Saudi Arabia on Wednesday increased India's Haj quota by about 25,000, the third hike in three years, taking the number of pilgrims from the country who can perform the pilgrimage to 2 lakh.
Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Thursday February 21, 2019, New Delhi
The BJP will lose all seats in Delhi if there is an alliance, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said at a rally. He said he was tired of convincing the Congress to enter into a partnership for the Lok Sabha elections.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Wednesday conducted raids on at least six locations in Mumbai and Delhi-NCR region in connection with the multi-crore IL&FS payment default crisis and seized foreign currency worth Rs 6 lakh, officials said.
Passengers created a row at the Delhi airport in the early hours of Wednesday as a SpiceJet flight to Hyderabad, which was set to depart from Terminal 1, got delayed due to runway closure and unsuccessful attempts at changing terminals.
The BJP on Wednesday said former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi would get due respect in the NDA if he chose to return to the coalition which he had walked out of a year ago.
Congress MLA Deepak Saxena on Wednesday resigned as Chhindwara MLA, clearing the way for Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath to contest the by-election from this assembly seat.
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel Aljubeir - who is accompanying Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman on his three-nation tour in Asia - today said the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year was a "rogue operation" by government agents who acted without authority.
Amidst acrimonious scenes in the Gujarat Assembly, the Speaker on Wednesday suspended Leader of Opposition Paresh Dhanani for a day for not apologising for his mention of scrap iron being used for the construction of the Statue of Unity (SoU).
The CBI on Wednesday filed its closure report in the death case of IAS officer Anurag Tiwari, concluding that he had an accidental fall which led to his ''asphyxial'' death.
BJP president Amit Shah will be in Jammu this Sunday to address a convention of the party's booth-level workers ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, a party spokesperson said.
Attacking the BJP government at the centre for giving nod to re-issue the contentious triple talaq ordinance, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said Wednesday it will be used as a "weapon against minorities".
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday blamed the Congress' "appeasement policies" for the "growth of terrorism" in the country and asserted that the BJP will never compromise the country's security.
'Namumkin ab mumkin hai' (Impossible is possible now) will be the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) major poll campaign tagline for the 2019 general elections. The BJP is seeking a second term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Thursday February 21, 2019, New Delhi
Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav mounted a sharp attack on Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, alleging that the state government followed a policy of "farzi topper banao, farzi naukri pao (make fake toppers, get fake job)."
