Tag: Politics
3 Held With Old Currency Notes Worth Rs 31.65 Lakh
Three persons have been detained here on Thursday with scrapped currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 worth Rs 31.65 lakh, the city police said. ....
Amarinder Seeks Congress Permission To Contest Against Badal
Giving an interesting turn to Punjab's politics, state Congress president Amarinder Singh has sought the Congress high command's permission to fight next month's assembly elections against Chief Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal patron Parkash Singh Badal from the latter's assembly constituency of Lambi.....
Madame Tussauds Unveils Updated Trump Wax Figures
New wax figurines of US President-elect Donald Trump have been unveiled at Madame Tussauds locations around the globe.....
Trump 'declares' War On Media, To Fight Back 'tooth And Nail'
The White House has launched an all-out war on the media, vowing to fight it "tooth and nail" after a row in which Donald Trump's press secretary made allegedly false claims about the crowds at his inauguration, which were later defended as "alternative facts".....
Jan Sangh Opposed Karpoori Thankur's Quota Policy: Nitish Kumar
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday attacked the BJP by reminding its leaders that the party's predecessor Jan Sangh had opposed the reservation policy of socialist leader and icon of backward politics Karpoori Thakur.....
Aadhaar Enrolment At 111 Crore, Fetched Rs 36,144 Crore Savings : Ravi Shankar Prasad
Even as the Aadhaar enrolment touched 111 crore on Republic Day, the total savings by the central and state exchequers by deploying it stood at Rs 36,144 crore in two years, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said here on Friday. ....
Governor May Not Go To Tamil Nadu On Wednesday
As the political cauldron boils over in Tamil Nadu, state Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao has not finalised plans to go to Chennai, official sources said here on Wednesday. ....
We Are Not Prisoners, Say AIADMK MLAs
AIAMDK MLAs backing its General Secretary V.K. Sasikala in the power struggle in Tamil Nadu on Friday said they were not being held hostage.....
Time To End Caste-driven Politics In UP: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi renewed his attack on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday and charged him with presiding over chaos and lawlessness in the state in the past five years.....
Rs 2 Lakh-worth Fake New Notes Seized By BSF
Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Wednesday seized fake Indian currency notes of Rs 2,000 denomination, having a face value of Rs 2 lakh, from Malda district in West Bengal. ....
