United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's oath ceremony, reports said. So

Sonia, Manmohan to attend PM Modi's oath ceremony

United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's oath ceremony, reports said. Sonia Gandhi won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Raebareli. President Ram Nath Kovind will administer the oath of office and secrecy to PM Modi and other members of the Union Council of Ministers during a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan at 7 pm on Thursday. 

Popular Tollywood actor Srabanti Chatterjee on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Srabanti is the latest in a spree of film actors in Bengal to enter into politi

Popular Tollywood actor Srabanti Chatterjee on Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Srabanti is the latest in a spree of film actors in Bengal to enter into politics ahead of the assembly polls in the state. The actor was welcomed in the party by BJP national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and the party&rsquo;s state president, Dilip Ghosh.
Ahead of the eight-phase polling in West Bengal that starts from March 27, both the BJP and TMC have been roping in film stars and actors.
On Thursday, Bengali actor Payel Sarkar joined the BJP, while earlier Bengali actor Yash Dasgupta had joined the saffron camp. Cricketer Manoj Tiwary along with three Bengali film stars, Raj Chakraborty, Kanchan Mullick, Sayoni Ghosh, joined the Trinamool Congress in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as well.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday joined the list of political leaders who received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, as India started the second phase of t

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday joined the list of political leaders who received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, as India started the second phase of the inoculation drive. Amit Shah was administered the first dose of coronavirus vaccine by a team of doctors from the Medanta Hospital.
His vaccination came hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was administered a shot of Covaxin at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi. The ongoing phase of the vaccination drive will cover those above the age of 60 and those over 45 with co-morbidities.
Apart from PM Modi and Amit Shah, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Union minister Jitendra Singh, NCP chief Sharad Pawar were among the leaders who received the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 on Monday.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday announced his party’s support to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress for the upcoming

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav on Monday announced his party&rsquo;s support to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress for the upcoming Assembly election in West Bengal as it seeks to expand its base in the state.
&ldquo;We will lend support to Mamata Banerjee wherever needed. The priority is to stop the BJP at all costs. To save the country from those who are bent of destroying it,&rdquo; said Tejashwi Yadav after meeting Banerjee at her Kalighat resident in Kolkata.
Mamata said that jailed RJD supremo Lalu Yadav is like her father, who is being tortured in the jail. &ldquo;If Tejasvi is fighting, then I am fighting. If I am fighting, then Tejasvi is fighting.&rdquo; The BJP would not last in Bihar, neither is it going to BJP win in Bengal, she added.
Mamata Banerjee and Tejashwi Yadav are scheduled to announce the seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming polls. Reports say the RJD will be aiming at a significant percentage of Bihari vote share in Howrah, West Burdwan, parts of Kolkata.

With a year left for Punjab assembly elections, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday announced that election strategist Prashant Kishor had joined his team.

With a year left for Punjab assembly elections, Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Monday announced that election strategist Prashant Kishor had joined his team.
In a tweet, Amarinder made the announcement, saying he looks forward to working with Kishor for the betterment of the people of Punjab.
Amarinder Singh had previously employed Prashant Kishor's Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) to handle his poll campaign in Punjab in the 2017 assembly polls, which led to a resounding victory for the Congress in the state. 
Currently, Prashant Kishor is heading the Trinamool Congress's campaign for the 2021 West Bengal elections. He has previously handled election campaigns for Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, and RJD's Tejashwi Yadav.
But Prashant Kishor's biggest election success story remains PM Modi's stellar win in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Netizens are loving the new Rahul Gandhi. After his ‘boxer’ abs broke the Internet, a video of Rahul Gandhi has emerged from Tamil Nadu where the Congress l

Netizens are loving the new Rahul Gandhi. After his &lsquo;boxer&rsquo; abs broke the Internet, a video of Rahul Gandhi has emerged from Tamil Nadu where the Congress leader can be seen effortlessly doing push-ups with a schoolgirl.
Rahul Gandhi was challenged to do 15 push-ups by a schoolgirl at a martial art event in Tamil Nadu. Amid loud cheers, Rahul Gandhi takes the challenge a step further, he was seen&nbsp;doing push-ups with one arm. Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, who is visiting the poll-bound state of Tamil Nadu, was also caught on camera dancing with students along with AICC Tamil Nadu in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao.

The Maharashtra government has taken cognisance of a report by the New York Times, claiming that the Mumbai power outage was a likely Chinese cyber attack. Home ministe

The Maharashtra government has taken cognisance of a report by the New York Times, claiming that the Mumbai power outage was a likely Chinese cyber attack. Home minister Anil Deshmukh has sought a report from the cyber department over it.
A New York Times said that the Mumbai power outage last year, which was said to the worst power failure in decades, may have its links to the India and China border tensions. The NYT report adds that the mega Mumbai power outage may be the result of a cyber attack from China.
The report by The New York Times claims that when the Indians and Chinese soldiers were having a faceoff at the border, the malware was being injected into the control systems that are responsible for electric supply across India.&nbsp;

The BJP on Sunday alleged that a party worker, Gopal Majumdar, and his 85-year-old mother were beaten up by TMC goons in Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district.

The BJP on Sunday alleged that a party worker, Gopal Majumdar, and his 85-year-old mother were beaten up by TMC goons in Bengal&rsquo;s North 24 Parganas&nbsp;district.
The BJP&nbsp;Twitter&nbsp;handle posted a photo of the woman with a swollen face saying 'people of Bengal will not forgive those who assaulted Bengal's daughter&rsquo;.
While the elderly woman alleged she was thrashed by miscreants, as her son works for BJP, her grandson refuted her claims and said no one had beaten her.
In a video posted on Twitter by the official&nbsp;Trinamool&nbsp;Congress handle, he was heard saying that&nbsp;his grandmother has been bedridden for the last three years and the TMC&nbsp;had nothing&nbsp;to do with the incident.
Citing the lady's grandson,&nbsp;TMC leader Subrata Mukherjee said 'there is no allegation against TMC'. The matter is currently under investigation.&nbsp;

PM Modi on Monday spoke on the steps taken for agriculture in Budget 2021-22. Speaking at a webinar PM PM Narendra Modi endorsed the provisions taken for the agricultur

PM Modi on Monday spoke on the steps taken for agriculture in Budget 2021-22. Speaking at a webinar PM Narendra Modi endorsed the Union Budget provisions as he listed the steps taken for the agriculture sector. He highlighted the government has increased the agriculture credit target to Rs 16.50 lakh crore and infrastructure fund to Rs 40,000 crore and doubled the &nbsp;micro-irrigation fund as well. &lsquo;India needs food processing revolution amid increasing agriculture production&rsquo;, the PM said. "Without them we cannot expect to grow," PM Narendra Modi said even as thousands of farmers are demanding a repeal of the contentious farm laws.

DMK leader M K Stalin on Monday sought to make light of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's allegation of corruption against his party, saying it was the BJP that "stands b

DMK leader M K Stalin on Monday sought to make light of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's allegation of corruption against his party, saying it was the BJP that "stands by corruption" by aligning with the ruling corrupt AIADMK in Tamil Nadu.
Ridiculing Stalin for speaking on corruption issues, Shah had during a rally on Sunday asked him to "look within," asking "who did the 2G (spectrum allocation) scam".&nbsp; Stalin alleged BJP is siding with Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and CM K Palaniswami, who are steeped in corruption, commission and collection. &lsquo;That shows who stands by corruption,&rsquo; he said.
&nbsp;

The body of a 16-year-old Dalit girl was found in a field in the Akrabad area in UP’s Aligarh, The girl had gone to the fields on Sunday afternoon to collect fodd

The body of a 16-year-old Dalit girl was found in a field in the Akrabad area in UP&rsquo;s Aligarh. The girl had gone to the fields on Sunday afternoon to collect fodder for cattle but did not return. Later, her body was found in a field. As the news spread, irate villagers clashed with police and indulged in stone pelting. One inspector was injured in the attack. Police personnel have been deployed in large numbers to maintain law and order. Senior Superintendent of Police Muniraj G said a special police team has been constituted to investigate the case. Allegations that the victim was sexually assaulted are being probed, he added.

An enthusiastic Rahul Gandhi in Tamil Nadu amazed students with his twinkle toes. The Congress leader who was interacting with students of St. Joseph's M

An enthusiastic Rahul&nbsp;Gandhi in Tamil Nadu&nbsp;amazed students with his twinkle toes. The Congress leader danced cheek to cheek with the students at St. Joseph's school in Mulagumoodubn.&nbsp;The Wayanad MP danced to the song written by the students, honouring him for being the 'battle winner' and the 'man who respects all cultures'.&nbsp;Rahul also did push-ups and 'Aikido' with the students. Meanwhile, his sister Priyanka&nbsp;Gandhi too, who is currently campaigning in Assam tapped her feet along with a group of girls on&nbsp;an Assamese folk song in Lakhimpur.&nbsp;

According to a The New York Times report, the Mumbai power outage in October 2020, considered the worst power failure in decades is likely linked to the India and China

Was China behind Mumbai's worst power outage last year? The New York Times has reported that the mega Mumbai power outage may be linked to the India-China tensions. The report says that the blackout could be the result of a cyber attack from China in an attempt to give a message to India not to press too hard. The report also claims the malware was being injected into the control systems that are responsible for electric supply across India while armies of the two countries were engaged in a prolonged faceoff at the border. Cybersecurity company Recorded Future notified the Indian government about the China-linked threat activity group, RedEcho, which may have been responsible for the Mumbai power outage.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu was on Monday detained by Renigunta police at Tirupati airport in Renigunta while he was go

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief and former chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu was on Monday detained by Renigunta police at Tirupati airport in Renigunta while he was going to Chittoor district election campaign. The police reportedly cited discrepancies in the permissions which Naidu got from the Election Commission for the campaign. Police also claimed that the risk of contracting Covid-19 during the protest programme was very high due to the resurgence of the novel coronavirus. Chandrababu Naidu sat down in protest at Tirupati airport as he slammed the acts of the police force in detaining him as well as several party functionaries and activists across the district.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reached Assam on Monday morning on a two-day visit to the poll-bound state. She started her tour with a visit to the Ka

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reached Assam on Monday morning on a two-day visit to the poll-bound state. She started her tour with a visit to the Kamakhya Temple located on Nilachal Hill in Guwahati. Accompanied by senior Congress leaders, Gandhi spent some time in the temple and sought blessings from the goddess before proceeding to Lakhimpur in upper Assam. Priyanka Gandhi will also interact with tea garden workers in Biswanath district. Assam will witness a three-phased election with start of voting on March 27, followed by April 1 and April 6. Results will be out on May 2.

LPG cylinder prices have seen a price hike again, this is the second time in just 4 days. LPG cylinder prices increased by Rs 25 effective immediately.

LPG cylinder prices have seen a price hike again, this is the second time in just 4 days.&nbsp;LPG cylinder prices increased by Rs 25 effective immediately.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; LPG prices have been raised 4 times in that last 4 weeks. Infact&nbsp;prices have soared to Rs 819/cyclinder&nbsp;in Delhi vs Rs&nbsp;Rs&nbsp;594/cylinder on Dec 1.&nbsp;The increase is applicable across all categories including&nbsp;subsidised&nbsp;and non-subsidised&nbsp;users.&nbsp;

In a heart-wrenching incident, a young woman died by suicide after jumping into Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad. Before taking her life, 23-year-old Ayesha Arif Khan made

In a heart-wrenching incident, a young woman died by suicide after jumping into Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad. Before taking her life, 23-year-old Ayesha Arif Khan made an emotional video on her mobile detailing her reasons for suicide. According to the reports, Ayesha was being harassed by her in-laws for dowry. In the video, she says she has let her husband free. Reports said that Ayesha also called her parents before jumping in the river. Standing near the Sabarmati river, Ayesha said, "This is a lovely river and I hope it absorbs me". The video has created a massive outrage and demands for justice.

If you are looking to register for the Covid-19 vaccine in the second phase of vaccination that started on Monday, here is an update for you. The health ministry has cl

If you are looking to register for the Covid-19 vaccine in the second phase of vaccination that started on Monday, here is an update for you. The health ministry has clarified that the registration and booking for appointment for Covid vaccination are to be done only through CoWin portal "cowin.gov.in". The government has further clarified that there is no CoWin App for beneficiary registration. The App on Paly Store is only for administrators and the intended beneficiaries must visit CoWin portal for registration, the ministry has informed.

As the second phase of Covid-19 vaccinations rolled out on Monday, Haryana health minister Anil Vij tweeted that he won't take the vaccine. His reason: high antibody co

As the second phase of Covid-19 vaccinations rolled out on Monday, Haryana health minister Anil Vij tweeted that he won't take the vaccine. His reason: high antibody count. Vij, who was hospitalised with Covid in December, tweeted that he won't need the vaccine for now as his antibody count is high at 300. He, however, appealed to all the eligible people to take the shot. Vij had volunteered and received Covaxin dose during the third phase trial in November. He, however, contracted Covid after vaccination. Vij clarified that he had taken only one dose and the second was pending.

‘Laga bhi diya aur pata bhi nahin chala that translates into ‘Already done? I didn't even feel it)’ is what PM Modi told the main nurse, P Niveda afte

&lsquo;Laga bhi diya aur pata bhi nahin chala' that translates into &lsquo;Already done? I didn't even feel it)&rsquo; is what PM Modi told the main nurse, P Niveda after he took his first dose of the COVID19 vaccine at AIIMS Delhi on Monday. The main nurse, P Niveda, said that she learnt in the morning that the Prime Minister was coming for vaccine. She also mentioned that after receiving the vaccine PM Modi chatted with the nurses, asking them where they are from. &lsquo;it was great to meet PM sir&rsquo;, Niveda said

Hailing the Prime Minister for taking the homegrown Covaxin dose, health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday said that PM Modi has sent a strong message to the country.

Hailing the Prime Minister for taking the homegrown Covaxin dose, health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday said that PM Modi has sent a strong message to the country. PM Modi got the first dose of Bharat Biotech vaccine on Monday morning. The health minister said that the PM has also silenced the critics who questioned the safety of the local vaccine. Dr Harsh Vardhan added that PM has given a big boost to the Aatmanirbhar Bharat movement by opting to take the Indian vaccine. Covaxin has been developed by Bharat Biotech and ICMR.

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