The eight-hour dharna by opposition netas ended with their detentions NEW DELHI: The opposition’s protest march to Election Commission headquarters on the SIR-CEC issue Tuesday turned into a high-octane confrontation between Modi govt and INDIA bloc, leading to an eight-hour dharna by Rahul Gandhi and his colleagues at Akashvani Bhavan and ending with their detention…
The agency will prepare a comprehensive National Transport Master Plan with a planning horizon of 10 years or more (ANI Photo). NEW DELHI: The Cabinet on Tuesday approved setting up India’s first integrated transport and logistics authority, giving the new body a mandate to plan, appraise and monitor projects worth over Rs 500 crore across…
Focus must now be on taking digital literacy, financial literacy to every citizen: Uttarakhand CM Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], October 6 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami participated in a programme organised at the Mukhya Sevak Sadan at the Chief Minister’s Camp Office on Tuesday to mark Uttarakhand becoming a fully literate state.On the occasion,…
Rahul Gandhi being detained by police personnel after over eight-hour sit-in inside Akashvani Bhawan premises along with several other MPs. NEW DELHI: Amid the onging row with opposition parties over SIR, the Election Commission of India on Tuesday said that no political party had formally sought an appointment to meet.“Earlier today, during the march of…
Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit has been appointed the next Chief of the Air Staff and will take charge on 31 October, succeeding Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh. The INDIA bloc’s march to the Election Commission was halted by police, prompting Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi to shift the protest to the nearby Akashvani Bhawan premises….
This comes even as Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and others staged a protest near the poll panel’s office. (PTI) NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Tuesday said it had received no request from any political party seeking a meeting with its officials as standoff between the opposition and the poll panel intensified after Congress…
How Rahul Gandhi changed the script with a surprise move after INDIA bloc march to EC was stopped NEW DELHI: The protest route was planned, and the police were prepared. But then came a “Rahul twist” in the planned script.The INDIA bloc’s protest march on Tuesday was supposed to begin at Parliament House and end…
Kiren Rijiju targets Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said Rahul Gandhi should “learn” from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as the Congress-led INDIA bloc staged a massive protest in Delhi seeking the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar.“You call the government thieves. This will neither strengthen democracy nor lead…
The incident took place on a FlyDubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. (Photo: Reuters) The FlyDubai incident has raised a difficult question for the aviation industry: what happens when the threat is already inside the cockpit?Aviation safety expert Captain Amit Singh believes the incident should be a wake-up call for everyone – especially the…
Amid harassment probe, ACP Bhagat steps aside from Addl DCP charge NEW DELHI: Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Connaught Place Vivek Bhagat, who was promoted to the rank of Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Addl DCP), has sought withdrawal of the order assigning him the post, citing an ongoing inquiry into allegations of sexual harassment.Following his…
