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Outgoing Delhi CM Atishi and Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday congratulated Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rekha Gupta on being selected as the new chief minister and expressed hope that she would fulfil all promises made during the election campaign.Gupta (50) was chosen as the...
22:39
United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a 'dictator without elections', reacting to Zelenskyy's remarks that Trump was influenced by Russian disinformation in his approach to ending the Kremlin's war against Ukraine on terms Kyiv considers...
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Bharatiya Janata Party MLA and Chief Minister-designate Rekha Gupta met Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena on Wednesday evening and staked claim to form government in the national capital.She was accompanied by state BJP observers Ravi Shankar Prasad and O P Dhankar along with Delhi BJP...
21:36
The Pakistani Army has always supported Hindus in their struggle against extremist groups in the country, the chief priest of the biggest Hanuman temple in Pakistan, Sant Ram Nath Mishra, said on Wednesday.Speaking in Ayodhya, Mishra recounted the struggle of the Panch Mukhi Hanuman Mandir in...
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After Rekha Gupta was elected as the Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party Legislative Party leader, she expressed her gratitude to the party on Wednesday.Speaking to media persons, she said, 'I thank BJP, and I am grateful for the blessings of all of you.'In a post on X, Gupta said, 'I express my...
20:48
UPDATE: Shalimar Bagh MLA Rekha Gupta will be the new chief minister of Delhi, the Bharatiya Janata Party announced on Wednesday.She was chosen as the Leader of the House in the Delhi Assembly at the BJP legislature party meeting.The party has returned to power in Delhi after over 26 years....
20:17
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA-elect Rekha Gupta to be the next Delhi CM, official announcement shortly, ANI reports quoting sources.
20:03
Shah Rukh Khan
A man who had trespassed into Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's bungalow Mannat' in Mumbai in 2023 has now been arrested for alleged theft in Gujarat's Bharuch, the police said Wednesday.Ram Swaroop Kushwaha (21) was arrested in connection with a theft at the residence of a retired Army jawan in...
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The Bharatiya Janata Party Delhi legislative party meeting began at the party office on Wednesday.Delhi BJP MLAs arrive to elect the leader of the legislative party.After the meeting, the name of the new chief minister will be announced on Wednesday.BJP MP Manoj Tiwari arrived at the BJP office...
19:15
Parvesh Verma arrives
Delhi BJP MLA Parvesh Verma has arrived at the party headquarters to attend the legislative party meeting to select the next chief minister.Among other BJP MLAs who were seen arriving for the crucial meeting were Satish Upadhyay, Vijender Gupta and Anil Sharma.
19:08
A major fire broke out at a logistics company godown in Bhiwandi town of Thane district, Maharashtra, on Wednesday, causing widespread destruction of stored goods, including perfumes and cardboards though no casualties were reported, civic officials said. The blaze, whose cause was...
18:31
Maharashtra Cyber has issued a notice to United States-based Wikimedia Foundation to remove 'objectionable' content on Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj from the Wikipedia page, officials said on Wednesday.The action followed claims by various organisations about the existence of defamatory...
18:14
The Supreme Court on Wednesday outlined the importance of separate spaces for child care and feeding of infants in public buildings and asked states to ensure such facilities were provided. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Prasanna B Varale said setting up such facilities would ensure...
18:03
Independent MLA Akhil Gogoi was on Wednesday suspended briefly from the Assam assembly for disrupting the reply of Public Health Engineering Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah.Baruah was responding to a query raised by AGP MLA Ramendra Narayan Kalita regarding the water supply scheme of Guwahati,...
17:39
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday claimed that Uddhav Thackeray planned to make Eknath Shinde the chief minister of Maharashtra after the 2019 polls, but first the BJP and later MVA allies including Sharad Pawar played a spoilsport. The BJP did not fulfill the promise of...
17:34
The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned the pleas against the appointments of the chief election commissioner (CEC) and election commissioners (EC) under the 2023 law. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh indicated that the matter would be listed after the Holi festival...
17:32
From the Sensex pack, Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys fell over 2 per cent each. Hindustan Unilever, Bharti Airtel, Sun Pharma, Power Grid, Bajaj Finserv, HCL Tech, Mahindra & Mahindra, and Tech Mahindra were also among the laggards. Among the gainers, Zomato jumped nearly 5 per cent....
17:15
Among heavy criticism of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's remarks on Prayagraj's Mahakumbh, spiritual leader Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati Maharaj on Wednesday supported the CM, saying that the religious event has been mismanaged.There was a traffic jam...
16:59
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended marginally lower in a volatile trade on Wednesday dragged by blue-chip IT stocks. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex dipped 28.21 points or 0.04 per cent to settle at 75,939.18. Intra-day, it hit a high of 76,338.58 and a low of 75,581.38, gyrating 757.2...
16:38
Update: The Lokayukta police probing the MUDA site allotment case on Wednesday said that the charges against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his wife Parvathi could not be proved for want of evidence. The probing officers said they have submitted the final report to the High...
16:18
Lokayukta police says no evidence found against Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah, his wife and others in MUDA case. The Lokayukta police had presented a report on the investigations whetted by senior police officials to the Karnataka High Court last month after the high court directed supervision...
16:04
The eight-nation ICC showpiece marks the first major global tournament hosted by Pakistan in nearly 30 years.
15:53
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly remains a sought-after figure in the world of endorsements with more than 40 brands currently associated with him. The 52-year-old promotes a wide range of brands including banking, real estate, automobiles, consumer goods and fantasy sports. There is a...
15:39
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has refuted a report that said faecal bacteria present in water at many places at the Maha Kumbh did not meet the criteria of water fit for bathing, reports NDTV.He said the water at the Sangam - the point where River Ganga meets River Yamuna, along...
15:17
US President Donald Trump has said that he made it clear to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India will not be spared from Washington's reciprocal tariffs, emphasising that nobody can argue with me on tariff structure. Trump made these remarks during an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity...
15:04
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while addressing the Assembly on Wednesday, emphasized the grandeur of the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj and condemned the spread of misinformation against Sanatan Dharma, Ma Ganga, and India.While we are participating in the discussion here, more than...
14:51
Senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Wednesday cited a minor girl's sexual assault in Tilak Nagar recently and slammed the BJP over law and order situation in the city. The former deputy minister of Delhi claimed that crimes against women were on the rise and the perpetrators were not afraid of...
14:38
The BJP on Wednesday named former Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and its national secretary Om Prakash Dhankar as the party's central observers for the election of its Delhi legislature party leader, who will be the next chief minister of the national capital. The legislature party is...
14:03
Preparations for the ceremony at Ramlila Maidan
The swearing-in ceremony of the chief minister and new cabinet of Delhi will be held at Ramlila Maidan tomorrow. The ceremony will begin at 11 am. Lt Governor VK Saxena will administer the oath to office to CM-designate and the cabinet at 12.35 pm. PM Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit...
14:01
Delhi HC tells railways to take note of plea on recent New Delhi Railway Station stampede, seeks reply on decisions. Details awaited. Chief Public Relations Officer of Northern Railway, Himanshu Shekhar Upadhyay on Sunday said that a passenger coming towards platforms 14-15 slipped and fell...
13:37
The Delhi High Court has advocated for a compassionate approach prioritising understanding over punishment in criminal cases involving adolescent love, saying the law should evolve to acknowledge such relationships that were consensual and free from coercion. Affirming that consensual and...
12:57
Maharashtra CM and deputy CMs at Shivneri Fort today
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis paid tribute to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj on his birth anniversary on Wednesday, hailing him as a management guru and an able administrator who set an example of running a welfare state.Those who try to insult Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj will be...
12:45
S&P Global Ratings on Tuesday said that India has had a strong record of meeting revenue and fiscal deficit targets at the central level and that the rating agency's expectations for fiscal trajectory in India are in line with projections made in the Union Budget for financial year 2026...
12:32
Over a year after resurrecting the 1970s iconic brand, Reliance Consumer Products has now taken home-grown Campa Cola to the global stage by launching it in the United Arab Emirates.The cola brand was launched at Gulfood, an F&B sourcing event, on Tuesday. It is being launched in the UAE with...
12:20
Nepali students have left the campus after the suicide
Nepalese students on Wednesday expressed fear about returning to the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) campus in Bhubaneswar after events that took place following the alleged suicide of a 20-year-old student from the Himalayan nation. Around 1,000 Nepalese students studying...
11:55
Amritpal Singh, jailed Lok Sabha MP and Pro-Khalistani leader, has filed a petition in the Punjab High Court to allow him to attend the ongoing Parliament session as there is a possibility that his seat may be vacated due to his prolonged absence.According to Article 101(4) of the Constitution,...
11:30
Yogi Adityanath takes the dip
Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya criticized West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's 'Mrityu Kumbh' remark and said that it was an insult of crores of Hindus.Further, he stated that BJP and the people of the nation would give an answer to all those who disrespected the Hindus, Mahakumbh and...
11:19
Rajasthan CM Bhajanlal Sharma with Deputy CM-Finance Minister Diya Kumari at the State Assembly in Jaipur. The second budget of this government is being presented today.
11:16
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will be on a two-day visit to South Africa beginning February 20 to participate in the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting, the MEA announced on Wednesday.The minister is expected to hold a few bilateral meetings on the margins of the meet. South Africa is...
11:01
55 crore people have taken a dip so far
One person was killed and 18 others were injured when a bus carrying devotees to Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj rammed into a stationary truck on Chhattisgarh-Madhya Pradesh border on Wednesday, officials said.The incident took place between 6 am and 7 am near Kahairjhiti village following which police...
10:57
Preparations underway at Delhi BJP office ahead of the swearing-in ceremony of the new government tomorrow, 20th February. BJP swept Delhi Election 2025, returning to power after 27 years.
10:47
Tesla CEO and DOGE Head, Elon Musk, opened up on the delay in the implementation of the executive orders signed by US President Donald Trump, blaming the US bureaucracy for it and said they are fighting against the will of the people.He further elaborated on to how the Department of Government...
10:31
Pic: ANI
A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation worker cleans the statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj in Mumbai yesterday. Today is Shivaji Jayanti.
10:28
Jaish terrorist Masood Azhar
India has been a victim of terror acts perpetrated by Pakistan through groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed and it is a supreme irony when the global epicentre of terrorism pats itself on the back claiming to fight against the scourge, Delhi's envoy told a UN Security Council meeting chaired by...
10:25
Simi Garewal shares this on X on AI videos of Vladimir Putin, Elon Musk, Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un taking a dip at the Maha Kumbh. See the other images here.
10:20
CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Newly appointed Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Wednesday took charge and in his message to the voters said that the first step for nation building was voting.He further stated that in accordance with the Constitution, the electoral laws and rules issued therein, the Election...
10:10
Devotees continue to arrive in large numbers at Prayagraj's Maha Kumbh teeth kshetra to take a holy dip. With over 3.09 million (30.94 lakhs) devotees taking the holy dip on Wednesday till 8 am, the total number of devotees taking the holy dip has crossed over 555.6 million (55.56 crores), as...
10:00
United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at expanding access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) for Americans, with a focus on reducing the high costs associated with the treatment. The White House in a factsheet titled 'President Donald J. Trump Expands Access...
09:57
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed a SIM binding mechanism to prevent unauthorised access to trading and demat accounts, similar to the security measures used in Unified Payments Interface (UPI) payments. This mechanism aims to ensure that a unique client...
09:51
The much awaited decision about the new chief minister of Delhi will be made in the BJP legislature party meeting to be held at the party's Delhi unit office on Wednesday evening. The BJP has come to power after 26 years, defeating the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the February 5 Delhi...
09:16
A former Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) employee has alleged that the IT services company misrepresented job roles to send more of its employees to the US under the L-1A visa programme rather than H-1B, thus bypassing the stricter requirements mandated under the latter, according to a Bloomberg...
09:03
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has told a federal judge in New York that its efforts to serve its complaint on Gautam Adani and Sagar Adani in the alleged bribery scheme are ongoing, including through a request for assistance to the Indian authorities.The SEC submitted...
08:40
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday slammed the opposition parties for spreading rumours that AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal wanted to become the chief minister of the border state following the party's rout in the Delhi Assembly polls. Is it possible? Mann questioned when he...
08:20
Days after the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cancelled USD 21 million fund marked for 'Voter Turnout in India', Unioted States President Donald Trump said that India, with its growing economy and high taxation rates, did not need such financial support. While he...
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The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday swept the local body polls in Gujarat by winning the Junagadh Municipal Corporation as well as 60 municipalities out of 68 and all three taluka panchayats where voting was held on February 16. This time, the BJP has managed to snatch more than a...
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The tally of suspected and confirmed Gullain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) cases in Maharashtra reached 211 on Tuesday with the detection of a fresh case, officials said. Of these, 183 are confirmed cases of the rare nerve disorder, they said. GBS is a rare condition in which a person's immune...
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The Sant Samaj has reacted sharply to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee calling the Maha Kumbh the mrityu kumbh', saying her statement is an insult to Sanatan Dharma and demanding her public apology. National secretary of the Shri Panchayati Akhara Mahanirvani Mahant Jamuna Puri...
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