The Canadian Deputy High Commissioner was today summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs with regard to the raising of separatist slogans on Khalistan at an event which was being personally addressed by the Prime Minister of Canada. The Government of Indias deep concern and strong protest was conveyed at such disturbing actions being allowed []

The Delhi Police on Monday summoned Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on May 1 for allegedly sharing fake video regarding Union Home Minister Amit Shahs video. The police issued a notice to the Telangana CM and asked him to present his side on May 1. He has been asked to appear with his mobile phone []

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that heat wave to severe heat wave conditions will continue to prevail over parts of Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand for the next 3 days. Heat wave conditions are likely over isolated pockets of Rayalaseema, Interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and East Uttar Pradesh.

The Election Commission has issued notification for the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024. Elections will be held in 57 Lok Sabha seats in six States and one Union Territory in this phase. All seven seats of Delhi, all ten seats of Haryana, fourteen seats of Uttar Pradesh, eight seats each of Bihar and []

Indian Coast Guard (ICG) in collaboration with the Anti-terrorism Squad (ATS) and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), seized 86 kg of narcotics valued @ Rs 600 cr and apprehended 14 crew members from the Pakistani vessel in a meticulously planned anti-narcotics operation at sea on April 28, 2024. The ICG ship Rajratan, equipped with ATS and []

Amid the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Several members of the Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee today joined the BJP. They were inducted into the party in the presence of party General Secretary Tarun Chugh, party leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa, and Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva. Speaking on the occasion, BJP President J P Nadda said, []

The Government has allowed export of 99,150 MT of onion to six neighbouring countries of Bangladesh, UAE, Bhutan, Bahrain, Mauritius and Sri Lanka. Onion export prohibition has been imposed to ensure adequate domestic availability against the backdrop of estimated lower Kharif and Rabi crops in 2023-24 as compared to previous year and increase demand in []

Congress leader Priynaka Gandhi Vadras husband Robert Vadra, who had earlier expressed his desire to contest from the Amethi parliamentary seat, has said that the entire country wishes for him to get into active politics. Robert Vadra also claimed that Smriti Irani, the sitting MP from Amethi has not fulfilled her promises.

Delhi CM Kejriwals wife Sunita Kejriwal will now lead the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)s campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi and other states. Sunita Kejriwal will hold a mega roadshow in the national capital today in support of AAPs East Delhi candidate Kuldeep Kumar. Delhi Minister and AAP leader Atishi on Friday announced []

Polling in the second phase of General Elections 2024 which commenced at 7 AM today simultaneously across 88 PCs recorded an approximate voter turnout of 60.96% as of 7 PM. Voters from across 13 States/UTs participated enthusiastically to cast their vote at their polling station braving the hot weather conditions. From newlyweds to senior citizens, []

The Supreme Court of India today rejected the pleas seeking 100 percent cross-verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) data with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) records. The verdict was delivered by a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta. Though the cases were reserved for orders on April 18, they were listed again []

Polling for the 2nd phase is being held for 20 seats in Kerala, 14 seats in Karnataka, 13 in Rajasthan, eight each in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, seven in Madhya Pradesh, five each in Assam and Bihar, three each in Bengal and Chhattisgarh and one each in Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur and Tripura. An average []

Theres a total 1,210 candidates in the fray today. The BSP has fielded the most candidates in this phase at 74, followed by the BJP at 69 and the Congress at 68. Voting is on in 88 constituencies across 13 states and Union Territories amid a furious row between the Congress and the BJP over []

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation today with Georgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy. PM extended his greetings to PM Meloni and the people of Italy on the occasion of 79th anniversary of Liberation Day. He thanked PM Meloni for the invite to the G7 Summit Outreach Sessions to be held in June []

Manish Kashyap, a prominent YouTube personality from Bihar, officially joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today in the presence of BJP leaders Manoj Tiwari and Anil Baluni, around 11 AM. Manish Kashyap, a renowned YouTuber from Bihar, arrived in Delhi along with BJP leader Manoj Tiwari. Previously, Kashyap had announced his intention to contest the []

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday issued separate notices seeking responses by 11am on Monday to complaints of violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress chief Mallikaarjun Kharge and Member of Parliament (MP) Rahul Gandhi, underlining campaign speeches of star campaigner need to be judged at []

Actor Randeep Hooda has been bestowed with Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award in recognition of his contributions to Indian cinema and his recent film Swatantrya Veer Savarkar. During a ceremony held at Mumbais Dinanath Mangeshkar Natyagrih on Wednesday, Hooda expressed his gratitude, saying that he felt honoured to receive the award from a family closely associated []

The 10th Round of India-Japan Consultations on Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Export Control was held at Tokyo on yesterday. The two sides exchanged views on developments in the areas of disarmament and non-proliferation relating to nuclear, chemical and biological domains, outer spacesecurity, non-proliferation issues, conventional weapons and export control. The Indian delegation was led by Ms. []

Union Home Minister Amit Shah today accused the Congress and Communist parties of taking support from anti-national forces like the PFI and the SDPI. Addressing a public meeting at Alappuzha this afternoon, the BJP leader alleged that both parties encouraged terrorism in Kerala, for the sake of minority vote bank. He said under BJP rule, []

Stressing that the security of Indians based or settled overseas, especially in conflict zones, was paramount for the government, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Modis guarantee doesnt stop at the countrys borders. Addressing a forum for nationalist thinkers in Hyderabad on Tuesday, the External Affairs Minister said, Modis guarantee doesnt stop at the borders []

Human society is making the mistake of forgetting the importance of forests. Forests are life givers. The reality is that forests have preserved life on earth, said the President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu while addressing the officer trainees of Indian Forest Service (2022 batch) at their convocation ceremony at the Indira Gandhi National Forest []

A Delhi Court on Tuesday extended judicial custody of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till May 7 in the Delhi Liquor Policy case. The Delhi Chief Minister has a plea pending in the Supreme Court, in which he has challenged his arrest March 21 by the Enforcement Directorate on money laundering charges. The court heard []

DG IMD informed Election Commission that there is no major concern with regard to heat wave for phase 2 of the General Elections scheduled on 26th of this month. The weather forecast is normal for the 13 States/UTs going for polls in Phase 2. In view of reports of above normal temperatures and heat waves []

The President of India, Droupadi Murmu presented Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri Awards for the year 2024 at the Civil Investiture Ceremony-I held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday in the presence of Vice President of India, Prime Minister, Union Minister for Home Affairs and other dignitaries. President Murmu confered Padma Vibhushan on former []

With two days left for campaigning to end for the second phase of General Elections, leaders of political parties are making all out efforts to woo the voters by holding back to back rallies and road shows in favour of their candidates. In this phase, polling will take place across 89 Lok Sabha constituencies in []

In view of the forecast of above normal maximum temperatures and heat waves in certain parts of the country, the Election Commission is holding a meeting with different stakeholders. The meeting is to discuss measures to mitigate the risk due to heat waves. The officers from Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), National Disaster Management Authority and []

Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh, on April 22, 2024, visited Siachen, the worlds highest battlefield, to carry out a first-hand assessment of the security situation. He also interacted with the soldiers deployed in the extreme weather & tough terrain conditions. The Raksha Mantri was accompanied by Chief of the Army Staff General Manoj Pande; General Officer []

The provisional figures of Direct Tax collections for the Financial Year (FY) 2023-24 show that Net collections are at Rs. 19.58 lakh crore, compared to Rs. 16.64 lakh crore in the preceding Financial Year i.e. FY 2022-23, representing an increase of 17.70%. The Budget Estimates (BE) for Direct Tax revenue in the Union Budget for []

Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA), the nations largest pure-play green financing NBFC, has achieved an all-time high annual Profit After Tax (PAT) of Rs. 1252.23 crores, marking an impressive growth of 44.83% over the previous fiscal year 2022-23. The company has successfully reduced its Net Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) to 0.99% in FY 2023-24, []

The Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad has released the UP Board class 12th result today April 20, 2024. The UP board class 12th result has been released during a press conference, following which the result link is now activated on the official website at upresults.nic.in. The intermediate examinations were conducted from February 22 to March []

Elon Musks India visit, scheduled for April 21 and 22, has been postponed, the Tesla CEO posted on social media platform X. Unfortunately, very heavy Tesla obligations require that the visit to India be delayed, but I do very much look forward to visiting later this year, Musk said in a post on X on []

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed confidence, stating that he has received exceptional feedback, indicating a substantial surge in support for the BJP-led NDA across India. Taking to X, PM Modi wrote, First phase, great response! Thank you to all those who have voted today. Getting EXCELLENT feedback from todays voting. Its clear that people across []

Polling for the first phase of the General Elections 2024 recorded high voter turnout despite the heat wave. Polling remains largely peaceful with voters from various walks participating enthusiastically in a dazzling display of civic responsibility and pride. In phase 1 of General Elections 2024, polling has been completed for 10 States/UTs to elect 18th []