New Delhi, December 1 The Delhi Government has “strongly recommended” to reject the mercy petition filed by one of the 2012 Nirbhaya murder case convicts, sources said on Sunday. Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain has sent the file to Lt Governor Anil Baijal with Arvind Kejriwal government’s recommendations in theRead More

Chandigarh Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday said Pakistan Railway Minister Sheikh Rashid’s disclosure that Kartarpur Corridor was the brainchild of their Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa had exposed Islamabad’s nefarious intent behind the initiative.Even as he expressed serious concern over this admission by the Pakistan minister,Read More

Nagpur The Nagpur Police on Thursday delivered summons, issued by a local court to former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, in connection with a case where he is accused of concealing information about two criminal matters against him in election affidavit. The summons was delivered at Fadnavis’s house here, saidRead More

Mumbai The Shiv Sena on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray shared brotherly ties and that it is the responsibility of the former to cooperate with his “younger brother” who has taken charge of the state. Apparently referring to the Centre, the Shiv SenaRead More

Mumbai, November 28 Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday took oath as the 18th chief minister of Maharashtra. Thackeray, 59, became the third Sena leader after Manohar Joshi and Narayan Rane to occupy the top post. Thackeray took over as chief minister over a month after results of theRead More

New Delhi As many as 377 websites hosting child pornography material have been taken down and 50 FIRs filed, Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Zubin Irani said on Thursday as she urged immediate reporting so that swift action can be taken. Intervening on a Zero Hour mention by VijilaRead More

New Delhi Newly-elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived here on Thursday, in his first foreign visit after taking reins of power in the island nation. On Friday, he will hold extensive talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on deepening further expanding ties between the two countries. Last week, IndiaRead More

New Delhi Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a bill to amend the SPG Act. According to the amendment, the SPG will now protect the prime minister and members of his immediate family residing with him at his official residence.It will also provide security to former prime ministers and their immediateRead More

Sriharikota The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Wednesday successfully injected into orbit its earth imaging and mapping satellite CARTOSAT-3 along with 13 commercial nano-satellites from the United States. ISRO Chairman K Sivan described today’s launch as a “wonderful success”. With cloudy skies in the back ground, the 44.4-metre tallRead More

Mumbai Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has called a special session of the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday where floor test will be conducted after pro-tem speaker administers oath to the 288 newly-elected members, an official said on Tuesday. The oath will be administered by newly-appointed pro-tem speaker Kalidas Kolambkar atRead More