Bollywood star Akshay Kumar on Sunday sent out a call to fans to contribute for the Lord Ram temple being built in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya following the landmark Supreme Court verdict in the decades-long dispute over the site.
The Congress today claimed that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar appeared to be under "a lot of pressure" in the BJP-led NDA, and suggested that he should consider returning to the Grand Alliance and "freely" work for the development of the state.
The Shiv Sena will contest the assembly elections in West Bengal due later this year, the party's Sanjay Raut announced on Sunday, jutting into the high-pitched contest between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress and a surging BJP.
Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday January 17, 2021, New Delhi
A parliamentary committee has summoned officials of Facebook and Twitter to discuss the issue of safeguarding citizens' rights and preventiing misuse of social news media platforms. The meet will be held on Januray 21.
Over 17,000 people were vaccinated across 553 sites in six states on Day 2 of India's coronavirus vaccination drive, the Health Ministry said Sunday evening, adding that the number who had received at least one shot was around 2.24 lakh
Amid the spread of bird flu in different states across the country, the centre today asked state officials to rethink their decision to impose ban on sale of poultry and poultry products and allow the sale of products sourced from avian influenza-free areas.
A 39-year-old man, who is a Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel, has been arrested for repeatedly beating his two minor children in Nashik district of Maharashtra, leaving them seriously injured, police said on Sunday.
Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav reached Chhapra and met the family members of IndiGo airlines manager Rupesh Kumar Singh who was shot dead by unidentified men in the Punaichak area of Patna on January 12.
Farmers protesting the agriculture laws lashed out at the centre Sunday for its "oppressive attitude" after the NIA summoned 40 protest members and supporters, including Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu, as "witnesses" in a case against Sikhs for Justice
The CBI on Sunday arrested a senior Indian Railways Engineering Service (IRES) official for allegedly accepting bribe of Rs 1 crore and carried out searches at 20 locations across the country, officials said.
The protesting farmers refused to call off their January 26 tractor rally today, and said the probe by the National Investigation Agency is meant to break their protest. The farmers have planned a huge rally on Republic Day to register protest in the national capital. There are plans to have 1,000 tractors participate in the rally, the farmers have said.
Three-time Trinamool MP Satabdi Roy was made Vice President of the party's Bengal unit Sunday, two days after she nearly joined a growing list of high-profile leaders to swap the ruling party for the opposition BJP with elections around the corner
Tourists in Delhi may soon enjoy rides on rented two-wheelers with the Delhi government's transport department firming up a scheme to issue licences for "rent-a-bike" services in the city, officials said.
Left Front Chairperson Biman Bose on Sunday said there is no misunderstanding between the Congress and the Left Front and asserted that both of them will contest the 2021 West Bengal Assembly polls together.
