New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is facing a major crisis ahead of the Delhi Assembly elections, with three of its MLAs -- Naresh Yadav, Rajesh Rishi, and Rohit Kumar Mehraulia resigning from the party on Friday. Their resignations are a blow to the party as it heads into a fiercely contested elections on February 5.
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) States should focus on business reforms on a priority basis to achieve buoyancies in some industrial or service sectors, the Economic Survey 2024-25 said on Friday.
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Water being supplied in several Delhi Assembly constituencies represented by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs is not fit for consumption. “New Delhi, Shahdara, and Kalkaji -- represented by Arvind Kejriwal (former CM), Ram Niwas Goel (Speaker - 2020 & 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly), and Atishi Marlena (current CM and Water Minister) -- emerge as the epicentres of contamination,” says a report “Citizen’s Guide: Decoding Delhi’s Water Woes 2025”.
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Economic Survey highlights that providing adequate credit support to farmers, especially small and marginal farmers and vulnerable sections of society, is crucial to improving agricultural productivity and incomes in the agriculture sector.
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Rashtrapati Bhavan has strongly responded to Congress MP Sonia Gandhi’s remark referring to President Droupadi Murmu as a "poor thing".
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Faster economic growth is only possible if the Union and state governments continue to implement reforms that allow small and medium enterprises to operate efficiently and compete cost-effectively, said the Economic Survey 2024 on Friday.
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) As concerns grow around Chinese AI DeepSeek while India remains steadfast in safeguarding users’ data and privacy, the Economic Survey 2024-25 on Friday said the country's demographic advantage and diverse economic landscape position it uniquely to benefit from AI, which can serve not as a crisis but as a catalyst for equitable economic transformation -- positioning India to thrive in an increasingly automated world.
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The Budget Session of Parliament began on Friday amidst a fresh controversy following remarks by Congress MP Sonia Gandhi about President Droupadi Murmu. Speaking to reporters after the President’s address to a joint sitting of Parliament, Sonia Gandhi described President Murmu as a “poor thing”, expressing concern that the 66-year-old President appeared exhausted after delivering her long customary speech.
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The agriculture sector in India has shown robust growth in recent years, averaging 5 per cent annually from FY17 to FY23, demonstrating resilience despite challenges, according to the Economic Survey 2024-25.
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) The political debate surrounding AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal's claim about the Yamuna river being poisoned, continues to stir controversy in the run up to the Delhi Assembly elections. Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi has weighed in, stressing that cleaning the sacred Yamuna River should not be reduced to a political game.
