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Today in Ahmedabad, the Gujarat High Court has stayed a state election commission decision to hold swaraj polls by 3 months. The election commission had said that the law and order situation was not adequate to hold the polls in the state. The decision had come in due to prevailing the Patidar agitation. Reacting to […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of Andhra Pradesh’s capital city Amaravati at a village in Guntur district tomorrow, in a mega event for which the state government has made elaborate arrangements. About four to five lakh people are expected to attend the function to be held at Uddandarayunipalem village on the […]
With Maoist violence continuing unabated, the Centre has called a meeting of chief ministers of seven Naxal-affected states on November 3 to chalk out a strategy to fight the menace The meeting, to be chaired by Union Home Minister of India Rajnath Singh, will discuss overall Left-wing extremism (LWE) scenario in 35 worst-affected states in […]
Actress Alia Bhatt is not keen to divulge any details about “Shuddhi” amid strong rumours that the troubled project is finally being shelved. The last time “Shuddhi” was in news is when Alia and Varun Dhawan were announced as its new cast. Now, gossip mills are abuzz about its undecided fate but there is no […]
The rupee trimmed its initial losses, but was still down 10 paise at 64.90 per dollar in late-morning deals in the midst of sustained demand for the US currency from importers amid lower dollar overseas. The Indian rupee opened sharply lower at 64.95 as against yesterday’s level of 64.80 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex) […]
Latching onto a new survey’s findings on corruption in Delhi Police, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today stepped up attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he should “stop being stubborn” and hand over police and Anti-Corruption Branch to AAP government. In a series of tweets, Kejriwal claimed the survey findings raised questions on Modi’s “capabilities […]
All-rounder Ravindra Jadeja on Monday returned to India’s Test squad after a gap of nearly 14 months as selectors desisted from making too many changes to the 16-member squad of the Indian cricket team for the first two matches against South Africa starting November 5. The 26-year-old Jadeja was rewarded for his consistent performance in […]
Reserve Bank Governor Raghuram Rajan today said the country cannot have a GDP growth of 9 per cent until it makes “tremendous investments” and improves supply situation that boosts demand, but warned against populist policies. To a query on whether the country can have much higher levels of growth without inflation, Rajan said, “The answer […]
Accusing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and RJD chief Lalu Prasad of trying to turn the state assembly polls into a “battle between backwards and upper castes”, BJP president Amit Shah today said his party was “committed” to the existing quotas and had no plans to tinker with it. The RSS too said it firmly […]
Director Luv Ranjan’s romantic comedy film “Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2” (PKP2) has surprised everyone with its opening weekend box office performance. The comedy drama outperformed several movies, featuring known stars, released this year. The film has Nushrat Bharucha, Sonali Sehgall, Ishita Sharma and lead actor Kartik Aryan reprising their roles in the sequel, while two […]
