BJP president JP Nadda on Saturday summoned Union minister and senior party leader Giriraj Singh and is learnt to have cautioned him over his controversial remarks alleging that Deoband, the seat of an influential Islamic seminary, is the fountainhead of terrorism. Singh, known for his aggressive championing of Hindutva politics, was summoned to the BJP…

A front-page advertisement espousing the Ratnagiri Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd (RRPCL) in Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana on Saturday has put the party in a quandary. The party, which has been opposing the proposed project citing adverse environmental impact to the Konkan region, had last year forced the Devendra Fadnavis-led government to shelve it as a…

Dinesh Thakkar, father of Sonali Thakkar, the Indian security officer onboard quarantined Diamond Princess ship, on Saturday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to deport his daughter back home as she has tested negative for coronavirus, an epidemic that originated from Chinese city of Wuhan last year and has claimed more than 1,500 lives so…

After successfully handling campaigns of half a dozen chief ministers, ambitious pollster Prashant Kishor, flush with funds, is keen to emerge from behind the scenes to the centre stage. Kishor, who is from Bihar, wants to create a viable opposition political alliance for the Assembly polls later this year. He is conscious that there is a…

Poet and Congress leader Imran Pratapgarhi has been slapped with a recovery notice of a little over Rs 1 crore by the Uttar Pradesh police for taking part in an indefinite ‘dharna’ in Moradabad town, about 350 kilometers from here, against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act. The police, in the notice, have claimed that they…

Former Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi has been blessed with another baby girl and the cricketer is nothing but delighted. The all-rounder took to his official Twitter account and shared the news with his fans and well-wishers. The baby-girl is Afridi’s fifth daughter after Ajwa, Aqsa, Ansha and Asmara. Well, the cricketer is certainly a proud…

Priyanka Chopra is all set to welcome a baby in her house as her sister-in-law Sophie turner is expecting a baby. Yes, according to the news, her in-laws Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner, who will be married twice in the year 2019. This time the news is coming that Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are…

Kolkata: Work before love. A couple got married in the groom’s office on Valentine’s Day after they could not take out time for a grand wedding due to their busy schedules. Tushar Singla, a 2015 batch West Bengal cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer posted as SDO in Uluberia, and Navjot Simi, a 2017 batch Bihar…

An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer on Friday wed an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, making their Valentine’s Day of 2020 a memorable one. IAS Tushar Singla of the 2015 batch of Bengal cadre got married to Navjot Simmi who is an IPS officer from the 2018 batch of the Bihar cadre. Navjot Simmi is…

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has said that the amount of illegal drugs in the country has doubled. Rakesh Asthana, Bureau Chief, has also said that there has been a spike in drug trafficking across South Asia in the recent past. The announcements were made at the BIMSTEC conference on ‘Combating Drug Trafficking’. Increasing in…

New Delhi/Washington : India is likely to give the US access to its dairy and poultry markets in exchange for renegotiated terms for its pharmaceutical, textile and industrial exports under a new bilateral trade deal to be signed during President Donald Trump’s visit to New Delhi later this month. Top sources told IANS that India is willing…

Bengaluru: Ruling out contamination of chicken or eggs sold or consumed in the state, the Karnataka government on Saturday clarified there was no coronavirus in poultry products. “Public is warned against believing rumours or false messages posted in the social media that chicken sold or consumed in the state is affected by coronavirus. There is…

Retailers and small vendors in Kolkata are scared that the city’s toy-stock will soon dry up as the import of the product from China, which caters to more than 80 per cent of Bengal’s toy market, has been suspended. “Because of the coronavirus threat, the import is suspended for indefinite period. The main season begins…

The first ever organic outlet in Manipur hills was inaugurated at Tusii Nganii Khumai (TNK) Village in Senapati district headquarters, 60 km north of Imphal on Saturday. The outlet which is the fifth one in the State was opened by Manipur Organic Mission Agency (MOMA) under the aegis of Horticulture and Soil Conservation Department. It…

In Uttar Pradesh, the weavers of Banarasi silk are bearing the brunt of the outbreak in China due to the restrictions on travel as well as import and export. As per the traders of Varanasi, so far, 20 per cent of the business has taken a beating due to low raw silk thread stock for…