Lucknow, Feb 20 (IANS) Presenting Budget 2025-26 in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on Thursday, Finance Minister Suresh Khanna outlined the state government's plans and announced fund allocations in sectors like food supply, fisheries, livestock, cooperatives, horticulture, food processing and sugarcane development.
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Thursday questioned the necessity of spending $21 million on voter turnout in India through USAID, insinuating that it was part of a broader agenda by the previous Biden administration to “get somebody else elected.” These comments have led to a fresh political slugfest, with the BJP accusing the Congress of collaborating with foreign forces to sway Indian elections.
Lucknow, Feb 20 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Thursday rejected Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s call for a united opposition against the BJP, accusing the Congress of "double standards" in its approach toward her party.
Guwahati, Feb 20 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said explosive things in the Assembly regarding the alleged Pakistan links of Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi.
Itanagar/Aizawl, Feb 20 (IANS) Two northeastern states – Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram -- on Thursday separately celebrated their Statehood Day by organising a variety of colourful cultural programmes, sports events and other functions.
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Promising to promptly launch mission ‘Viksit Delhi’, new city Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday assured citizens that each commitment made by the BJP before the election will be fulfilled.
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Top analysts, politicians, diplomats and strategic affairs experts in India and its neighbourhood on Thursday backed US President Donald Trump's comments questioning the Biden administration's motive behind spending $21 million through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) on voter turnout in India, $29M to "strengthening political landscape in Bangladesh" and $20M for "fiscal federalism" in Nepal.
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) In an interim order passed on Thursday, the Supreme Court stayed the operation of a decision of the Lokpal holding that the anti-corruption body can entertain complaints against High Court judges.
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) A meeting of Chief Ministers of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-ruled states got underway in the national Capital on Thursday, hours after the grand swearing-in of new Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and her Cabinet ministers at the city’s iconic Ramlila Ground.
Nashik, Feb 20 (IANS) The Nashik district court on Thursday sentenced Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate and his brother Vijay Kokate to two years in prison and also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each in a case of embezzling flats provided under the Chief Minister's quota by using fake documents.
