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For Parkash Singh Badal, SAD-BJP alliance was ‘nau-mass da rishta’

April 27, 2023

Before his party walked out of the NDA over the Centre's now repealed farm laws, Akali Dal stalwart Parkash Singh Badal used to describe the SAD-BJP tie-up as "nau-mass da rishta" -- like nail and skin. Parkash Singh Badal was admitted to the Fortis Hospital in Mohali, Punjab on April...

Battle royale 2017 saw Parkash Badal defeat captain Amarinder

April 27, 2023

The last time Parkash Singh Badal won an assembly election was the 2017 battle royale with Amarinder Singh, the scion of the erstwhile princely state of Patiala who challenged the five-time Punjab Chief Minister in his pocket borough of Lambi. In the run-up to the polls, Singh, who was spearheading...

400 Maoists surrender every year due to favourable government policy

April 27, 2023

More than 400 Maoist cadres are surrendering every year following government’s surrender and rehabilitation policy under which they are given all kinds of facilities including financial assistance, said Sundarraj P, Inspector General of Police of Bastar Range. On average, more than 400 Maoist cadres are surrendering every year. A special...

Dreaded naxal Sundari shuns path of violence, joins mainstream to fight naxalism

April 27, 2023

Developmental works coupled with rehabilitation-cum-surrender policy of Chhattisgarh government are emerging as a wind of positive change in the worst insurgency-hit Bastar region and a significant example of this is naxal cadres are shunning the path of violence to join mainstream of the society. Realising the hollow ideology of banned...

India emerges as world’s fourth largest defence spender in 2022

April 27, 2023

India was the world’s fourth largest military spender in 2022, with its defence spending increasing by around six percent as compared to 2021, a report by Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said. The military expenditure report said around 23 percent of the total spending by India...

MCD plans to end stray dogs’ terror, 75% of canines sterilized: Officials

April 27, 2023

The MCD is considering setting up stray dog shelters amid an increase in dog bite incidents here, officials said on Wednesday and noted that 75 per cent of the canines have been immunised against rabies and sterilised. A proposal in this regard is in the nascent stage but several meetings...

LG gives nod to create 244 posts of principals in Delhi govt schools

April 27, 2023

Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena approved the creation of 244 additional posts of Principals in Delhi Government Schools on Wednesday. Coming after the revival of 126 posts of Principals approved by LG in February this year, these additional posts would help the woefully short-staffed Education Department of the Government of...

AAP’s Shelly Oberoi gets another term as Delhi Mayor unopposed

April 27, 2023

The Aam Aadmi Party’s Shelly Oberoi was elected mayor of Delhi on Wednesday without contest as her BJP rival Shikha Rai withdrew her nomination. With this, Oberoi got another term as mayor of Delhi. Rai told the House that she took the step because the election to the standing committee...

Kejriwal’s Rs 45 crore House spruce up, BJP rings AAP to hilt

April 27, 2023

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence was built in 1942 and the roof had collapsed thrice, the AAP said on Wednesday and accused the BJP of diverting attention from key issues by raising the matter of Rs 45 crore spent on the house. Following the roof collapse incidents, the...

Families want ‘innocent’ relatives freed, else they won’t vote in 10 May polls

April 27, 2023

A year after 89 persons were arrested for allegedly indulging in violence at Karnataka’s Hubbali, families of many of them claim their relatives are ‘innocent,’ insist they are unable to go through the bail procedures since they are illiterate and that they would boycott the May 10 Assembly polls if...

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