Describing as "retrograde" and "anti-democratic" the proposed amendments to the GNCTD Act, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday said the changes will make the Delhi government less than a municipality and "rob" the people of any kind of representative government.
Delhi recorded as many as 425 fresh coronavirus cases on Tuesday. With this, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the national capital has reached over 6.44 lakh, while the death toll mounted to 10,945. One fatality has been recorded in the last 24 hours, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Delhi health department.
Former Cabinet Secretary and Principal Advisor in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), P.K. Sinha, has resigned from his post on personal grounds. Sources said the retired 1978-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre put in his papers on Monday evening.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Tuesday warned of blocking the Delhi-Noida border, amid the ongoing farm protest. Rakesh Tikait along with other farmer-leaders have been camping at Ghazipur border near Delhi for months now, demanding the repeal of new reforms in the agriculture sector.
The central government has no information on the leak of WhatsApp chat related to confidential and sensitive information, including scrapping of Article 370, which surfaced during the investigation of TRP scam by the Mumbai Police, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. A 500-page transcript of a purported WhatsApp conversation, containing details of Balakot air strikes and abrogation of Article 370, went viral in January this year after it was submitted by the Mumbai Police before a court as part of its chargesheet in a case of misuse of TV rating point (TRP), which led to a political storm.
Months after drubbing in the Bihar Assembly elections, the Congress is looking to expand its footprints in the eastern state. Party's in-charge for Bihar Congress Bhakta Charan Das recently visited Munger to take part in a membership drive. However, no one turned up at the party office to join the grand old party.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday carried out raids at multiple locations in Kolkata and Asansol districts of West Bengal in connection with the coal scam. The agency sleuths also carried out searches at the remises of Amit Agarwal, a close aide of key accused Anup Majhi alias Lala.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
