Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal today accused the BJP of promoting the idea of One Nation One leader. He alleged that the BJP wants to crush the Aam Aadmi Party. He said, AAP is not a party but an ideology. In a press conference in New Delhi, Mr. Kejriwal expressed confidence that the
The Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi government to ensure that funds to twelve Delhi University colleges, fully funded by the State, are released within a week to make payment of salaries to the staff. The High Court also warned of issuing contempt notices to senior Delhi government officers, if the judicial orders are
The United Nations today said that in Afghanistan, the death toll due to floods caused by heavy seasonal rains has crossed 200 in a single province. Over 62 people died in the northern province of Baghlan yesterday alone. UN’s International Organisation for Migration said, thousands of houses were destroyed or damaged in Baghlan after heavy
Today is the last day of campaigning for the elections to be held on four Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand in the fourth phase. BJP, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, Congress and other parties have put their full might into the election campaign. Prime Minister and senior BJP leader Narendra Modi will address an election rally in
In Squash World Championships, India’s Ramit Tandon started his campaign on a winning note at Cairo in Egypt. World No. 36, Tandon, who gained a direct entry into the tournament, registered a comfortable win over World Number 57 Faraz Khan of United States 11-1 11-3 11-3 in the first round. Tandon, who is the
Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has praised the contribution of foreign talents to the country’s progress. He said Singapore has one of the biggest pools of talented graduates from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) and the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM). Prime Minister Lee was speaking to a Singaporean news channel in a
Campaigning for the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections, along with single-phase Assembly Polls in Andhra Pradesh and first phase of Assembly Elections in Odisha will end this evening. Voting in the fourth phase will take place on Monday in 96 Lok Sabha Constituencies spread across 9 states and a Union Territory. Voting will
External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar has said that freedom of speech does not mean freedom to support separatism. Pointing towards the separatist incidents in Canada, he said, it was witnessed that separatists and extremist forces, many of whom openly advocate violence, have been given political space in Canadian politics. Talking to a news
An unusually powerful solar storm in over twenty years hit Earth last night, causing celestial light displays in the skies from Australia to Britain. However, it also poses a threat of potential disruptions to Earth’s communications networks, satellites and power grids as it continues into the weekend. US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)”s Space
In the Kashmir Valley, police arrested two terrorist associates in south Kashmir’s Shopian district today. Officials said that Police along with Army’s 44 Rashtriya Rifles & CRPF’s 14th Battalion at a check-point established at Malik Chak Crossing in Shopian, arrested two terrorist associates, both residents of Baba Mohalla Shopian. Incriminating materials were also recovered from