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Congress will win heartland states in 20 | Bengaluru, Dec 22 (TIWN / IANS) Buoyed by the Assembly election victories in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Friday said the national party is confident of winning in the same heartland states in the ensuing general elections in April-May 2019. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Modi discusses security, policing issues | Ahmedabad, Dec 22 (TIWN / IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday interacted with Directors General and Inspectors General of Police from across the country at their annual conference being held at Kevadia in the state and held discussions on specific security and policing issues. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Manipuri Journalist Petitions HC Challen | NEW DELHI, Dec 21 (News Click / TIWN): Wangkhem Kishorchandra, a journalist for Information Service Television Network (ISTV) in Manipur, was arrested on November 20, 2018, for posting a video recording in which he condemned the stance of Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh for his speech on the Rani of Jhansi. He had questioned the Rani’s role in Manipur’s freedom struggle. | 21-Dec-2018 |
HC orders National Herald to vacate prem | New Delhi, Dec 21 (TIWN / IANS) In a setback to the Congress, the Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea of Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) challenging the Centre's October 30 direction asking the National Herald newspaper's publisher to vacate the Herald House within two weeks. | 21-Dec-2018 |
No white Christmas in Himachal this year | Shimla, Dec 21 (TIWN / IANS) There will be mellow sunshine and no snowfall on Christmas Day at most of the tourist destinations in Himachal Pradesh as the weather bureau on Friday predicted dry weather will continue to prevail in the state. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Shah, Jaitley meet Paswans over Bihar se | New Delhi, Dec 21 (TIWN / IANS) Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday held discussions with Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan and his son Chirag Paswan over seat sharing arrangements in Bihar for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. | 21-Dec-2018 |
RS adjourned till 2.30 p.m. | New Delhi, Dec 21 (TIWN / IANS) The Rajya Sabha was on Friday adjourned till 2.30 p.m. soon after it met for the day. | 21-Dec-2018 |
All 22 accused in Sohrabuddin encounter | Mumbai, Dec 21 (TIWN / IANS) A special CBI court on Friday here acquitted all 22 accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati encounter case and rape-cum-murder of Kausar Bi saying witnesses and proofs were not satisfactory. | 21-Dec-2018 |
Internal security has improved in N-E, M | Narmada (Gujarat), Dec 21 (TIWN / IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said the internal security situation in the country has vastly improved, particularly in the North-East and the Left Wing Extremist (LWE) affected states. | 20-Dec-2018 |
Four new faces in Mamata Banerjee minist | Kolkata, Dec 21 (TIWN / IANS) West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee ministry was expanded on Thursday with four new ministers joining in. | 20-Dec-2018 |
Senior Kolkata journalist arrested by CB | Kolkata, Dec 21 (TIWN / IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday arrested Suman Chattopadhyay, editor of a leading Bengali daily, in I-Core Group chit fund scam, an official said. | 20-Dec-2018 |
Calcutta HC gives conditional nod to BJP | Kolkata, Dec 20 (TIWN / IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday gave conditional permission to the Bharatiya Janata Party's Rath Yatra rallies, saying the organisers will be liable for any untoward incident or damage to public property. | 20-Dec-2018 |
LS adjourned till 2 p.m. following uproa | New Delhi, Dec 20 (TIWN / IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned till 2 p.m. on Thursday amid uproarious scenes over the Rafale fighter jet deal and Cauvery water issue. | 20-Dec-2018 |
CPI-M removes Karnataka leader for misco | New Delhi, Dec 20 (TIWN / IANS) The CPI-M on Thursday said it had removed G.V. Sreerama Reddy, Secretary of the Karnataka State Committee, from all elected positions on charges of "serious misconduct". | 20-Dec-2018 |
Congress terms government's plans on GST | New Delhi, Dec 20 (TIWN / IANS) The Congress on Wednesday termed as "belated wisdom" Prime Minister Narendra Modis remarks that 99 per cent goods would be at 18 per cent GST and said that the ruling BJPs governance mantra is "leap before you look". | 19-Dec-2018 |
Manipur journalist detained under NSA ge | Imphal, Dec 20 (TIWN / IANS) Kishorechandra Wangkhem, a 45-year-old staff reporter of a local cable network, ISTV, who was detained under the National Security Act (NSA) in last week of November by the BJP-led coalition government in Manipur, has been sentenced to a 12-month jail term. | 19-Dec-2018 |
Lok Sabha passes Surrogacy (Regulation) | New Delhi, Dec 19 (TIWN / IANS) The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 that ensures effective regulation of surrogacy, prohibits commercial surrogacy and allows altruistic surrogacy to the needy Indian infertile couples was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday with a voice vote. | 19-Dec-2018 |
No leadership change in BJP for 2019 pol | Mumbai, Dec 19 (TIWN / IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Wednesday categorically denied any leadership change and said that the ruling NDA will contest the 2019 elections under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | 19-Dec-2018 |
Rajya Sabha adjourned for the day | New Delhi, Dec 19 (TIWN / IANS) The Rajya Sabha was on Wednesday adjourned for the day amid ruckus minutes after it met. | 19-Dec-2018 |
Withdraw Transgender Persons Bill, deman | New Delhi, Dec 18 (TIWN / IANS) Calling the Transgender Persons Bill, 2018, "flawed", the transgender, intersex and gender non-confirming community from across the country on Tuesday demanded withdrawal of the Bill from consideration in the Rajya Sabha. | 18-Dec-2018 |
LS ruckus: Speaker says, 'School kids ar | New Delhi, Dec 18 (TIWN / IANS) The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Tuesday within hours after in met as both the opposition and treasury benches created a ruckus over the Rafale deal prompting admonitions from the Speaker for being unruly and "worse than school kids". | 18-Dec-2018 |
Toll rises to 8 in Mumbai hospital blaze | Mumbai, Dec 18 (TIWN / IANS) The overnight toll in a Mumbai government hospital blaze rose to eight with two more victims succumbing to their injuries, said a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Disaster Control official here on Tuesday. | 18-Dec-2018 |
Mamata voices humane concern for minorit | Kolkata, Dec 18 (TIWN / IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that her government is equal towards minorities and ready to give shelter to international immigrants. | 18-Dec-2018 |
Eklavya schools for every district with | New Delhi, Dec 18 (TIWN / IANS) The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday gave its in-principle approval for setting up of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) in every block with more than 50 per cent Scheduled Tribes population and at least 20,000 tribal persons. | 17-Dec-2018 |
Delhi releases pensions pending for want | New Delhi, Dec 18 (TIWN / IANS) All pensions, which were not released earlier as the beneficiaries' Aadhaar cards were not linked to the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) portal, have been "increased and released", Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam said on Monday. | 17-Dec-2018 |
Cabinet nods MoU with Afghanistan in hum | New Delhi, Dec 18 (TIWN / IANS) The Union Cabinet on Monday approved signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Afghanistan on cooperation in Human Resource Development (HRD) which will facilitate students and faculty of educational institutions in the neighbouring country to register and use the SWAYAM courses. | 17-Dec-2018 |
Congress rakes up Gujarat riots over Saj | New Delhi, Dec 17 (TIWN / IANS) Stating that conviction of party leader Sajjan Kumar in an 1984 anti-Sikh riots case should not be politicised, the Congress on Monday raked up the 2002 Gujarat riots demanding punishment for BJP leaders alleged to be involved in the communal violence that claimed over 1,000 lives. | 17-Dec-2018 |
Lok Sabha passes transgender persons rig | New Delhi, Dec 17 (TIWN / IANS) The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, 2016 that provides for protection of rights of transgender persons and their welfare was passed amid din by the Lok Sabha on Monday. | 17-Dec-2018 |
Sajjan gets life term in 1984 riots, HC | New Delhi, Dec 17 (TIWN / IANS) Thirty-four years after the gruesome killings, the Delhi High Court on Monday convicted Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in an anti-Sikh riot case of 1984 here and sentenced him to imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life, holding that the violence was a "crime against humanity" engineered by politicians with assistance from police. | 17-Dec-2018 |
Triple Talaq bill introduced in Lok Sabh | New Delhi, Dec 17 (TIWN / IANS) The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018, commonly known as the Triple Talaq Bill, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday despite opposition from the Congress and amid protests over the Rafale controversy. | 17-Dec-2018 |
Editors Guild laments Meghalaya HC summo | New Delhi, Dec 17 (TIWN / IANS) The Editors Guild on Sunday expressed grave concern over the Meghalaya High Court summoning ‘The Shillong Times editor and publisher for alleged contempt over reporting on how the judges of the court have granted themselves and their families multiple facilities and benefits. | 16-Dec-2018 |
Rajnath Singh meets J&K school children | New Delhi, Dec 17 (TIWN / IANS) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday met a group of school children from Jammu and Kashmir under the youth exchange programme ‘Watan ko Jano. | 16-Dec-2018 |
Over 69% voting in Haryana municipal pol | Chandigarh, Dec 17 (TIWN / IANS) Over 69.39 per cent voters cast their vote in the municipal elections in Haryana on Sunday, a senior state election commission official said here. | 16-Dec-2018 |
Say no to violence against women: Mamata | Kolkata, Dec 16 (TIWN / IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday urged the people to stop violence against women on the sixth anniversary of the Nirbhaya gang rape case. | 16-Dec-2018 |
Saira Banu requests meeting with PM afte | Mumbai, Dec 16 (TIWN / IANS) Veteran actress Saira Banu on Sunday requested a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, following the release of builder Samir Bhojwani who had been arrested for usurping her and yesteryears superstar Dilip Kumars Pali Hill bungalow here. | 16-Dec-2018 |
Bhupesh Baghel is Chhattisgarh's new CM | Raipur, Dec 16 (TIWN / IANS) State Congress President Bhupesh Baghel was on Sunday named the new Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh and he vowed in no time to cancel within 10 days bank loans taken by farmers -- a campaign promise that led to the BJP's rout in Assembly elections. | 16-Dec-2018 |
Voting underway for Haryana municipal po | Chandigarh, Dec 16 (TIWN / IANS) Voting was underway on Sunday for five municipal corporations and committees in Haryana. | 15-Dec-2018 |
BJP, Congress skip Delhi Assembly silver | New Delhi, Dec 16 (TIWN / IANS) The silver jubilee celebration of the Delhi Assembly on Saturday remained an all-AAP MLA event, with both Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress boycotting the event. | 15-Dec-2018 |
Court allows CBI to quiz Michel till Dec | New Delhi, Dec 16 (TIWN / IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday extended by another four days the CBI custody of British national Christian Michel, the middleman accused in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal. | 15-Dec-2018 |
Modi instigating violence in Kerala: CPI | New Delhi, Dec 15 (TIWN / IANS) A top Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of instigating violence in Kerala. | 15-Dec-2018 |
Striking doctors may face ESMA: Manipur | Imphal, Dec 15 (TIWN / IANS) Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh said here on Saturday that the government might deal with the striking doctors of the J.N. Institute Medical Science under the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA. | 15-Dec-2018 |
Oath-taking ceremony in Rajasthan on Dec | Jaipur, Dec 15 (TIWN / IANS) The oath-taking ceremony of Rajasthan Chief Minister-designate Ashok Gehlot and Deputy Chief Minister-designate Sachin Pilot will take place on December 17, confirmed Gehlot on Friday. | 14-Dec-2018 |
BJP accuses Gandhi of lies after SC verd | New Delhi, Dec 15 (TIWN/ IANS) Buoyed by the Supreme Court relief to the government in the Rafale deal, BJP President Amit Shah and a battery of ministers attacked Congress President Rahul Gandhi for his campaign of "lies" and demanded an apology to the nation. | 14-Dec-2018 |
HC quashes Centre's ban on oxytocin drug | New Delhi, Dec 15 (TIWN / IANS) The Delhi High Court on Friday set aside a Central government order restraining private companies from manufacturing and selling oxytocin drug. | 14-Dec-2018 |
Gandhi accuses government of lies in Raf | New Delhi, Dec 14 (TIWN / IANS) Seeking to counter the BJP attack, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the government of telling "lies" and raised questions over the statement that a parliamentary committee had examined the pricing details of the Rafale deal and asserted that there was no such meeting. | 14-Dec-2018 |
Congress insists on JPC on Rafale deal | New Delhi, Dec 14 (TIWN / IANS) The Congress on Friday accused the government of trying to hide its "theft" in the Rafale deal behind a court ruling that did not wish to intervene in a defence deal and persisted with its demand for a JPC inquiry into the purchase of fighter jets from France. | 14-Dec-2018 |
Jaitley demands discussion on Rafale, RS | New Delhi, Dec 14 (TIWN / IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday demanded a discussion on the Rafale deal in the Rajya Sabha as the upper House was adjourned for the day amidst sloganeering and noise. | 14-Dec-2018 |
SC junks pleas seeking court-monitored p | New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed four petitions seeking court-monitored probe into the purchase of 36 Rafale jet fighters in ready to fly conditions holding that the decision making process was not in doubt and it cannot go into the question of pricing and choice of offset Indian partner by the French aircraft manufacturer Dassault. | 14-Dec-2018 |
Kamal Nath is new Chief Minister of Madh | Bhopal, Dec 14 (TIWN / IANS) Congress leader Kamal Nath was on Thursday chosen as the new Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, heralding Congress rule in the state after 15 years. | 13-Dec-2018 |
23% new MLAs in Rajasthan have criminal | New Delhi, Dec 14 (TIWN / IANS) As many as 46, or 23 per cent, of the newly elected MLAs in Rajasthan have declared criminal cases against themselves, with 28 facing serious criminal cases including charges related to murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping. | 13-Dec-2018 |