New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The Delhi Assembly Secretariat on Tuesday wrote to former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and three of his Aam Aadmi Party colleagues informing them that their non-appearance before a House Committee over the ‘Faansi Ghar’ matter amounts to contempt of the House.
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) A day after taking the salute at the Republic Day Parade on Kartavya Path, President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday interacted with special visitors, including students, tribals, tableaux artists and NSS volunteers and NCC cadets who took part in the Republic Day Parade, an official said.
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Tax evasion in the real estate sector is bleeding Pakistan’s national exchequer roughly Rs 500 billion annually, illicit tobacco is costing another Rs 310 billion, and multiple consumer goods industries are operating outside the documented economy, leading to an annual revenue loss for the government of a staggering Rs 1 trillion, an article in the Pakistani media said.
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is the only political leader in the entire country who has the courage and capability to take on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, said Samajwadi Party (SP) President and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav here on Tuesday.
Dehradun, Jan 27 (IANS) One year has passed since the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Uttarakhand. On this special occasion, Manu Gaur, a member of the draft committee formed to implement the UCC in the state, said that it is the result of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami’s efforts that the UCC has now completed one year in Uttarakhand.
Paris, Jan 27 (IANS) The Franco-Indian cultural collaboration witnessed a historic milestone as the first stones from India arrived in Paris for the new Hindu Mandir in Bussy-Saint-Georges.
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, reacting to the raging controversy over the new UGC regulations on Tuesday, said that nobody will be allowed to “discriminate or harass” under the guise of new guidelines and assured that the education body and government will ensure that these are implemented on the ground in all fairness.
Ayodhya, Jan 27 (IANS) Prashant Kumar Singh, Deputy Commissioner of the Uttar Pradesh GST Department in the Ayodhya Division, resigned from his post on Tuesday, stating that his decision was in support of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath amid the ongoing controversy involving Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati.
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) The BJP on Tuesday criticised Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, for allegedly not wearing the traditional North-Eastern ‘patka’ despite a request from President Droupadi Murmu, claiming that the incident had exposed his 'hateful thinking.'
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Afghan prisoners being sent back from Pakistan jails have been recounting tales of abuse and repression in detention, with some claiming incarceration without reason, say reports from Kabul.
