Hours after resigning from the Congress, Punjab leader Manpreet Singh Badal joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union minister Piyush Goel and BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh on Wednesday.
Assembly polls in Meghalaya and Nagaland on February 27: EC
The Election Commission on Wednesday fixed February 16 as the date for the Tripura Assembly polls and February 27 for the elections to the Nagalang and Meghalaya assemblies, with the counting of votes scheduled for March 2.
Acid attacks: NCW wants complete ban on unregulated sale of acid
The National Commission for Women (NCW) on Wednesday sought a complete ban on the sale of unregulated acid in open market and compensation for survivors of acid attacks at a meeting of nodal officers.
Terrorist attack on Pak forces in Balochistan kills 4 soldiers
A convoy of Pakistani security forces came under attack from terrorists across the border with Iran in the restive Balochistan province on Wednesday, killing four soldiers in the latest incident of cross-border clashes.
Prez Murmu delegates fresh powers to administrator, LGs of six UTs
President Droupadi Murmu has delegated two fresh powers to administrators and Lieutenant Governor of six Union Territories (UTs) under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020
Modi using Governors to harass CMs of opposition-ruled states: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was using Governors to harass the Chief Ministers of states ruled by non-BJP parties and to create hurdles in the progress of these states.
Ukraine helicopter crash kills interior minister, others
A helicopter carrying Ukraine’s interior minister crashed into a kindergarten in a foggy residential suburb of Kyiv on Wednesday, killing him and about a dozen other people, including a child on the ground, authorities said.
Fake website resembles govt portal, hundreds of pensioners duped
The Delhi Police has busted a gang, arresting four cheats who duped more than 1,800 people on the pretext of offering them life certificate for pensioners, officials said on Wednesday. The accused were identified as Amit Khosa, Kanav Kapoor, Binoy Sarkar and Shankar Mondal, they said. According to police,
