Kolkata, March 11 The West Bengal government has decided to remove all check posts for transport of agricultural products, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday.

"From April 1, all 109 check posts so far used for transport of agricultural commodities will be removed. There will be no restricti

New Delhi, March 11 Delhi's Karkardooma court on Wednesday issued notice to Mandoli jail authorities on an application filed by one of the convicts in Nirbhaya rape case seeking FIR against two police personnel for allegedly beating him.

convict Pawan Gupta moved the court asserting that the police office

New Delhi, March 11 The Delhi Minorities Commission on Wednesday said it has constituted a ten-member fact-finding committee to probe the violence that erupted in some areas of the northeast district of Delhi last month.

The committee, comprising of advocates and activists, has been asked to probe the causes

New Delhi, March 11 Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday announced the withdrawal of the suspension of all seven Congress MPs after all members in the House in a voice vote gave their nod to the proposal presented by Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal.

Birla took the decision fol

New Delhi, March 11  The Delhi government will on Friday convene a special session of the Assembly to discuss NRC and the COVID-19 situation, official said.

The Delhi Cabinet took the decision on Wednesday in a meeting headed by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

"A special session of the Ass

The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday raised the issue of Yes Bank in the Rajya Sabha and demanded a discussion.

AAP leader Sanjay Singh had earlier given a Zero Hour notice on the issue.

Ahead of Parliament session, AAP MPS had rallied near Mahatma Gandhi's statue in the Parliament complex and raised slogans to dema

Congress troubleshooter D.K. Shivakumar has been appointed as the new president of the party's Karnataka unit, an official said on Wednesday.

"Congress president (Sonia Gandhi) has appointed D.K. Shivakumar as the president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC)," said party's general secretary K.C. V

Accusing the Congress of living in denial mode on the day after resigning from Congress, Jyotiraditya Scindia joined the BJP here in New Delhi on Wednesday.

"In my life two dates have been very significant. September 30, 2001 when I lost my father. It changed my life. The second date is March 10, 2020 which was his 75th birth

After staying away for almost a week from the proceedings in the House, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla returned to the Chair on Wednesday. Members of the Lower House welcomed his return to the Chair, from an undeclared self-imposed exile, and assured him of maintaining the decorum of the House.

Birla's absence from the House was c

Jyotiraditya Scindia, who is in the eye of a storm after he resigned from the Congress along with 22 MLAs, had scripted a good show in the Gwalior-Chambal area, the pocket borough of the Scindia family, in the last assembly elections.


A good showing in the Gwalior-Chambal area also meant that the BJP fared poorly in the ar