The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday (August 8) announced that the Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to keep the repo rate in India unchanged…
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) convened for a three-day meeting on Tuesday, with most analysts projecting no change in the benchmark interest rate. On August 8,…
Most number of deaths (14) have been recorded in the month of July in Asha Kiran Shelter Home being run in Delhi’s Rohini area, an official report said.A controversy has erupted over the deaths in the…
The death toll in the Wayanad landslides tragedy rose to 143 as of July 30 evening.According to Kerala Health Minister Veena George, the postmortem of 116 bodies has been completed.
The two massive…
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea seeking a high-level committee probe on the coaching centre mishap that killed three UPSC aspirants in Old Rajinder Nagar.
The plea, which will be…
President Droupadi Murmu has accepted the resignation of Banwarilal Purohit as Governor of Punjab and Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
The president also appointed governors for…
President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday took up the role of a teacher for the Class 9 students of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Kendriya Vidyalaya in the President’s Estate.
She interacted with the students on the…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s offer to “give shelter” to “helpless people” from Bangladesh amid last week’s violent protest has raised strong objections from the Sheikh Hasina-led…
The Uttar Pradesh government has officially announced the creation of the Lucknow State Capital Region (SCR), similar to the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR). This decision was approved by UP…
Uttar Pradesh might be getting a new BJP State president after Bhupendra Chaudhary reportedly offered to resign from the post following his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.
The…
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday amended the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 and expanded the powers of the Lieutenant Governor. The move comes amid election buzz in the region, the…
Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi is scheduled to visit Manipur on Monday. Security has been tightened in the Jiribam district of the state with authorities imposing a ban on…
The floor test for the newly-formed government in Jharkhand is scheduled for July 8 during a special session of the state Legislative Assembly. Hemant Soren, currently out on bail, was sworn in as the…
The Union Home Ministry has initiated disciplinary action against Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal and a DCP for allegedly maligning the office of the West Bengal Governor by promoting and…
Following the direction of Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, the Uttar Pradesh government formed a three-member Judicial Inquiry Commission on Wednesday to probe the Hathras stampede…
JMM executive president Hemant Soren is set to return as chief minister of Jharkhand for the third time following consensus among legislators of the party-led alliance in the state, party sources said…
India, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, secured the trophy on a thrilling Saturday night in Bridgetown, Barbados by defeating South Africa by seven runs, ending an 11-year wait for an ICC title….
A court here on Monday sentenced activist Medha Patkar to five months simple imprisonment in a 23-year-old defamation case lodged against her by Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena when he headed an…
India’s gold reserves parked overseas dropped to a six-year low at the end of March 2024 to 47 per cent of the total. This is the lowest since the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) started accumulating the…
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Saturday hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party and alleged that the purported letter written by Aam Aadmi Party General Secretary Pankaj Gupta to delhi-lg”>Delhi LG…
Shortly after he inaugurated the new campus of Nalanda University at Bihar’s Rajgir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the rebuilding of Nalanda University is going to start the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday released the 17th instalment of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi (PMKSN) at an event in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
The PMKSN is a Union government’s scheme to supplement…
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday ordered Kolkata Police personnel deployed at the Raj Bhavan to immediately vacate the premises, an official said.
Bose is planning to convert the…
BJP has formed a four-member committee to look into reports of post-poll violence in West Bengal after the party accused Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee of being a mute spectator.
The…
BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan said that senior party leader Amit Shah asked her to “carry out political and constituency work intensively”, after a video of her interaction with the Union home…
Jammu and Kashmir police has released a sketch of one of the terrorists involved in the attack on a bus in Reasi and announced a reward of Rs 20 lakh for any fruitful information about him.
At least…
Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan might become the new Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, according to a News18 report. This development comes after the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Jana Sena…
Prem Singh Tamang has taken oath as the Chief Minister of Sikkim.
Tamang’s Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) won 31 of 32 seats in the Sikkim assembly elections. The lone other seat was by Sikkim…
The Reserve Bank of India, or RBI, has kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per cent. The decision was announced by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das after the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held…
The assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Odisha took place simultaneously, in four phases, from May 13 to June 1 and results for both will be declared today.
1. The numbers: The Odisha assembly has 147…
After the Swati Maliwal case, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has now embroiled itself in another controversy and this time it is Punjab. An AAP MLA and minister in the Punjab…
Indians travelling to Sri Lanka for vacation or work, will no longer have to worry about converting currency or carrying extra cash as now they can use India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) in the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday condoled the demise of the head of Kerala-based Believers Eastern Church, Athanasius Yohan I, saying he will be remembered for his service to society.
The…
Freddy Svane, the Danish ambassador to India, has appealed for immediate action in response to the deteriorating state of cleanliness in the vicinity of the Danish and Greek embassies in New…
In a letter to Raj Bhavan employees on Sunday, Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose requested that they disregard any correspondence from the police on the molestation allegations made against him….
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday lashed out at Governor C V Ananda Bose for his alleged misconduct with a woman employee of Raj Bhavan.
The CM said that her “heart bleeds for the…
The standoff between West Bengal governor CV Ananda Bose and the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set to deepen. This comes after the party accused the Governor of sexual harassment, a…
In a strong swipe at Rahul Gandhi, who is re-contesting Lok Sabha elections from Wayanad, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that another parliamentary seat is expected to be announced for the…
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by ED after he had skipped nine summons. The arrest was launched right after the Delhi High Court refused to provide interim relief to him against the cohesive…
The Nayab Singh Saini government in Haryana carried out the first cabinet expansion on Tuesday by inducting eight MLAs as ministers.
Saini and five ministers took oath last week. Governor Bandaru…
Former President Pratibha Patil has been admitted to a hospital in Maharashtra’s Pune city for the treatment of fever and chest infection and her condition is stable, officials of the medical facility…
Four new ministers were inducted Tuesday into the Council headed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar was administered the oath of office alongside RLD’s…
Tensions are simmering in West Bengal after several women in Sandeshkhali village last week accused Trinamool Congress (TMC) strongmen of sexual harassment. The Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (B…
In a few hours from now, the fate of newly appointed Jharkhand chief minister Champai Soren will be realised. His government will have to prove its majority today (5 February) during a floor test,…
The Congress on Thursday questioned the delay in inviting Champai Soren to head the government in Jharkhand despite having the support of 48 MLAs and alleged that this amounts to contempt of the…
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) legislative party leader Champai Soren along with 43 legislators met Jharkhand Governor CP Radhakrishnan at Raj Bhavan on Thursday, staking a claim to form the government…
Champai Soren has been appointed as the new chief minister of Jharkhand after former CM Hemant Soren handed in his resignation on Wednesday (Jan 31), confirmed Jharkhand Minister Banna Gupta. Banna…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a fresh and the fifth summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for his questioning in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case, official…
After Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar resigned from the CM’s post today, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that he knew it would happen, adding, “There are many people in the country like…
Amid the ongoing political turmoil in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to meet the Governor today, say sources.
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has reportedly sought time to meet the Governor this…
It’s all but finalised. Speculation is at an all-time high that Nitish Kumar is dumping the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the INDIA bloc, and will be joining hands with the BJP once again.
Different…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said that the homecoming of Ram Lalla in Ayodhya is the announcement of Ram Rajya in the country.
Addressing a gathering after the consecration…
Shortly after he concluded the Ram Temple consecration ceremony, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that January 22, 2024 is not merely a date but marks the advent of a new era.
Addressing a…
Slowing global growth is reason for concern, a cause of worry but India is better placed to deal with various geopolitical challenges, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said at the World…
The domestic equity benchmarks, the Sensex and the Nifty on Wednesday experienced significant selling pressure, closing with sharp declines of over 2 per cent. The selloff was primarily driven by a…
More than 28,000 leaders from around the world are gathering for the 54th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting starting this Monday in Davos, Switzerland. The meeting will bring together over 100…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL), the longest sea bridge in the country, in Navi Mumbai. Also known as Atal Setu, the 21.8 km-long is named after…