New Delhi, Feb 20 (UNI) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court verdict on the Chandigarh Mayor election, stating that the apex court has saved democracy from the fangs of an autocratic BJP. On a post on X, Kharge said, “The Supreme Court has saved Democracy from the fangs of an autocratic…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (UNI) BJP National President J P Nadda and three other candidates of the party on Tuesday elected ‘unopposed’ to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. The three other candidates elected unopposed to the upper house were diamond baron Govindbhai Dholakia, BJP leaders Jasvantsinh Parmar and Mayank Nayak. There were four vacant Rajya…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (UNI) Aam Aadmi Party’s Kuldeep Kumar on Tuesday validly elected as the Mayor of Chandigarh Municipal Corporation following the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold eight votes that were rejected by the presiding officer. Addressing the media, Aam Aadmi Party convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal extended gratitude to the Supreme…
Jammu, Feb 20 (UNI) Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated, dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stone of multiple development projects worth over Rs 32,000 crores here. The projects relate to several sectors including health, education, rail, road, aviation, petroleum, and civic infrastructure among others. The Prime Minister also distributed appointment orders…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (UNI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday examined the eight defaced ballot papers of the Chandigarh mayor poll and video recording of the counting process following the contentious victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and ordered to treat the eight invalidated ballots as valid. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (UNI) The Congress on Tuesday reminded Prime Minister Narendra Modi of his April 2014 promises made to the farmers where he had strongly advocated MSP. Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here today, party leader Pawan Khera said, the farmers are demanding only what Modi had been seeking for…
Kolkata, Feb 20 (UNI) BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday was greeted with flowers and blowing of conch shells by the people on his arrival at the restive Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district as he was allowed by the state police following a Calcutta High Court order, official sources said. Court sources…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (UNI) Japan has committed an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan of 232.209 billion yen for nine projects across various states in the country. In this regard, Vikas Sheel, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India, and Suzuki Hiroshi, Ambassador of Japan to India exchanged the notes…
Mumbai, Feb 20 (UNI) Extending rally for the sixth straight session on Tuesday the Sensex breached 73K level to finish at 73,057.40 surging 349.24 pts on the strength of Bankex, Realty and Power stocks despite weak global cues. The National Stock Exchange (NSE) rose 74.70 pts at 22,196.95. The NSE registered days high and low…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (UNI) Indicating uptick in the employment, the EPFO has said that it added 15.62 lakh net members during December 2023, which is highest in the previous 3 months. Releasing the provisional data for the month of December, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) said the net addition is an increase of…
