Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday criticised Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel in connection with the alleged Mahadev betting app scam in which the Enforcement Directorate has linked the Congress leader. Thakur said that if people involved in the Delhi Liquor Scam “couldn’t escape”nobody involved in the Mahadev App would be able to escape either....
Subrata Roy, the founder of the Sahara Group, died in Mumbai after a prolonged illness. He was 75. He was admitted to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital & Medical Research Institute (KDAH) on Sunday following a decline in health. Sahara India Pariwar said in a statement, “It is with profound sadness that Sahara India Pariwar informs...
The allegations of links between Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar and owners of a piece of land acquired for the Dwarka Expressway in the national capital, are “false and baseless”, said Ashwani Kumar, Delhi Additional Chief Secretary (Revenue)/Divisional Commissioner on Monday. Addressing a press conference in Delhi on Monday, the Delhi Additional Chief Secretary said...
Delhi gasped for a breath this morning as the Air Quality Index (AQI) re-entered the “severe” category in several areas, shortly after the bursting of firecrackers across the National Capital Region on Diwali wiped out the improvement in air quality due to a spell of rain. This morning, Delhi residents woke up to a choking smog cover...
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met newly-appointed British Foreign Secretary David Cameron in London and held a detailed discussion on realising the full potential of the bilateral strategic partnership. The meeting came hours after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appointed the former premier back into the frontline government as his new Foreign Secretary...
Delhi recorded a jump in pollution levels and a smoky haze returned on Monday morning after residents flouted the ban on firecrackers on Diwali night The city recorded its best air quality on Diwali day in eight years on Sunday, with its 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) standing at 218 at 4 pm. However,...
India and the US on Friday held wide-ranging talks to expand their global strategic partnership by shoring up engagement in areas of defence production, critical minerals and high-technology besides focusing on the situation arising out of the Israel-Hamas conflict and China’s military muscle-flexing in the Indo-Pacific. The India-US ‘2+2’ foreign and defence ministerial dialogue took...
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Friday said she will be back with a bigger mandate in 2024, a day after the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee recommended her expulsion from the House in the “cash-for-query” matter. In a post on X, the TMC MP said, “Proud to go down in parliamentary history as 1st person to...
Several parts of Delhi NCR received light rainfall on the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, bringing a much-needed respite from the increased air pollution in the national capital. The visuals from the Kartavya Path and the Delhi-Noida border showed light to moderate-intensity rain showers. The rainfall in the national capital comes amid the Delhi...
Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh on Thursday said the Central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to equitable development of all States without any discrimination on the basis of language, region or political considerations. For...