Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday that BJP stalwart and former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani will be conferred the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award, and described it as a 'very emotional moment for me'. Advani's decades-long service in public life has been marked by an unwavering commitment to transparency and integrity, setting an exemplary standard in political ethics, the prime minister said.
A special court in Ranchi allowed former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren to participate in the trust vote in the state assembly on February 5. He was remanded to ED custody for five days by the special PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) on February 2.
Drama unfolded at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence in Delhi as a crime branch team arrived again to serve him a notice to join a probe over his claim that the BJP was trying to poach AAP MLAs. Outside the premises, AAP leader Jasmine Shah was seen trying to seek explanation from a crime branch official on the legal provision under which he was insisting on handing over the notice to Kejriwal personally.
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that her government would transfer funds to the bank accounts of 21 lakh unpaid MGNREGA workers in the state by February 21. The TMC supremo also said that her party will go all out against the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls.
Maldives' government has formally requested the Indian government to provide 'comprehensive details' of an incident in which its coast guard personnel allegedly boarded three Maldivian fishing vessels operating within its economic zone. There was no immediate response from the Indian government to the Maldivian allegations.
A Shiv Sena leader suffered multiple gunshot wounds and is in critical condition after a BJP MLA fired upon him over a land dispute in Maharashtra’s Thane district, prompting the Opposition to demand Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s resignation, citing deteriorating law and order in the state. Kalyan MLA Ganpat Gaikwad of BJP opened fire on Mahesh Gaikwad, the Shinde-led Sena’s Kalyan chief, inside the chamber of the senior inspector of Hill Line police station in Ulhasnagar area on February 2 night, Additional Commissioner of Police Dattatrya Shinde said.
A small explosion took place after a bag containing an IED was thrown in the garbage after it was found in the parking of the provincial office of the Pakistan Election Commission in Karachi, police said. “The bag contained an IED with a timer and was set to go off between 9 pm and 10 pm but a worker cleaning the parking lot noticed the bag and threw it into the garbage outside the building,” DIG Syed Asad Raza said.
US has conducted major airstrikes on 85 targets in Iraq and Syria against Iranian Revolutionary Guards and affiliated militia groups in retaliation for a drone strike on an American base in Jordan that killed three of its service members. Joe Biden said the US military response 'will continue at times and places of our choosing.'
Death toll in the fire at a perfume manufacturing unit in the Baddi industrial area of Himachal Pradesh's Solan increased to five as firefighters were working to bring the blaze under control nearly 24 hours after it started, officials said. A search is also underway to trace nine persons who are still missing, a senior officer said, adding that 31 people suffered injuries in the fire.
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Poonam Pandey made an appearance on social media and said she is 'alive', a day after there were reports that the actor had died of cervical cancer. Pandey said she wants to spread 'critical awareness' about the disease and ensure every woman is informed about the steps to take.
