Category: Latest News

Chandigarh, September 26 Prices of vegetables like peas and cauliflower have surged sharply over the last one week in Haryana, Punjab and Chandigarh owing to a supply crunch caused by recent heavy rains in the region, traders said on Monday. Retail prices of peas have risen sharply to nearly Rs…

New Delhi, September 26 Rajasthan Congress crisis: Sonia seeks written report from observers; party says Gehlot-loyalist MLAs’ move to call separate meet ‘indiscipline’ Party observers Mallikarjun Kharge and Ajay Maken, who were sent to Rajasthan, returned to Delhi on Monday after a planned meeting of the Congress Legislature Party (CLP)…

New Delhi/Jaipur, September 26 Upset over an open rebellion in Rajasthan, Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday sought a written report on it from party observers Mallikarjun Kharge and Ajay Maken as the chances of Ashok Gehlot becoming the party chief receded and other names cropped up for the post….

New Delhi, September 26All eyes are on Congress chief Sonia Gandhi as top leaders converged at her 10, Janpath residence here on Monday after a series of developments in the last 24 hours in Rajasthan, where a majority of the party MLAs have rebelled against Sachin Pilot and want Ashok…

New Delhi, September 26 Congress observers Mallikarjun Kharge and Ajay Maken briefed president Sonia Gandhi on Monday regarding the developments in Rajasthan and will submit a written report about the crisis in the party’s state unit by tonight or tomorrow. Talking to reporters after a nearly hour-long meeting with Gandhi,…

New Delhi, September 26 Government has ordered the blocking of 45 videos from 10 YouTube channels that contained fake news and morphed content with the intent to spread hatred amongst religious communities, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur said on Monday. The blocked videos had a cumulative viewership of over…

New Delhi, September 26The results of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-PG, for which 6.07 lakh candidates had registered, were announced on Monday, according to National Testing Agency (NTA) officials.Of the registered candidates, 3.02 lakh were women and the rest men.”The results have been announced,” said NTA Senior Director (Exams)…

Chandigarh, September 26 The one-day Punjab Assembly session will be held here on Tuesday during which issues related to stubble burning, goods and services tax and power supply will be taken up for discussion. The day-long session is also likely to be a stormy one with opposition parties set to…

Moscow, September 26 A gunman with a swastika on his t-shirt killed 13 persons, including seven children, and wounded more than 20 at a school in Russia on Monday before committing suicide, investigators said. The identity of the attacker and the motive for the shooting in Izhevsk, about 970 km…

Aditi TandonNew Delhi, September 26The unprecedented crisis in Rajasthan Congress has twisted the tale of Congress presidential election with the likelihood growing of Ashok Gehlot choosing chief minister-ship over top party post amid insistence on “one person, one post” rule.Gehlot, 71, has just met AICC observers Mallikarjun Kharge and Ajay…

Aditi TandonNew Delhi, September 26 The unprecedented crisis in Rajasthan Congress has twisted the tale of Congress presidential election with the likelihood growing of Ashok Gehlot choosing chief minister-ship over top party post amid insistence on “one person, one post” rule. Gehlot, 71, has just met AICC observers Mallikarjun Kharge…

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, September 26 As Congress stares at a crisis in Rajasthan with 92 of its MLAs offering to quit in support of Ashok Gehlot, AICC observer Ajay Maken on Monday said the chief minister’s loyalists want decision on state government leadership to be deferred until after October…

Arjun Sharma Jammu, September 26 Former senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday announced the name of his new party as Democratic Azad Party and also unveiled a three-coloured ‘secular’ flag. Azad who disassociated himself from the Congress and resigned recently during a press conference in Jammu said that…

Arjun Sharma Jammu, September 26 Former senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday announced the name of his new party as Democratic Azad Party and also unveiled a three-coloured ‘secular’ flag. Azad who disassociated himself from the Congress and resigned recently during a press conference in Jammu said that…