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9:29 PM

Congress to observe day-long 'Satyagraha'

Congress to observe day-long 'Satyagraha' across country in protest against Rahul Gandhi's disqualification

 

9:27 PM

Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya on spike in Covid19 cases

Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya in Varanasi, UP said, "Currently, in the country, a variant of Covid19 that is circulating is a mutated version of the Omicron sub-variant. We need to remain alert but there is no need to worry. Each new variant is isolated and it is tested whether our vaccines are effective against it or not. Our vaccines have been found effective against all Covid19 variants found till now."

 

9:27 PM

Covid Scare: The cases are likely to be of the XBB.1.16 variant of Omicron, says Dr Dhiren Gupta

The COVID19 situation is changing for the past week with a rise in cases. The cases are likely to be of the XBB.1.16 variant of Omicron, and the symptomatology is likely to be the same. Those with co-morbidities & senior citizens should take more precautions, said Dr Dhiren Gupta, Senior Consultant, Dept of Paediatric Emergency and Critical Care, Sir Gangaram Hospital.

 

9:26 PM

Rahul Gandhi has not been disqualified by the GoI. He has been convicted by the court: Assam CM

"Rahul Gandhi has not been disqualified by the GoI. He has been convicted by the court because in his speech he used unparliamentary, defamatory words against the OBC community and as a consequence of the pronouncement of the Court, he has been disqualified. This is a judicial process and there is nothing political about it," said Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.

 

9:24 PM

"Rahul Gandhi isn't first to face disqualification" tweets Union min Anurag Thakur

8:58 PM

Nitu strikes historic gold at IBA Women's World Boxing Championships

8:45 PM

"Don't believe any fake news on Amritpal's arrest": Punjab Police

8:40 PM

Lights at Delhi's Akshardham temple turned off for an hour from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm to mark the Earth Hour

8:38 PM

Lights switched off at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm to mark Earth Hour

6:24 PM

JP has changed 'politics of perception' to 'politics of performance', says PM

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the Bhagwant Mann government in Punjab will not hesitate in taking tough decisions to maintain law and order as he asserted that those who were trying to spoil the atmosphere in the state are on the run. Kejriwal's remarks come in the wake of Punjab police action against radical preacher Amritpal Singh and elements of an outfit, headed by him, named 'Waris Punjab De.'

6:22 PM

Delhi Govt orders all the govt hospitals to hold a mock drill on March 26

5:46 PM

BJP has changed 'politics of perception' to 'politics of performance', says PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed a public rally in Karnataka's Davanagere as part of his visit to the poll-bound state. "Karnataka has decided to bring back the double engine government in the state," PM Modi said while addressing the public rally titled 'Vijaya Sankalp Yatre Maha Sangama' in Davanagere.

Before the public rally, PM Modi held a mega road show. A huge crowd could be seen gathered to offer a grand welcome to the Prime Minister. The Karnataka assembly elections are likely to be held in April-May.

 

An official announcement of the poll schedule by the Election Commission is expected soon. Political parties including the BJP and Janata Dal-Secular have already intensified their campaign in the southern state. The polls are being seen as particularly crucial for Congress for its national ambitions for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

5:26 PM

Congress Workers Protest In Kolkata Over Rahul Gandhi's Disqualification As MP

5:24 PM

Sentence awarded to Rahul Gandhi seems excessive, says Prashant Kishor

Political strategist turned activist Prashant Kishor on Saturday termed as "excessive" the two years' imprisonment awarded to Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case.

3:58 PM

Political malice and hatred do not benefit country: Mayawati on Rahul disqualification

A day after Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from Parliament, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Saturday referred to the Emergency as she took a swipe at both the Congress and the BJP, saying political malice and hatred had not benefited the country in the past and neither will in the future.

 

She said the Congress must think whether what happened during the Emergency in 1975 and what is happening now with its leader Rahul Gandhi are justified.

 

In a series of tweets, Mayawati said the Congress earlier and the BJP government now, due to their "politics of extreme selfishness", hardly focussed on public welfare and removal of serious problems of poverty, unemployment and backwardness.

 

"It is very sad and unfortunate," she said in a tweet in Hindi.

 

"Political malice, hatred, etc. towards each other have neither benefited the country in the past nor is it going to benefit it in the future," the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said.

 

She said it is clear that had successive governments in the past 75 years worked with honesty and integrity according to the sacred intention of the Constitution and democratic norms and traditions, "India would have become a truly leading and ideal humanitarian and developed country."

 

Gandhi, who represented Wayanad in Kerala in Lok Sabha, was disqualified from Parliament on Friday, a day after a court in Gujarat sentenced him to two years' imprisonment in a criminal defamation case.