Jairam Ramesh says nation paid price for BJP’s compulsion to get donations at all costs

April 04, 2024 12:18 pm | Updated 01:16 pm IST - New Delhi The Congress on April 4 alleged that the BJP’s compulsion to get donations at all costs saw it go ahead with the electoral bonds scheme without heeding Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) astute advice, as it claimed …...Read More

Vodafone and Three merger in doubt amid price hike concerns

A planned merger between Vodafone and Three is in doubt after the competition watchdog said it would launch a major investigation into the deal. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the move was being taken after the firms failed to offer any measures to ease its concerns that mobile …...Read More

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan takes a dig at Congress over absence of their and IUML flags during Rahul Gandhi’s roadshow in Wayanad

April 04, 2024 12:04 pm | Updated 01:12 pm IST - KOCHI Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on April 4 (Thursday) asked whether the Congress “feared” the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the flags of the party and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) were missing in the roadshow of …...Read More

Sonia Gandhi takes oath as Rajya Sabha member

April 04, 2024 12:00 pm | Updated 01:33 pm IST - New Delhi Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on April 4, 2024, took oath as Rajya Sabha member. This is her first stint in the upper house. She was elected from Rajasthan, on a seat that fell vacant after 91-year-old former …...Read More

Dowry death case: Software engineer arrested

April 04, 2024 11:59 am | Updated 11:59 am IST - KARIMNAGAR A 28-year-old software engineer from Warangal district identified as Naresh was arrested by the Karimnagar rural police on Tuesday night for allegedly driving his wife Srija, 25, to end her life by demanding additional dowry. Srija, a native …...Read More

Senior U.S. treasury officials to urge India to maintain implementation of Russian oil price cap

April 04, 2024 11:50 am | Updated 12:55 pm IST - Washington Two senior U.S. treasury officials are in India to urge New Delhi to maintain the implementation of the oil price cap aimed at limiting profits to Russia, while also promoting stable global energy markets. Acting Assistant Secretary for …...Read More

Indian Navy hands over nine pirates to Mumbai Police

April 04, 2024 11:37 am | Updated 11:37 am IST - New Delhi The Indian Navy on April 4 said it has handed over to the Mumbai Police nine pirates who were apprehended in an operation in east of Somalia last week. Indian warships INS Trishul and INS Sumedha carried …...Read More

Sanjay Nirupam | Return of the prodigal son?

April 04, 2024 11:27 am | Updated 11:28 am IST - Pune For someone whose dawn in politics began with the blessings of late Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray, it will be a homecoming of sorts for expelled Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam, who is widely expected to join Maharashtra Chief …...Read More

Gourav Vallabh resigns from Congress, says can't raise anti-Sanatan slogans

April 04, 2024 10:55 am | Updated 11:53 am IST - New Delhi Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh resigned from all posts and membership of the party on April 4, saying that neither can he raise anti-Sanatan slogans nor abuse ‘wealth creators’ day in and day out. For full coverage on …...Read More

Biju Janata Dal allocates 25% of Lok Sabha seats to party hoppers

April 04, 2024 10:15 am | Updated 10:37 am IST - BHUBANESWAR: Until Wednesday, April 3, 2024, Bhrugu Baxipatra, previously the vice president of the State Bharatiya Janata Party, was firmly entrenched within the saffron party. However, his career trajectory swiftly changed direction following his resignation from the party he …...Read More