New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi has ignited new enthusiasm among people, particularly young voters, in the past few months, and it was time for the ruling BJP to “sit up and pay attention” to the growing disenchantment, said Congress parliamentarian Shashi Tharoor on Friday.
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Representative of Iran's Supreme Leader and senior diplomat, Abdul Majid Hakeem Ilahi, said on Friday that the United States is yet to apologise for the attack on a primary school in Iran, which claimed the lives of 168 children. He added that some of the bodies of these children have not been found till now.
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Amid commotion over Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Director General Shatrujeet Kapur's remarks on the situation on the China border, sources stressed the comments were made in the context of routine operational preparedness and force deployment along the frontier and were not linked to any specific incident.
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) The Centre has told the Supreme Court that capping trade margins on anti-cancer medicines at 30 per cent of their maximum retail price (MRP) is expected to save patients around Rs 2,500 crore annually, with the proposed measure likely to reduce the MRP of such drugs by 20 to 70 per cent.
Ahmedabad, Oct 23 (IANS) Adani Power Ltd -- India’s largest private thermal power generator -- on Friday reported a 141.5 per cent year-on-year jump in consolidated profit after tax (PAT) to Rs 7,019.32 crore for the second quarter of FY27, compared to Rs 2,906.46 crore in Q2FY26.
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Senior Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala on Friday criticised the Haryana government over the ongoing electricity crisis in the state and demanded the cancellation of any tender awarded to a private company for the power distribution system.
Chandigarh, Oct 23 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday hit back at Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will be ousted from the state in upcoming Assembly polls, saying that the government will not be formed according to HM Shah's wishes, while claiming that Gujarat has become the "biggest supplier" of drugs in the country.
Lucknow, Oct 23 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party (SP) on Friday lodged complaints with the Election Commission alleging polling irregularities in several districts of Uttar Pradesh amid voting for 11 seats in five Graduate and six Teacher constituencies of the state Legislative Council.
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Shiv Sena-UBT leader Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday questioned the Election Commission's silence over concerns raised by its own members regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, while maintaining changes in government should take place only through people's votes.
New Delhi, Oct 23 (IANS) Coal and Mines Minister G Kishan Reddy said on Friday that India is expediting coal gasification projects with an outlay of Rs 46,000 crore to boost domestic production of fertilisers and gas which will reduce the country’s dependence on imports.
