New Delhi Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted people on the occasion of Holi on Tuesday, saying let the festival break barriers that divided people. “This Holi, let us strive to strengthen the bonds of friendship and amity that hold our society together,” Naidu tweeted.Read More

New Delhi/Bhopal In a massive setback for the Congress, its prominent youth leader Jyotiraditya Scindia quit the party and in a coordinated rebellion on Tuesday 22 MLAs loyal to him resigned in Madhya Pradesh, pushing the 15-month-old Kamal Nath government to the brink of collapse. Scindia, 49, appeared set toRead More

New Delhi Vinay Sharma, one of the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case, on Monday approached Lt-Governor Anil Baijal seeking commutation of his sentence to life imprisonment. The plea was filed by Sharma, through his advocate A.P. Singh under Sections 432 and 433 ofRead More

New Delhi Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday said the government is prepared to deal with novel coronavirus and his ministry is sending directives, including guidelines, to states in all the languages on ways to contain it. “We are sending detailed guidelines to all states on ways to containRead More

Mumbai A day after the Enforcement Directorate registered a money-laundering case against Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor and raided his premises, he was taken to the agency’s office in Mumbai on Saturday for further questioning. Kapoor, who was grilled by central agency’s officials on Friday night at his Samudra MahalRead More

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the coronavirus situation in the country at a meeting with officials on Saturday and directed them to identify locations for sufficient quarantine facilities and make provisions for critical care in case the disease spreads further. At the meeting with all ministries and departmentsRead More

New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hit out at ‘right talking’ critics of his government’s decisions such as the new citizenship law and scrapping of special status for Jammu and Kashmir, saying they have hatred for people who walk the path of ‘doing the right things’. Speaking atRead More

New Delhi A woman activist has written to the United Nations seeking that March 20, 2020, the day when the convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case are scheduled to be hanged, be designated as ‘Rape Prevention Day’. In her letter, Yogita Bhayana said this will help sensitiseRead More

New Delhi A man from Ghaziabad with a recent travel history to Iran has tested positive for novel coronavirus in Ghaziabad, taking the total number of cases in the country to 30 as the government on Thursday asked states to form rapid response teams at district, block and village levels.Read More

New Delhi Arrangements are being made to facilitate the return of stranded Indians from Iran in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak through normal civil aviation channels, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said as of now there are no Indians infected with theRead More