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President confers Bharat Ratna on Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya
President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday conferred the Bharat Ratna posthumously on Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya and the Padma Vibhushan on veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani.
The president gave the awards at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in…
Authorities declare Flood in Kashmir Valley, Jhelum in Spate
Authorities on Monday declared flood in the Kashmir Valley, asking people living close to the banks of the Jhelum river to exercise extreme caution and move to safer places.
"Flood level was 22.8 feet (status red) at Sangam (Anantnag),…
BJP becomes World’s Largest Political Party @ 8.8 Crore
With 8.8 crore members by March 29 (Sunday), BJP became the world's largest political party, surpassing Communist Party of China, which had 8.67 crore members as of 2014. BJP has a target of securing 10 crore members by March 31, but some…
Former INLD Legislator shot dead in Delhi
Former Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) legislator Bharat Singh was shot at by unidentified gunmen here during a religious programme on Sunday evening, and succumbed to his injuries in a hospital, police said.
The 38-year-old Bharat Singh…
Government will try to ban Cow Slaughter: Rajnath
The central government will try to build consensus on banning cow slaughter, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said in Indore on Sunday.
Cow slaughter has always been against the principles of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and that was why the…
In New Makeover, AAP Lokpal Admiral Ramdas Sacked
In the throes of an internal war, Delhi's ruling AAP on Sunday replaced its Lokpal, retired Admiral L. Ramdas, with a team of three ombudsmen including two former police officers. A day after it sacked dissident leaders Prashant Bhushan and…
India close to having its Own Satellite Navigation System
India successfully put its fourth navigation satellite into orbit in copy book style on Saturday, bringing the country a step closer to having its own satellite navigation system.
Exactly at 5.19 p.m., the rocket - the Polar Satellite…
Mizoram Governor Aziz Qureshi Sacked
Mizoram Governor Aziz Qureshi was sacked on Saturday, officials said. President Pranab Mukherjee directed that "Qureshi shall cease to hold the office of the governor of Mizoram".
Mukherjee also "appointed Keshari Nath Tripathi, governor…
Patkar quits AAP, doubts future of ‘Alternative Politics’
Anti-Narmada dam activist Medha Patkar quit the AAP on Saturday following dissident leaders Yogendra Yadav and Prashant Bhushan's expulsion from the party's National Executive. She expressed serious doubts over what she termed the "future…
247 Members Supported ousting Yadav, Bhushan: AAP
As many as 247 members voted in favour of the resolution to remove dissident leaders Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra yadav and two others from AAP's national executive, the party said on Saturday. Party's national secretary Pankaj Gupta said…