China will lift its ban on the import of several agricultural and fishery products from Taiwan, based on scientific assessments, Central News Agency Taiwan reported quoting Zhao Zenglian, Vice Minister of China's General Administration of Customs on Sunday.
Assam Police on Monday arrested Reetom Singh, first arrest in connection with the doctored video of Union Home Minister Amit Shah circulating on social media and allegedly being shared by Congress leaders.
The National Testing Agency and University Grants Commission (UGC) on Monday decided to shift the UGC-NET from 16 June (Sunday) to 18 June 2024 (Tuesday) to avoid clash with UPSC preliminary exam.
Indians are spending more on media and entertainment. A consumption report by CMS Info Systems says the media and entertainment sector has grown by 29 per cent in the financial year 2024. The report further suggests that the average spending of Indians in the entertainment sector has gone up by nearly 100 per cent.
The Congress party on Monday, April 29, fielded its Punjab unit chief Amarinder Singh Raja Warring against rebel MP Ravneet Bittu from Ludhiana. Three-time MP Bittu, who quit the party to join the BJP last month, is the grandson of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh, who was assassinated in a terror attack while still in office in 1995.
A jail official said that Sunita Kejriwal and Delhi Minister Atishi met jailed Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in Tihar jail today, April 29. Atishi said that the CM first inquired about the well-being of the people of Delhi. "He asked whether medicines were adequately available or not. He is deeply concerned about the people of Delhi," she said
Union Minister and BJP leader Smriti Irani filed her nomination for the Amethi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh today, April 29. Irani is seeking a second term in the constituency. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, she defeated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to win the seat. Amethi will go to polls in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20.Watch Video:
#WATCH | Amethi, Uttar Pradesh: Union Minister and BJP candidate from Amethi, Smriti Irani holds a roadshow ahead of filing her nomination papers today.
Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav is also present.
Amethi will vote in the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 20.… pic.twitter.com/e6FUq82QeV— ANI (@ANI) April 29, 2024
The Punjab Police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) against a YouTube channel for allegedly equating Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha with fugitive Vijay Mallya. An FIR against the YouTube channel "Capital TV" was filed on the complaint of Vikas Prashar, son of AAP candidate from the Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat, Ashok Pappi Prashar.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed condolences over the demise of BJP MP V Sreenivasa Prasad from Karnataka's Chamarajanagar on Monday, April 29, 2024. In a recent tweet on X, PM Modi wrote, “I am extremely pained by the passing away of senior leader and MP from Chamarajanagar, Shri V. Sreenivasa Prasad Ji. He was a champion of social justice, having devoted his life to the welfare of the poor, downtrodden and marginalised. He was very popular for his various works of community service. Condolences to his family and supporters. Om Shanti.”PM Narendra Modi Expresses Condolence Over Demise Of BJP MP Sreenivasa Prasad
I am extremely pained by the passing away of senior leader and MP from Chamarajanagar, Shri V. Sreenivasa Prasad Ji. He was a champion of social justice, having devoted his life to the welfare of the poor, downtrodden and marginalised. He was very popular for his various works of…— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 29, 2024
BJP MP from Chamarajanagar, V Srinivasa Prasad, passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Sunday night, April 29, 2024. He was in ICU for the last 4 days.BJP MP Srinivasa Prasad Passes Away in Bengaluru
Karnataka | BJP MP from Chamarajanagar V Srinivasa Prasad passed away at a private hospital in Bengaluru last night. He was in ICU for the last 4 days.
(file pic) pic.twitter.com/EFv4FuukZu— ANI (@ANI) April 29, 2024
Mumbai, April 29: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed four rallies in the North Karnataka region in Belagavi, Uttara Kannada, Davanagere and Ballari on Sunday. On April 29, the Prime Minister would travel to Bagalkote to attend a public meeting at 11 am. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday accused Congress leader Rahul Gandhi of insulting India's Rajas and Maharajas, but remaining silent on the atrocities committed by Nawabs, Nizams, Sultans and Badshahs for the sake of appeasement politics.
Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely has resigned from his post in the middle of the Lok Sabha elections, in a major jolt to the Congress. Meanwhile, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, to gain new ground for his party in Odisha, alleged that the BJP and Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal were working together despite not announcing a poll alliance. Sunita Kejriwal, wife of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, said during a roadshow in Delhi on Sunday that the chief minister's fault was that he gave free electricity and constructed schools.
On Sunday, the Indian Coast Guard intercepted a suspicious Pakistani boat that had nearly 86 kg of drugs worth ₹ 600 crore. Acting on intelligence, the Coast Guard, along with the Anti-terrorism Squad (ATS) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), launched a crackdown on the drug trafficking syndicate operating in the region.
In a surprise move, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar was on Sunday appointed as the country's deputy prime minister. Dar, 73, a chartered accountant and a veteran politician, belongs to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party.
US President Joe Biden delivered an election-year roast on Saturday night at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner as protesters outside criticised his support for Israel's war against Hamas. Biden used the annual black-tie event to chide his Republican rival Donald Trump for immaturity, poke fun at his own advanced age and take on the Washington press corps. "Yes, age is an issue. I'm a grown man, running against a 6-year-old," Biden joked.