Vadodara, Aug 3 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Satish Patel won the Manjalpur Assembly by-election in Gujarat by a decisive margin on Monday, retaining the Vadodara seat for the party after securing 55,481 votes against 24,851 votes received by Congress candidate Bhikha Rabari.
Bareilly, Aug 3 (IANS) All India Muslim Jamaat President Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi on Monday strongly criticised exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen over her remarks on madrasas, describing them as "hate speech" and asserting that she should not have any place in India.
Kolkata, Aug 3 (IANS) The West Bengal Police arrested a Trinamool Congress leader and recovered firearms, live cartridges and a bomb from his house during a search operation in South 24 Parganas district's Canning area, police officials said on Monday.
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha on Monday passed the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill amid continuous sloganeering and protests by Opposition members, who demanded the presence of the Home Minister in the Upper House and raised issues related to the recent alleged police atrocity and violence during student protests in Delhi.
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) A 53-year-old man was arrested for allegedly murdering his wife in East Delhi’s Jagatpuri area following a long-standing property dispute and Rs 12.75 lakh in cash was recovered from him, police said, terming the crime a premeditated murder.
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday stressed the importance of Parliament as a platform for debate and deliberations, emphasizing that the Opposition must make full use of the institution to raise issues of public concern and place its own views on record, even when the government enjoys a comfortable majority.
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday invited businesses from India and Uzbekistan to co-invest, co-manufacture and co-innovate, while calling for concerted efforts to double bilateral trade between the two countries over the next three years.
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Ordinance, 2026, was passed in the Lok Sabha through voice vote on Monday.
Bengaluru, Aug 3 (IANS) The Congress party on Monday balanced experience and fresh faces in the expanded Karnataka Cabinet. However, the inclusion of senior Congress leader and MLA, B. Nagendra has emerged as one of the most surprising decisions of the leadership, with the Opposition expected to target the government over the alleged Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation scam.
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) In a major crackdown on the sale of prohibited Chinese product (kite strings), Delhi Police on Monday arrested two persons and seized 37 reels of the banned kite string during a coordinated operation in the Dayalpur area of northeast Delhi.
