Smart India Hackathon 2018 organisers could not fix a simple technical glitch when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was addressing the students through video-conferencing.
Kushwaha visited RJD chief Lalu Prasad in AIIMS after the latter was taken there for medical consultation. Earlier, RJD members had joined a programme organised by the RLSP in Patna.
Having been re-elected to the Rajya Sabha, it was time for Jaya Bachchan to treat her Samajwadi Party colleagues in Parliament for the trust reposed in her by the party.
On Tuesday, two women journalists approached Farooq Abdullah with microphones. He playfully pretended that he wanted to run away and said: “Someone please save me from these ladies.”
Mamata Banerjee is slated to meet NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday at the latter’s residence; the duo earlier met in Kolkata when Pawar flew there.
With elections to a dozen seats for the state legislative council likely to be announced soon, there was speculation whether Goyal will again be handed over the Uttar Pradesh assignment.
A high-level committee has been formed to plan and monitor preparations for the fourth anniversary celebrations of the BJP-led NDA government.
Ram Gopal’s understanding of electoral laws and procedures helped Akhilesh get the bicycle symbol during the factional feud in the party last year.
Rajbhar was seen sharing dais with Adityanath and the BJP’s top state leadership to prepare for the Rajya Sabha polls.
Pawar seems to be concentrating on low-key meetings with leaders across the political spectrum.
Siddhu, who has in the past hosted laughter challenge shows on television, brought the plenary alive with his style of speech.
When Murli Manohar Joshi came out of Parliament on Thursday, several people approached him for his reaction to BJP’s defeats in the recent by-elections. The minister, a high-profile leader from Maharashtra, left the scene.
In the backdrop of the TDP’s souring ties with BJP, and speculation on the prospect of a new alliance between the ruling party and YSR Congress, the opposition in TDP-governed Andhra Pradesh, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh warned Vijai Sai Reddy of YSR Congress in Rajya Sabha.
The ISC website had listed the Dalai Lama and two other Nobel laureates — Muhammad Yunus and Hiroshi Amano — as those who would attend the event.
Agrawal’s induction into BJP in Delhi came on a day when another SP veteran — Ashok Bajpai — filed nomination papers for Rajya Sabha as BJP candidate in Lucknow.
Neither Ram Gopal Yadav’s preference Naresh Agarwal nor Azam Khan’s preference Munvvar Saleem managed to secure a nomination. Both are set to retire from the Upper House next month.
After deciding on time allocation for various items of business, Rajya Sabha Chairman Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday vent his heart out to leaders who are members of Rajya Sabha business advisory committee. He is learnt to have said in the closed-door meeting that he could not sleep last night, leaving his wife worried. Referring to […]
Pravin Togadia's tweet to PM Modi came about a month after the VHP leader’s mysterious “disappearance” for a day — and subsequent resurfacing in an Ahmedabad park in a semi-conscious state.
Ahead of the declaration of Nagaland poll results on Saturday, Rio on Wednesday quit his Lok Sabha membership. He has been elected to the state Assembly unopposed following withdrawal of candidature by his sole opponent.
The ‘Dr Harsh Vardhan’ app will also have a ‘Hall of Fame’ section, which will detail the work he has done. Though it won’t list the events he will attend every day, it will provide notifications on where he has been, his office said.
Presenting Prime Minister Shram Awards, Venkaiah Naidu said the occasion was a celebration of real GDP —Growth Driving People — from which another GDP flows —Great Dedicated Persons —who are felicitated with Shram Awards.
Pronouncing himself as an “admirer” of Sridevi’s films, Advani emphasised that through her career spanning across different languages, she “symbolised Indian cinema’s great role in national integration”.
Two-and-a-half months after he was suspended from primary membership of Congress party, Mani Shankar Aiyar was spotted at the AICC headquarters on Friday.
While thanking the Congress and its leadership and singing praises for the Congress, Siddiqui took the name of the BSP twice in place of his new party.
Justin Trudeau, who returned to Delhi on Wednesday, will attend a meeting for the business community before he meets PM Narendra Modi for bilateral talks on Friday.




