Policy & Politics

New Delhi: The Centre on Sunday brought two ordinances seeking to extend the tenure of Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) directors by up to five years. At present, ED and CBI chiefs’ tenure is two…

New Delhi: With petrol and diesel prices skyrocketing, the Central government brought some Diwali cheer for Indians on the eve of Diwali. Excise duty on petrol will go down by Rs 5 and that on diesel by Rs 10, the Centre announced on…

New Delhi: There has been a lot of debate and controversy over the new Parliament building, which is being constructed under the Central Vista redevelopment plan at a cost of around Rs 20,000 crore. Especially during the peaks of COVID-19…

Ahmednagar: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Saturday made a case for ethanol being India’s preferred mode of fuel and said that all vehicles in the country should run on 100% ethanol. Stressing on the importance of converting sugar into…

New Delhi: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has been made the poll in-charge for the bypoll to Dadra and Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha seat. The by-election is slated to be held on October 30. It was necessitated following the death of…

New Delhi: Former Punjab CM Amarinder Singh has lambasted his intra-party foe Navjot Singh Sidhu for being an “immature person” who is only good at “theatrics”. “Sidhu is good at creating a scene. He can do what he did in Kapil Sharma’s…

New Delhi/Chandigarh: After delivering a “told-you-so” barb, former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh once again trained gun on Navjot Singh Sidhu, who relinquished the Punjab Congress president’s post barely two months after…

New Delhi: Navjot Singh Sidhu’s resignation as the president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee on Tuesday was reason enough for his party rival and former chief minister Amarinder Singh to take a dig at him. Also Read: Punjab Congress…

Chandigarh: Navjot Singh Sidhu on Tuesday resigned from the post of Punjab Congress president. He had taken charge as the new chief of Punjab Congress earlier in July amid an escalating tension within the state unit of the party. "The…

New Delhi: Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Kanhaiya Kumar and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani will join the Congress on Tuesday, September 28. According to sources close to Kumar, he and Mevani will join the grand old party in the…