COVID-19 pandemic

Delhi's peak power demand scales new high of 7,323 MW

Oppn BJP & Congress demand rollback of power tariff hike

10:59 pm October 1, 2020

Bhubaneswar: Opposition BJP members and Congress MLAs on Thursday demanded in the Odisha Assembly that the Naveen Patnaik government immediately rollback the power tariff hike. The issue was discussed in the House through an adjournment motion notice where both the opposition parties strongly protested the Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commissions (OERC) approval of the power tariff […]

UPSC declares results of civil services main exam

SC refuses to postpone civil service exam of 2020

3:14 pm September 30, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to postpone UPSC civil services preliminary exam, to be held on October 4, because of COVID-19 pandemic and floods in several parts of the country. A bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar, B R Gavai and Krishna Murari asked the Centre to consider granting one more chance to […]

Farmers playing major role in building Aatmanirbhar Bharat: PM

6:48 pm September 27, 2020

New Delhi: Lauding farmers for strengthening the country’s agriculture sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the farm sector is playing a major role in efforts to build a self-reliant India. He also said if the essence of Mahatma Gandhi’s economic philosophy was followed, there would not have been any need for the ‘Aatmanirbhar […]

UP: Missing man's body recovered from car found in canal

Man’s body found floating in river in Muzaffarnagar

8:01 pm September 22, 2020

Muzaffarnagar (UP): The body of a 40-year-old man was found floating in a river here, police said on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Kalku Kumar and the body was fished out from the Kali river near Purbalyan village under Mansurpur police station limits on Monday evening, they said. Kumar worked as a member of […]

Oppn plans march to Vijay Chowk in solidarity with suspended RS MPs

Parliament’s monsoon session likely to be curtailed, may end by mid-next week

8:14 pm September 19, 2020

New Delhi: The ongoing monsoon session of Parliament is likely to be curtailed and may end by the middle of next week in view of the threat of the COVID-19 spread among parliamentarians, official sources said on Saturday. At a meeting of the business advisory committee of Lok Sabha, which has floor leaders of all […]