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Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla urges Brics parliaments to turn dialogue into concrete outcomes

India, Oct. 27 -- Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday urged parliaments of Brics member and partner countries to turn dialogue into concrete outcomes, strengthen democratic institutions and ensure th... Read More


Uttarakhand minister Subodh Uniyal denies apologising to Daler Mehndi over event row, says singer failed to meet audience's expectations

India, Oct. 27 -- After reports emerged that Uttarakhand cabinet minister Subodh Uniyal had apologised to singer Daler Mehndi following their public confrontation at the Kunjapuri Mela, the minister h... Read More


EPS-95 higher pension row: Pensioners' body writes to President Murmu, seeks withdrawal of EPFO's 'flawed' circular

New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- The National Confederation of Pensioners' Associations (NCPA), which represents over 1 million pensioners from public sector undertakings (PSUs) and exempted provident fund estab... Read More


Ankita Bhandari murder case: CBI summons journalist, main petitioner for questioning

India, Oct. 27 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has summoned Ashutosh Negi, an Uttarakhand-based journalist and petitioner in Ankita Bhandari murder case, asking him to appear before it in... Read More


'Unanimity doesn't mean rules were followed': Congress leader rejects ECI affidavit amid CEC row

India, Oct. 27 -- Unanimity did not establish whether the decisions complied with the rules, the Congress said on Monday after the Election Commission of India (ECI) submitted an affidavit in Supreme ... Read More


J&K ministers hold meet as cabinet expansion today

Srinagar, Oct. 27 -- Ahead of the J&K cabinet expansion, the sitting ministers gathered at the official residence of agriculture minister Javeed Dar for a meeting on Monday. Deputy chief minister Suri... Read More


Himachal CM: rRs.r3 lakh under housing scheme for Valmiki community soon

Shimla, Oct. 27 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday said the state government would soon launch a housing assistance scheme offering financial aid of Rs.3 lakh to eligible families belo... Read More


SP, Congress care more about infiltrators than for Dalits: Yogi Adityanath

Kanpur, Oct. 27 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday accused the Samajwadi Party and the Congress of caring more about Bangladeshi infiltrators than about Dalits, the poor and the youth. He wa... Read More


'Unacceptable': HP BJP protests Kharge's remark against PM

Shimla, Oct. 27 -- Terming Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge's remark about Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "derogatory", the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organised a protest in Shimla on... Read More


Hinjewadi Metro set for Nov 3 launch, PM to flag off virtually

India, Oct. 27 -- After repeated missed deadlines and delays in securing the inauguration date, passenger services on the 23-km Hinjewadi-Shivajinagar Metro Line 3 are set to commence on November 3, w... Read More