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NEW DELHI: Popular badminton player and Olympic-bronze medalist Saina Nehwal has joined BJP on Wednesday at party headquarters in the presence of BJP National General Secretary Arun Singh. Nehwal’s sister Chandranshu also joined the BJP along with Saina. Haryana-born Saina Nehwal, 29, is a major acquisition for the party in the middle of …

New Delhi – Union Cabinet has approved the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020. The bill will amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. It will be introduced in the budget session of the Parliament. Briefing media in New Delhi today, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said, for Medical …

Hyderabad, Jan.23 (P.A. Rama Rao): The Supreme Court’s  strong suggestion to the Parliament to revisit the powers of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha and State Legislatures and creation of an Independent and permanent body to decide on disqualification of petitions against lawmakers (M Ps, MLAs and MLCs),  is highly laudable  …

The election of a new president brings to end incumbent Shah’s tenure of over five-and-a-half years during which the BJP expanded its footprints across the country. New Delhi: BJP working president Jagat Prakash Nadda, who has long been seen as the choice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Shah for the …

Three terrorists were killed in an encounter between terrorists and security forces in South Kashmir’s Shopian district of  Jammu & Kashmir today. Security sources said that a joint party of security forces launched a cordon and search operation on the basis of presence of terrorists in Wachi Zainapora area in …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the students to pursue their heart and work with zeal to deliver for the nation and its development. Interacting with students, teachers and parents at ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha-2020’ at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi today, Mr Modi said, this new generation will bear the …

The printing of Union Budget documents 2020-21 began today with the traditional Halwa ceremony. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presided over the ceremony in the presence of Minister of State for Finance, Anurag Thakur. Other officials of the ministry also participated at the ceremony at North Block in New Delhi. After …

Girish Juyal, Chief Editor Paigham E Madare watan (Urdu Daily) The Indian Muslim societal expectation for women had remained as passive bystanders with all kinds of restrictions imposed in the name of honor and community, thus suppressing individual powers “to reason and to choose” and the ability to behave as …

The convict of Mumbai Blast Case Jaleesh Ansari who was arrested on Friday by a special task force of Uttar Pradesh police has made some startling revelations during interrogation. He told police that he was planning to develop new technology of low-cost bomb-making. STF SP Vishal Vikram Singh told AIR …

Continuing their mission of special Public Outreach Programme in Jammu and Kashmir on the second day today, nine Union Ministers visited ten blocks of six districts in Jammu Division to meet people on ground and seek their feedback on various development initiatives and schemes. Throughout the day, the ministers inaugurated …