The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday heard a plea against a district court order directing the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a survey to determine if the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi was built upon a temple. After hearing arguments in the matter, Chief Justice Pritinker Diwaker posted it for further hearing on Wednesday. The...
Heavy rainfall lashed several parts of the national capital and its neighbouring cities, including Noidaand Ghaziabad, leading to waterlogging on roads on Wednesday. Parts of the city such as ITO got waterlogged causing traffic snarls and hinderance in trafficmovement. The Yamuna River in the national capital still flows just a few centimetres below the danger...
A majority of G20 members are now in sync with the view of India’s central bank that cryptocurrencies could pose huge risks to the stability of the financial system, people aware of the development said adding that these countries may work to institutionalise an internationally-accepted regulatory framework for crypto-assets while allowing individual jurisdictions to impose...
The central cabinet today cleared a bill to replace the ordinance allowing the centre to take away from the Delhi government the control over the posting of officers, said sources. The bill will be introduced in the parliament soon, they said. The ordinance had become one of the latest flashpoints between the BJP and the...
The Delhi BJP on Tuesday staged a protest near the AAP office here demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the alleged failure of his government on “all the fronts”. Addressing the protesters, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva charged that Kejriwal government’s failure on all the fronts was evident during the flood faced...
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh has been suspended for the remaining duration of the Monsoon session of Parliament. Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar took the call during the Opposition parties’ protest in the House over the Manipur video incident. The Opposition parties were protesting against the incident, in which two women in Manipur’s Kangpokpi were...
A mob attack at the office of Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma left five security personnel injured. Mr Sangma is unharmed. He is, however, still inside his office in Tura as hundreds have surrounded the compound. Garo Hills-based civil society groups have been on a hunger strike demanding for a winter capital in Tura. Trouble...
The BJP on Monday targeted the AAP and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying the Supreme Court has shown the mirror to the Delhi government by ordering it to pay its share of the RRTS project. The Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) project consists of semi-high-speed rail corridors connecting Delhi to Meerut in Uttar Pradesh, Alwar...
The Rajasthan assembly on Monday saw unprecedented scenes sacked minister Rajendra Gudha reached the House waving a red diary which he claimed holds details of irregular financial transactions. Gudha claimed that Congress leaders dragged him out of the assembly. Gudha was sacked as minister of state on Friday after he cornered the Ashok Gehlot-led Congress government...
After the alliance of Opposition parties, I.N.D.I.A, created a ruckus inside the Parliament on Monday, July 24, BJP MP from North East Delhi, Manoj Tiwari, criticized the political leaders for their conduct. All this happened over the Manipur violence matter. Taking a dig at the Opposition, Tiwari called the leaders ‘impotent’ and ‘shameless’, and challenged...