Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
As he ended his daylong fast demanding action from his own government over cases of alleged corruption during the BJP term, senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday said his movement against graft will continue.
He was speaking to reporters after ending the fast at the Shaheed Smarak here. Pilot sat on the fast from 11 am to 4 pm.
As senior Congress Sachin Pilot began his daylong fast against his own party-led government in Rajasthan on Tuesday, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot released a video portraying his vision to take the state to the top by 2030.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said the BJP taking away his MP "tag" will not stop him from representing the people of Wayanad or intimidate him from raising questions.
Gandhi was speaking at a public meeting in the border district of Wayanad in Kerala where he arrived for the first time after his disqualification as an MP.
In a relief for the agriculture sector, India is expected to get normal rainfall during the southwest monsoon season despite the evolving El Nino conditions, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.
The IMD prediction comes just a day after a private forecasting agency, Skymet Weather, predicted "below-normal" monsoon rains in the country.
As the Amul vs Nandini battle heats up in poll-bound Karnataka, at the heart of a seemingly corporate war is the Kannadiga pride and the rural economy dependent on the home-grown brand.
And the ruling BJP may have to do a tightrope walking to steer clear of the issue that may well dominate the political narrative in the coming days, much as it has hogged the limelight over the weekend.
Head of the Gujarat-based cooperative selling Amul brand on Tuesday said it will sell milk and curd only through online channels in Bengaluru and there is no competition with Nandini milk which is much cheaper due to the state government subsidy.
Asserting that India meets the requirements of a fair and transparent economy, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has urged American businesses to invest in the country.
Addressing a business roundtable organized by US India Business Council, with representatives of top US companies, the finance minister said India, under the current government, is creating opportunities for global industry to participate in the nation’s growth story.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said as she slammed the West for not making the promised funding available to countries to achieve their climate objectives.
She said India has come up with very ambitious nationally determined goals in its fight against climate change.
India is home to the second largest Muslim population in the world and those blaming the country on minority issues have no clue about the ground realities, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said.
The Trinamul Congress on Monday said it will announce a new candidate for the seat vacated by former Goa chief minister Luizinho Falerio, who resigned as a Rajya Sabha MP.
TMC sources said he was asked to resign a few months back but he sought some time.
The Trinamul Congress on Monday said it will announce a new candidate for the seat vacated by former Goa chief minister Luizinho Falerio, who resigned as a Rajya Sabha MP.
TMC sources said he was asked to resign a few months back but he sought some time.
Apple Inc's music service was facing issues, the iPhone-maker said on its status page on late Monday, while users reported issues with various other services of the company.
According to outage tracking website Downdetector.com, services including the support service and Apple store were down for thousands. More than 3,300 users reported issues with streaming Apple Music at the peak of outage, while nearly 2,200 reported problems with App Store in the United States.
The Aam Aadmi Party office in New Delhi wore a vibrant look on Tuesday as the office premise was decked up with flowers and balloons, and party workers danced to beats of drums to celebrate the political outfit's new feat as a national party. Scores of AAP leaders and workers gathered at DDU Marg as the streets were decorated with yellow and blue balloons, party flags and patriotic songs were played. A large number of women workers were also present at the celebrations, while sweets were distributed by other party members.
"This is the result of the hardwork and dedication of each and every party member. We are proud to be recognised as a national party. All our efforts have paid off," Seema Arya of AAP's women wing said.
Mumbai Police have detained a 16-year-old boy from neighbouring Thane district for calling the police control room and allegedly threatening to kill Bollywood superstar Salman Khan, an official said on Tuesday.
The main control room of Mumbai Police received the call on Monday.
A woman being groped on a street or public transport cannot be termed as "participative" on her part in such incidents and she cannot be prosecuted for failing to act, a Mumbai court has held in the 2007 obscenity case over Hollywood star Richard Gere kissing actor Shilpa Shetty at a public event.
In the present case, the respondent (Shetty) had not kissed, but was kissed. Obscenity on her part is not evident, Additional Sessions Judge S C Jadhav said last week while upholding a magistrate court's order discharging Bollywood actor Shetty in the case.
