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Decision on next Himachal CM after Assembly polls: BJP

PM’s niece fails to get BJP ticket to contest civic polls

11:39 pm February 4, 2021

Ahmedabad : Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Niece Sonal Modi, who had sought BJP nomination to contest the Ahmedabad civic body polls, on Thursday failed to get a ticket with the party citing new rules for candidates. The BJP announced its candidates for the upcoming elections to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), butSonal Modi’s name does […]

PM Modi’s brother stages dharna at Lucknow airport

10:45 pm February 3, 2021

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s brother Prahlad Modi staged a dharna at the Lucknow airport on Wednesday, alleging that police did not let his supporters reach there and took them into custody. Police, however, have denied the charge. According to Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport’s Additional General Manager (Operations) Bhupendra Singh, Prahlad Modi arrived at Lucknow by an Indigo flight around 4 pm. He sat on a […]

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait to address Kisan Mahapanchayat in Jaipur

Farmers’ protest: Tikait holds show of strength, warns govt of ‘gaddi wapsi’ demand

8:48 pm February 3, 2021

Jind: In a show of strength by protesting farmers, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday addressed a massive rally and warned the government it could find it difficult to stay on in power if the new agri-marketing laws are not repealed. Just before Tikait was to begin his speech at the ”mahapanchayat” in Kandela village, the makeshift stage on which the […]

Netanyahu thanks PM Modi for efforts to protect Israeli representatives following blast near embassy

10:27 pm February 1, 2021

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for his government’s efforts to protect Israeli representatives following the terrorist incident near the country’s embassy in New Delhi last week. A minor improvised explosive device (IED) blast took place near the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi on Friday evening. No one was injured. ”I […]

Budget's transparency on numbers will enthuse rating agencies: SBI economists

Budget turns paperless; FM reads out speech from tablet for first time

8:09 pm February 1, 2021

New Delhi: From Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reading out her 110-minute speech from a tablet to seating arrangements in tune with pandemic times, there were quite a few firsts during the presentation of the 2021-22 Union Budget in the Lok Sabha on Monday. Also, for the first time, the Budget went paperless and members were provided soft copies of the speech and documents. Clad in […]