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5:44 PM

Nehru , Indira gave himself a Bharat Ratna: Amit Shah

 

 

5:41 PM

Congress is anti-Ambedkar, anti-samvidhan party: Amit Shah

"Congress is anti-Ambedkar and the party has insulted Savarkar," he said at a press conference at the BJP HQ in New Delhi on Wednesday.

5:36 PM

Centre appoints Rama Mohan Rao as State Bank of India MD

5:20 PM

Amit Shah will address a press conference today 18 December, at 5:30 PM at BJP HQ: BJP

4:54 PM

Amit Shah must apologise to people of country: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge

If PM Modi has respect for Babasaheb Ambedkar, he should drop Amit Shah from Cabinet today itself, says Kharge. 

4:52 PM

Instead of telling Amit Shah this is wrong, PM Modi defending him, says Kharge

If someone speaks against Babasaheb, PM Modi should have removed him from Cabinet, says Mallikarjun Kharge. 

4:50 PM

Amit Shah's remarks on Ambedkar condemnable, he insulted Dalits hero: Cong chief Kharge

 Mallikarjun Kharge slams BJP over Amit Shah's remarks on BR Ambedkar in Rajya Sabha, saying that these people don't believe in Constitution.

4:39 PM

News update: Dalit icon Ambedkar insulted by Amit Shah, says Congress

4:32 PM

Amit Shah insulted Ambedkar, he should be sacked and made to apologise: RJD

Charging Union Home Minister Amit Shah with having "insulted" BR Ambedkar, the Opposition RJD on Wednesday sought an apology besides his expulsion from the Narendra Modi cabinet. State vice president Shiv Chandra Ram, MLA Rekha Paswan and SC/ST cell chief Anil Sadhu also trained their guns at Union ministers Chirag Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi, both Dalit leaders from Bihar, whom they accused of "smiling" in response to Shah's speech in Parliament the day before.

4:25 PM

Court grants interim bail to Umar Khalid

Additional sessions judge Sameer Bajpai granted him the reprieve for seven days to attend a family wedding.

3:54 PM

Lokpal registered 210 complaints during 2024-25: Centre

Over 200 complaints were registered with Lokpal during the financial year 2024-25 (till November 30, 2024), the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Of the 210 complaints, 158 have been disposed of, Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said in a written reply.

3:50 PM

Sharad Pawar meets PM Modi along with two farmers from Maharashtra

NCP-SP chief Sharad Pawar met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, weeks after the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) was trounced in the assembly elections in Maharashtra by the BJP-led Mahayuti. Pawar met the prime minister in his office in Parliament House along with two farmers from Phaltan in western Maharashtra and presented him with a box of pomegranates from their farm.

 

3:25 PM

2 soldiers killed in Bikaner's Mahajan field firing range

Two soldiers killed in Bikaner's Mahajan field firing range while loading ammunition in tank during training exercise, a defence spokesperson said today.

3:22 PM

Farmers protest: SC says court doors always open, any suggestion can be brought for discussion

Farmers have declined to interact with high powered committee constituted by this court, Punjab government  informs SC. 

2:50 PM

Odisha: ED raids premises of BJD MLA's late brother

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday searched premises linked to the deceased brother of a BJD MLA in Odisha as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said. The house and some other locations linked to late Khirod Malik, brother of Biju Janta Dal (BJD) legislator Pramila Malik, in Sambalpur are being raided, the sources said.