India

Budget session: Parliament to resume normal sittings from Monday, COVID-19 restrictions to stay

Amid declining Covid-19 cases in the country, the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha are set to resume their normal sittings for the second part of the Budget...

Saturday, March 12, 2022 10:31 AM

BSF recovers huge arms cache in Punjab's Ferozepur

Personnel of the Border Security Force and Special Task Force in a joint operation on Friday recovered a huge cache of weapons from the Ferozepur Sect...

Friday, March 11, 2022 6:46 PM

Bhagwant Mann to take oath as Punjab Chief Minister on March 16, invites Arvind Kejriwal for ceremon...

Aam Aadmi Party leader Bhagwant Mann will take the oath as the next chief minister of Punjab on March 16.

Friday, March 11, 2022 6:34 PM

Putin agrees to send 'volunteers' to Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday agreed to invite volunteers to participate in Russia's "special military operation" in Ukraine.

Friday, March 11, 2022 6:31 PM

Govt. appoints ex-financial services secretary Debasish Panda as IRDAI chief

The government on Friday appointed former financial services secretary Debasish Panda as chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authorit...

Friday, March 11, 2022 6:15 PM

Bengal govt presents Rs 3.21-lakh crore budget for FY'23

West Bengal Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya on Friday presented a Rs 3.21-lakh crore budget for the 2022-23 fiscal, amid a walkout by oppositi...

Friday, March 11, 2022 5:23 PM

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami resigns day after assembly election results

Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday along with the state cabinet submitted his resignation to the governor Lieutenant General Gur...

Friday, March 11, 2022 3:30 PM

Jaishankar to make statement in Budget Session of Parliament on Operation Ganga, Ukraine

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be making a statement in the second part of the Budget Session in Parliament on the rescue operation to ev...

Friday, March 11, 2022 3:16 PM

Punjab CM Channi submits resignation to governor

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Friday submitted his resignation to Governor Banwarilal Purohit following his party's drubbing in the...

Friday, March 11, 2022 2:28 PM

Let MCD polls take place: Kejriwal to PM Modi

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to let MCD elections take place in the national capital, saying post...

Friday, March 11, 2022 1:38 PM

Akhilesh Yadav thanks people after massive increase in seats, vote share in UP

After the declaration of UP Assembly results 2022, SP's National President Akhilesh Yadav expressed gratitude to the people for building faith in the...

Friday, March 11, 2022 12:17 PM

India records 4,194 new COVID-19 cases, positivity rate at 0.52 pc

India recorded as many as 4,194 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours with a positivity rate of 0.52 per cent, the Ministry of Health and Family Wel...

Friday, March 11, 2022 11:47 AM

Disney to pause all businesses in Russia after halting theatrical releases in the country

More than 1 million children have now fled Ukraine as war continues to ravage the country, UNICEF said on Thursday. Most have fled with their families...

Friday, March 11, 2022 11:32 AM

Humbly accept people's verdict, will learn from it: Rahul Gandhi on poll results

With current trends of the Assembly election results showing that the Congress is faring badly in five states - Manipur, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, G...

Thursday, March 10, 2022 5:37 PM

UP Assembly Elections: Adityanath busts 'Noida jinx' after three decades

With the BJP looking set to secure a straight second term in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday appeared to have successfully b...

Thursday, March 10, 2022 4:07 PM

Punjab: Bhagwant Mann to take oath as CM at birthplace of Bhagat Singh

Bhagwant Mann will take oath as Punjab's Chief Minister at the birthplace of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.

Thursday, March 10, 2022 3:54 PM

Punjab Assembly poll results: Amarinder Singh loses from Patiala

Punjab Lok Congress Party chief and two-time chief minister Amarinder Singh lost from Patiala Urban by a margin of 19,873 votes to Aam Aadmi Party’s A...

Thursday, March 10, 2022 3:22 PM

Assembly poll results: EC withdraws blanket ban on victory processions

After taking stock of the COVID-19 situation in states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand, the Election Commission of India has dec...

Thursday, March 10, 2022 2:23 PM