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PM pays tributes to Biju Patnaik on birth anniversary

1:56 pm March 5, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tributes to former Odisha chief minister Biju Patnaik on his birth anniversary, and said the nation is proud of his efforts for the state’s progress. A freedom fighter and a prominent regional satrap who was a key member of the anti-Congress alliances for decades, Patnaik served […]

J-K Cong attacks govt over rise in fuel prices

9:37 pm March 4, 2021

Jammu: The Congress’ Jammu and Kashmir unit on Thursday slammed the government over the rise in petrol and diesel prices, saying it was “profiteering off” people’s misery. Members of the party, led by senior leader Raman Bhalla, also took out a march from the Maheshpura Chowk to ‘gherao’ the civil secretariat here against the hike […]

BJP, AGP to hold discussions on seat sharing in Delhi

10:55 pm March 3, 2021

Guwahati: Senior leaders of Assam BJP and its alliance partner Asom Gana Parishad(AGP) will hold discussions with the saffron party’s leaders in New Delhi on Wednesday, while Congress leaders are huddled in a resort here to finalise the lists of candidates for the coming three-phase assembly election in the state, sources in the parties said. […]

7 killed in cyclone Yaas in Bihar;Nitish orders payment of Rs 4 lakh each compensation to their families

Nitish unimpressed by Rahul calling Emergency a mistake

10:45 pm March 3, 2021

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday appeared unimpressed with the candid remark of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that the Emergency, imposed by his grandmother and the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, was a “mistake”. The JD(U) leader recalled his own days in prison where he had been lodged beside other young student activists […]

Unemployment high in India due to govt’s “ill considered demonetisation decision”: Manmohan Singh

4:26 pm March 3, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: Attacking the Centre, former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said unemployment is high in the country and its informal sector is in shambles following the “ill considered demonetisation decision” taken by the BJP-led government in 2016. He also criticised the central government for not holding regular consultations with the states. Inaugurating a […]