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The Biju Janata Dal on Thursday (January 30, 2025) reiterated its demand for special category status for Odisha, calling it a just and rightful claim.“In its 2014 election manifesto, the BJP pledged to grant Odisha special category status upon coming to power. However, that promise has now been forgotten. With the BJP governing both at […]

A committee of academicians appointed by the West Bengal government on the University Grants Commission (UGC) draft regulation submits its report to the State government on Thursday (January 30, 2025). They offered multiple recommendations and changes in the regulations. Committee members condemned the attempts made to undermine the federal structures and called for a redrafting […]

A 62-year-old devotee from Belagavi died on Thursday of a heart attack while returning from the Maha Kumbh in Prayagraj. Ravi Jatar of Deshpande Galli in Belagavi died in Pune. He was returning along with his relatives and friends from Prayagraj. On Wednesday, four people from Belagavi died in the stampede during the Maha Kumbh. […]

Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Duvvuri Subbarao underscored the need for a cooperative approach to India’s fiscal federalism in his BPR Vithal Memorial Lecture at the Centre for Economics and Social Studies (CESS) in Hyderabad on Thursday. Speaking on ‘India’s Fiscal Federalism – Quo Vadis?’ Subbarao traced the evolution of Centre-State financial relations […]

BJP worker Ashok Bagali was unanimously elected president of the Kalaburagi district BJP rural unit here on Wednesday. The outgoing president of the rural unit, Shivaraj Patil Raddewadagi, handed over the BJP flag to the new district president at the party office. Meanwhile, incumbent Chandrakant Patil is all set to continue as the party’s Kalaburagi […]

Image Source : INDIA TV Aaj Ki Baat with Rajat Sharma More than 10 crore devotees took a holy dip at the Maha Kumbh in Sangam, but the joie de vivre was marred by a post-midnight tragedy, when hordes of people trampled on devotees sleeping on the ground after breaking police barricades. Thirty people died […]

Image Source : VIDEO SCREENGRAB JPC on Waqf amendment bill submits report to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. The meeting between members of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has concluded and the final report on the bill has been submitted to the Lok […]

Image Source : PTI BJP’s Harpreet Kaur Babla wins Chandigarh Mayor election. Chandigarh Mayor Election: Bharatiya Janata Party’s Harpreet Kaur Babla emerged victorious in the Chandigarh Mayor election, securing 19 votes to become the city’s new mayor. The victory came after a notable instance of cross-voting, which helped Babla surpass the AAP-Congress I.N.D.I alliance, which managed […]

Harpal Singh Cheema (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Punjab minister Harpal Singh Cheema, reacting to BJP‘s victory in Chandigarh mayoral polls, accused ally Congress of “backstabbing” the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) by not voting honestly in the elections.Cheema said the BJP pulled off the mayor’s poll because it had the “backing” of the Congress party. The […]

Amit Shah (File photo) NEW DELHI: Union home minister Amit Shah lashed out at AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal over his “BJP poisoning Yamuna” remark, saying the ex-Delhi CM should name the poison instead of doing “petty politics”.Addressing a rally in Rohini on Thursday, Shah said Kejriwal made the claim “only to win elections” as he […]

NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Harpreet Kaur Babla has won the mayoral election in Chandigarh. She defeated Aam Aadmi Party’s Prem Lata by a margin of seven votes, securing 19 out of 36 votes in the election.Notably, three of these votes came from cross-voting, indicating dissatisfaction within the opposition alliance. Babla’s victory, despite the […]

Arrangements are in full swing for the Araku Utsav titled ‘Chali’, beginning January 31, in Alluri Sitharama Raju district. District Collector A.S. Dinesh Kumar, who is monitoring the arrangements, said the event would showcase tribal culture and arts. A grand stage has been set up at the Government Degree College Grounds in Araku Valley, which […]