New Delhi, Feb 24 (UNI) Tamil Nadu Congress MLA S Vijayadharani on Saturday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party at the party headquarters in New Delhi. Vijayadharani joined the party in the presence of Union Minister L Murugan and the Party’s National Secretary Arvind Menon, who is the poll in-charge for Tamil Nadu. Congress leader Vijayadharani…
By BD Narayankar Ranchi, Feb 24 (UNI) Despite Yashasvi Jaiswal’s third Test fifty, Shoaib Bashir and Tom Hartley put England ahead by sharing six wickets against India on a cracked-up pitch on Day 2 of the fourth Test here on Saturday. Batting first, England made 353 with the help of Joe Root’s splendid century and…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (UNI) The Indian Navy yet again displayed courage and its commitment towards safety and security of merchant and seafarers and rescued a Palau flagged merchant vessel ‘MV Islander’, that was caught fire after a possible drone or missile attack. According to an Indian Navy statement, after receiving a distress call, the…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (UNI) From being known as an arms importer, India today has found a place in the list of top 25 arms exporter nations and today the Defence export has touched Rs 16,000 crore, Defence Minister Raj Nath Singh said here on Saturday. Speaking at a Defence Summit organised by a private…
Aizawl, Feb 24 (UNI) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar will address the ongoing session of the Mizoram state legislative assembly on Monday afternoon, officials of the state assembly secretariat said on Saturday. Dhankar will address the session of the state assembly after attending the 18th Convocation of the Mizoram University at Tanhril in the western outskirts…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (UNI) The three criminal laws — Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023; Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 will come into effect from July 1, 2024, a Home Ministry notification said on Saturday. While issuing the notification, the government has put on hold the provisions of the entry relating…
Guwahati, Feb 24 (UNI) Union Minister of Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday inaugurated a Centre of Excellence (CoE) on Panchakarma and the renovated state pharmacy at the Ayurvedic College and Hospital here. Speaking on the occasion, Sonowal said, “It gives me immense pleasure to be part of this illustrious college that has been imparting education…
Kasganj, Feb 24 (UNI) As many as 22 people, mostly women and children, died and several others were injured as a tractor-trolley overturned after it fell into a pond in Patiali area of Kasganj district in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, police sources said here. Police identified the deceased as Shakuntala Devi (70), Usama (24), Meera…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated the pilot project of ‘World’s Largest Grain Storage Plan in Cooperative Sector’, which is being done in 11 Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS) of 11 States. The world’s largest storage plan of 700 lakh metric tons initiated by the government will be completed…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (UNI) The Indian National Congress (INC) and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced to jointly contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections from Delhi, Haryana, Gujarat, Goa and Chandigarh, thus ending speculations on seat sharing issue between the two parties. Addressing a joint press conference here, Congress leader Mukul Wasnik…
