Ahmedabad, February 23 (PTI): The BJP on Tuesday appeared on course to retain power in six municipal corporations, winning 409 of the 474 seats where results were declared till evening.
Polling for 576 seats
Thiruvananthapuram, February 26 (IANS): Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday protested against the rising fuel prices by pulling an auto rickshaw with a rope here.
Tharoor took to the streets in his cons
New Delhi, February 26 (IANS): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal reached Gujarat's Surat city on Friday to participate in a roadshow organised by the state party unit.
Scores of AA
New Delhi, February 26 (IANS): Fresh Covid-19 cases are showing worryingly upward trend over the past one week, with the country reporting 16,577 cases in the last 24 hours taking the overall tally to 1,10,63,4
New Delhi, February 25 (PTI): The government's new regulations for social media platforms and over-the-top (OTT) players Thursday evoked divergent responses from experts with one section welcoming them, som
Govt tightens rules for social media, OTT platforms
New Delhi, February 25 (PTI): Weeks after a spat with Twitter, the government on Thursday announced the tightening of rules governing social media and stre
CHANDIGARH, FEBRUARY 25 (IANS): Carrying the initiative of Digital India Mission, Haryana will become the 16th state to introduce paperless functioning of the state legislative assembly.
In this direction, a
LUCKNOW, FEBRUARY 25 (IANS): A 43-year-old man from Lalitpur, 'wrongly convicted' in a rape case, has finally been acquitted by the Allahabad High Court after spending 20 years in jail.
The man has b
Kolkata, February 25 (IANS): Star wars continue in poll-bound West Bengal as the Mamata Banerjee-led ruling Trinamool Congress and its arch rival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are busy roping in film stars and a
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 25 (IANS): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed on Thursday that the situation of Covid-19 in seven states is deteriorating since cases there have contributed 89.5 per cent to
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 25 (IANS): The Centre on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that living together as same-sex partners is not comparable with the Indian concept of a family unit.
The government stated thi
New Delhi, February 25 (PTI): The government on Thursday announced new rules to curb misuse of social media platforms, as it mandated firms to appoint grievance officer, disclose the first originator of th
Kolkata, February 25 (PTI): In a unique protest against fuel price hike, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday rode pillion on an electric scooter to state secretariat Nabanna.
Banerjee was
NAWADA, FEBRUARY 25 (IANS): Two persons were crushed to death when a wild elephant ran amok in Bihar's Nawada district. A team from the forest department was trying to catch the elephant, which has als
New Delhi, February 25 (PTI): India and Pakistan have agreed to strictly observe all agreements on ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) and other sectors, according to a joint statement on Thursday.
The
New Delhi, February 25 (PTI): Selections to public employment should be on the basis of merit and appointing people with lesser merit ignoring those who have secured more marks would be in violation of the Cons
New Delhi, February 25 (PTI): The daily rise in coronavirus infections in India was recorded above 15,000 after nearly a month taking the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,10,46,914, according to
New Delhi, February 24 (PTI): The Centre on Wednesday announced that people over 60 years and those above 45 with comorbidities can get COVID-19 vaccine from March 1 even as it cautioned states and union territ
New Delhi, February 24 (IANS) China has a habit of creeping forward, making very small incremental moves, to achieve its objectives, said Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane, adding that this strate
Kolkata, February 24 (IANS): With high-voltage state Assembly polls round the corner, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting the Centre to