The Government has allowed export of 99,150 MT of onion to six neighbouring countries of Bangladesh, UAE, Bhutan, Bahrain, Mauritius and Sri Lanka. Onion export prohibition has been imposed to ensure adequate domestic availability against the backdrop of estimated lower Kharif and Rabi crops in 2023-24 as compared to previous year and increase demand in … Read more
A day after terming Sharad Pawar as a wandering soul, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday continued his attack on the NCP leader, saying he did not do much for farmer while being the Union agriculture minister. “When a big Maharashtra leader was Union agriculture minister, farmers used to make rounds of sugarcane commission for … Read more
Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj shared an update on AAP MP Raghav Chadha’s absence from election campaigns and said he is in the UK for an eye surgery. “Raghav is in the UK to get treatment after he suffered a complication in his eyes. I was told that it was quite serious and if timely treatment … Read more
The Congress party today lost its second Lok Sabha candidate within days, just before voting in the seat. Akshay Bam, the Congress candidate in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, dropped out of the race and joined the BJP today. The shocker emerged in a post by senior Madhya Pradesh BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya, who flaunted the candidate … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday dared the Congress to hold a press conference and announce that the party will restore Article 370. “I challenge the Congress party to hold a press conference and say they will restore 370. They talk big about the Constitution. They talk about Babasaheb Ambedkar. They abuse us so much. … Read more
A case has been filed against Karnataka MP Prajwal Revanna amid a row over explicit videos – allegedly showing the him sexually assaulting multiple women. The video clips, allegedly involving Prajwal Revanna, surfaced on social media a day after he voted on April 26 in Phase 2 of the elections. Prajwal Revanna – grandson of … Read more
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to modify the content of its election campaign song as per the advertising codes prescribed under the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994 and ECI guidelines, the party claimed. The poll body also asked the party to resubmit the song after modification, … Read more
The Delhi Police registered a case on Sunday after a complaint by the Ministry of Home Affairs in connection with the doctored videos of Union Home Minister Amit Shah being circulated on social media platforms, officials said. The Special Cell has registered an FIR under various sections of the IPC and relevant provision of the … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi remarked during a public gathering in Davanagere, Karnataka, on Sunday that he and Kannadigas share a ‘heart-to-heart tie’. The Prime Minister asked the people if he could give his speech solely in Hindi without the help of a translator. “Can I speak in Hindi today? I have no translator today as … Read more
Bengaluru South Lok Sabha MP Tejasvi Surya claimed he was eating chaat at a roadside stall in 2019, when he came to know that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had picked him to contest from the high-profile constituency following the demise of senior party MP H.N. Ananth Kumar in November 2018. A political greenhorn in electoral politics, Surya … Read more
Rajasthan Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Praveen Gupta on Sunday said that in 61 out of 200 Assembly constituencies in the state, women voters have outnumbered men. With a voter turnout of 60.72%, women made their mark in all 25 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state, which went to polls in two phases on April 19 … Read more
Maharashtra Congress leader Muhammed Arif ‘Naseem’ Khan has stepped down from the party’s campaign committee, expressing displeasure over the party not nominating any Muslim leader in the state. He wrote a letter to party chief Mallikarjun Kharge stating that he won’t campaign for the Lok Sabha elections as the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) bloc … Read more
Uday Kotak The billionaire’s net worth fell by more over Rs 10,000 crore on Thursday. This happened after the Reserve Bank of India prohibited Kotak Mahindra Bank from onboarding new clients via mobile and internet and issuing new credit cards. The RBI raised’significant concerns’ after inspecting the bank’s IT infrastructure over the last two years. … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised journalist Palki Sharma for her address at the Oxford Union, in which she argued in favour of how “Modi’s India is on the right path.” After the speech surfaced on social media and went viral, Sharma took to X (formerly Twitter) to clarify that the remarks were made … Read more
Voting for 88 constituencies in the second phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections across 13 states and union territories has begun. Over 1,200 candidates, including 4 candidates from Outer Manipur, are contesting the polls. At 9 am, 9.3% voter turnout was recorded across 13 states and union territories. Chhattisgarh and Manipur recorded over 15% … Read more