress and three Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) legislators on Saturday resigned from their respective Assembly segments in the southern state, sources said.

Modi government behind defections in Karnataka, says Congress

Modi government behind defections in Karnataka, says Congress

06-07-2019  comments

New Delhi (IANS) The Congress on Saturday hit out at the BJP over the resignations of 11 MLAs of the ruling coalition in Karnataka, alleging that the Central government was "orchestrating the defections".

Addressing reporters after…

Jai Kisan! Big farm push expected in first Budget of Modi 2.0

Jai Kisan! Big farm push expected in first Budget of Modi 2.0

05-07-2019  comments

New Delhi (IANS) Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who will present her maiden Budget, is likely to fulfill many of the promises made by the Prime Minister during his toiling poll campaign culminating in the historic mandate.

Taking forward…

Polling on for by-elections to 2 RS seats from Gujarat

Polling on for by-elections to 2 RS seats from Gujarat

05-07-2019  comments

Gandhinagar (IANS) As many as 60 legislators of the ruling BJP and four of the Opposition Congress here on Friday cast their votes for bypolls to the two Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat, which fell vacant after Union Ministers Amit Shah and Smriti Irani…

TN politician Vaiko sentenced to 1 year in jail for sedition

TN politician Vaiko sentenced to 1 year in jail for sedition

05-07-2019  comments

Chennai (IANS) MDMK General Secretary and Rajya Sabha candidate Vaiko was on Friday sentenced to one year in jail and a fine of Rs 10,000 by a Tamil Nadu court here in a sedition case dating to 2009.

The court also stayed the execution of the…

Highest capex for Railways at 1.60 lakh crore

Highest capex for Railways at 1.60 lakh crore

05-07-2019  comments

New Delhi (IANS) In her maiden Budget speech, Finance MInister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday gave Indian Railways the highest-ever outlay for capital expenditure amounting to Rs 1.60 lakh crore and a budgetary allocation of Rs 65,837 crore.

Vote for change in J&K Assembly polls, urges Shah Faesal

Vote for change in J&K Assembly polls, urges Shah Faesal

04-07-2019  comments

Srinagar (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM) Chairman Shah Faesal on Thursday urged people to vote for change in the Assembly polls whenever they will be held, adding that Kashmir is placed at the crossroads of its political history.

Judge, who wrote to PM on nepotism, denied farewell party

Judge, who wrote to PM on nepotism, denied farewell party

04-07-2019  comments

Lucknow (IANS) Justice Rangnath Pandey, Allahabad High Court judge Rangnath Pandey who wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging 'favouritism, nepotism and casteism in the appointment of judges, was not given the customary farewell…

Who are you fooling? India says on Pakistan's crackdown on Hafiz Saeed

Who are you fooling? India says on Pakistan's crackdown on Hafiz Saeed

04-07-2019  comments

New Delhi (IANS) India on Thursday slammed Pakistan's crackdown against Mumbai terror attacks mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed and his aides as "cosmetic steps", and said Islamabad's sincerity will be judged on the…

2 killed 25 missing in Maharashtra dam burst

2 killed 25 missing in Maharashtra dam burst

03-07-2019  comments

Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) (IANS) At least two persons were killed and another 25 missing after a small dam burst near Alore-Shirgaon village late on Tuesday, officials said here on Wednesday.

According to police, the Tivare Dam which had started…

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