Although assembly election are 16 months away, it makes sense to let his party know he's very much in the running for the job he's currently holding.
Rio police say tickets sold to Reliance made their way into black market; firm says it is probing the allegations.
The minister asked the state governments to assess the problem as action taken after price rise creates panic in the market.
The prime minister appealed to people not to panic, saying thronging shops will pose the risk of spread of COVID-19. 'There is absolutely no need to panic; the Centre and states will work together to ensure availability of essential commodities, medicines, etc,' he said.
The prime minister says he will bring real change to Bengal. Perhaps he will. The interesting thing is that his party has never defined what this change is, observes Aakar Patel.
"Your money will be given to those select 15-20 industrialists," Rahul alleged.
'The norm will be even less public accountability, even less transparency, tweets instead of press conferences, TV lectures rather than parliamentary debate, and greater political authoritarianism,' predicts Sunanda K Datta-Ray.
In our special series re-visiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman starrer Kala Bazar(1960).
This incident has again exposed that despite prohibition being in force in Bihar, alcohol is still available in the black market and that the liquor mafia is very much active
Vardhan stated the government is taking full precautions in human trials of vaccines and the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 under the chairmanship of Dr V K Paul, member-health, NITI Aayog, is drawing up a detailed strategy on how to immunize the majority of the population.
Remembering an incomparable actor by re-visiting his finest films.
To build one's political and ideological arguments on the dead bodies piling up outside our crematoriums is despicable and breaches the basic tenet of human civility, argues Vivek Gumaste.
Retail inflation during the first month of the current fiscal stood at 2.9 per cent, down from 4.6 per cent a year ago. Food inflation based on Consumer Food Price Index declined to a low of 0.1 per cent during the financial year 2018-19, the survey said.
'... their love was jinxed.' 'His celluloid path to his partner's heart was seldom smooth; it had to contend with greedy relatives and indecisive sweethearts, who were more ready to sacrifice than woo and wed.'
Senior BCCI official Prof Ratnakar Shetty was on Tuesday banned for five years by the Mumbai Cricket Association for alleging that some MCA office bearers could have sold tickets for an India-Pakistan T20 International at Ahmedabad last year in the black market.
Rarely have we seen such intoxication over power, which ignores the cries of those dying, notes Jyoti Punwani.
Blockades on two vital national highways in land-locked Manipur in the last few days have made people begin to feel the pinch with prices of essential commodities going up and petrol pumps closing down.
The government is committed to taking all initiatives needed for the development of the agriculture sector and farmers' welfare, he said.
Business leaders, among others, ask govt to let go of fiscal target, seek stimulus, and direct cash transfer.
Cooking gas distributors are threatening to go on strike on October 1, opposing the restriction on sale of subsidised cylinders.
It is time he stood up and assured the middle class that they can count on him as one of their own, says Dr Sudhir Bisht.
In India, economic activity slowed substantially in 2019, with the deceleration most pronounced in the manufacturing and agriculture sectors, whereas government-related services sub-sectors received significant support from public spending, the Bank said.
War against price rise will remain the "overriding policy priority" of Congress, AICC said on Friday amid a growing feeling in the rank and file that inflation hit the party in the recent Assembly elections where it suffered one of the worst defeats in the recent times.
India's COVID-19 cases and deaths per million population are amongst the lowest in the world, the govt says.
'The trajectory of the disease will keep increasing because of the population density being very high.'
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Congress member Jagdambika Pal said the move had led to a flourishing black market and made a strong demand for raising the cap of LPG cylinders from six to at least 12.
The Ukraine National Olympic Committee launched an investigation on Tuesday and suspended a top official accused of offering to sell thousands of dollars worth of tickets for the London Olympics on the black market.
The decision was taken to prevent crowding at shops and marketplaces amid the lockdown to contain the coronaviruspandemic, a statement from Thackeray's office said.
Ram Vilas Singh, in his mid 50s, was killed by unidentified people at his native Bhabhangama village in Lakhisarai district.
Former Mumbai Cricket Association vice-president Ratnakar Shetty filed a civil suit in a local court seeking a stay on the five-year ban imposed on him by the sport body, from whom he has demanded damages of Rs 50 lakh for "tarnishing his reputation".
One of the biggest worries of a car owner is somebody stealing their vehicle.
Another bill related to the farm sector, the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, was passed on Tuesday.
Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has expressed displeasure over the facilities extended to President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Sri Lankan ministers at last Saturday's World Cup final against India at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium, a report said on Sunday.
'The SJM has requested the government to bring a change in the law which will ensure MSP as the floor price for all farmers below which nobody should buy anything from them.'
When Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee came to the All India Congress Committee headquarters on Tuesday evening to meet the Congress Working Committee members and party office bearers and hear their suggestions on what should be incorporated in the coming budget for the aam admi, he was bombarded with suggestions.
Back of the envelope calculations put government expense on each of the new schemes promised by the DMK and the AIADMK at tens of thousands of crores. But then, neither party has said how they are going to also address the mounting debt burden either, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Founded in 1994, this is the Tiger Temple, or Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua Yanasampanno, a Theravada Buddhist temple in western Thailand.
Saudi Arabia may soon impose a six-year cap on the residency of foreigners in the country as part of its programme to regulate the local labour market - a move likely to affect a large number of Indias working that country.
