Normal life affected in eastern Nagaland over shutdown for statehood demand

March 11, 2024 11:43 am | Updated 11:44 am IST - Kohima Normal life was affected in six districts of eastern Nagaland on Monday, March 11, 2024, due to an indefinite shutdown called by ENPO to press for its demand for a separate state, officials said. Shops and commercial establishments …...Read More

SC to hear plea of six disqualified Himachal MLAs against their disqualification on March 12

March 11, 2024 11:40 am | Updated 11:40 am IST - New Delhi The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on March 12 a plea by six rebel Congress MLAs, who had cross-voted in the recent Rajya Sabha polls in Himachal Pradesh, against their disqualification. The Speaker of Himachal Pradesh …...Read More

Congress moves Delhi High Court in tax penalty case

March 11, 2024 11:32 am | Updated 12:10 pm IST - New Delhi The Congress moved the Delhi High Court on March 11 against the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) order rejecting its plea seeking a stay on the recovery of outstanding tax for the assessment year 2018-19. The matter …...Read More

NLCIL, Rajasthan government sign MoU for establishment of lignite and solar power plants

March 11, 2024 11:21 am | Updated 11:21 am IST - CUDDALORE Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) NLC India Ltd (NLCIL) and the Rajasthan government have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture to set up a 125 MW lignite-based power plant and a 1,000 MW …...Read More

Congress slams PM Modi on ‘studied silence’ on issues that matter

March 11, 2024 11:12 am | Updated 11:12 am IST - New Delhi The Congress on Monday, March 11, 2024, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of maintaining "studied silence" on issues that matter and targeted him over the Agnipath military recruitment scheme, MSP guarantee for farmers and the allegations of …...Read More

Electoral bonds | CJI dismisses SBI plea, asks bank to disclose details by tomorrow

March 11, 2024 11:06 am | Updated 12:02 pm IST The Supreme Court on March 11 dismissed the application filed by the State Bank of India (SBI) seeking an extension till June 30 and asked the bank to disclose details of each electoral bond — encashed by political parties before …...Read More

INDIA alliance names former JMM MLA Sarfaraz Ahmad as RS candidate in Jharkhand

March 11, 2024 10:26 am | Updated 10:54 am IST - Ranchi Former JMM MLA Sarfaraz Ahmad will be the INDIA bloc candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections in the State, party spokesperson Supriyo Bhattacharya said in Ranchi. Ahmad (70) is set to file his nomination on Monday. His candidacy …...Read More

Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, BRS leadership faces challenge of holding its flock together

March 11, 2024 10:26 am | Updated 10:51 am IST - hyderabad hyderabad Hardly three months after being for pushed out of power by the electorate, the Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) appears to be finding itself at the receiving end of what it had practised since 2015, encouraging defections …...Read More

Bengaluru Water Crisis: Why independent house owners in Bengaluru worried about water ban

March 11, 2024 10:12 am | Updated 10:59 am IST - Bengaluru A day after Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) issued an order prohibiting the usage of potable water (Cauvery and borewell) for non-essential purposes and a fine of ₹5,000 for a violation, residents of independent houses have …...Read More

BJP workers worry over anti-incumbency shadow amid ongoing alliance talks with BJD

March 11, 2024 10:08 am | Updated 10:08 am IST - BHUBANESWAR The Bharatiya Janata Party will unnecessarily shoulder the burden of anti-incumbency accrued from 24 years of Biju Janata Dal rule despite the saffron party putting in blood, sweat, and tears to rebuild itself after the 2009 break-up, said …...Read More