The 18th Lok Sabha is all set to witness a rare contest for the Speaker post on Wednesday between the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Om Birla and Kodikunnil Suresh of the Congress after the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government and the INDIA group of Opposition parties failed to arrive at a consensus. On Tuesday, Congress leader K.C. Venugopal and...
A day after a fresh spell of rainfall in Delhi brought respite from the sweltering heatwave, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted another rainy day in the national capital. According to the weather department, Delhi is likely to witness a cloudy sky with very light rainfall accompanied by gusty winds throughout the day. The minimum temperature...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has agreed to plead guilty in US court to revealing military secrets in exchange for his freedom, ending his years-long legal drama, according to court documents released Monday night. Assange, who had been in custody in Britain, will plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to obtain and disseminate national...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday approached the Supreme Court against Delhi high court’s stay on trial court’s order granting him bail in ED case linked to alleged liquor policy scam. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said that Kejriwal’s lawyers have appealed for a hearing on Monday morning. Imposing certain conditions, the trial court...
External Affairs Minister Jaishankar held “productive and deep” conversations with his United Arab Emirates counterpart Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on India and UAE’s “ever-growing” comprehensive strategic ties and discussed regional and global issues. Jaishankar, who was in the UAE on Sunday, visited the iconic BAPS Hindu Mandir in Abu Dhabi and participated in the...
Rain lashed parts of national capital on Friday, bringing much needed relief from the intense heatwave sweeping the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR). The minimum temperature in Delhi on Friday settled at 28.4 degrees Celsius, normal for this time of the season, the weather office said. The India Meteorological Department has predicted partly cloudy conditions in the national capital on...
Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal may have to wait longer to walk out of jail with the Delhi High Court putting on hold the trial court order granting bail to him till it hears the Enforcement Directorate’s plea. The ED has challenged the relief granted to him in the money laundering...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his visiting Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina will hold wide-ranging talks on Saturday to give a new momentum to the bilateral ties. Hours after Hasina began a two-day state visit to India, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met her and discussed various bilateral issues. “Delighted to call on Prime Minister Sheikh...
China is pressing India to restart direct passenger flights after a four-year halt, but New Delhi is resisting as a border dispute continues to weigh on ties between the world’s two most populous countries, officials said. India-China relations have been tense since the biggest military confrontation in decades on their disputed Himalayan border killed 20...
Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court on Thursday granted bail to AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case regarding the Delhi liquor policy scam. The court ordered a bail bond of Rs 1 Lakh to be furnished. The judge has asked the defence to file the bail bond before the duty judge on Friday....