Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh tweeted, ”Giving a major boost to @bjp4manipur former Manipur CongressPresident, Shri @KonthoujamG joined Bharatiya Janata Party today in presence of Shri @sambitswaraj, Prabhari BJP Manipur and Smt @AShardaDevi, President BJP Manipur.”

A lottery system under which 21 other electronic and print media reporters (including from the regional and vernacular press) whose name figures in the draw of lots for each day are permitted to enter in the Rajya Sabha. Effectively, this means each channel/newspaper will get access to Parliament on only four of the 19 working days in this monsoon session.

Although the party has nine morchas including those dedicated to farmers, SC, ST, OBC, it is the Yuva Morcha and Mahila Morcha that are considered most important for political campaigns as they can carry out public outreach programmes cutting crossing caste and class limits.

Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, along with a team of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) members, will reach Agartala on Monday to chalk out TMC’s future plans there ahead of the 2023 assembly elections.

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Shilpa Shetty in her statement shared how she and her family have been trolled on social media and requested people to not quote her falsely.

Indian men' hockey team will take on Belgium in the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics after they defeated Great Britain in quarter-final.

External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar will visit Iran this week to represent India at the oath-taking ceremony of new Iran President Ebrahim Raisi

For President Ram Nath Kovind's five-day Tamil Badu visit starting today, nearly 5,000 police personnel, including commandos will be deployed

Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBHSE) is likely to announce Maharashtra Board Class 12 results soon.

Recently, a Twitter user shared a photo of Shah Rukh Khan from his younger days. The photo went viral on social media in no time.

India beat Australia 1-0 as they moved into the semis of the Tokyo Olympics.

Delhi University (DU) has begun the registration process for undergraduate courses for the academic session 2021-22 from today.

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Assaying centres issue unique id for over 3.8 lakh jewellery pieces; ‘rumours’, ‘fears’ attract attention

Demand in the first half of this year plunged to a multi-year low of 216 tonnes, says WGC

Gold use over the first six months of 2021was lower than in any first half since 2008, according to the Council

Fall is only short-term, long-term prospects good, say analysts

When traditional funding gets clogged, such loans are convenient to secure quick credit

Experts feel this ruling will bring a lot of clarity on taxation and also help buyers

Assets under gold ETF have jumped 14 per cent in June quarter to ?48,477 crore

Fitch Solutions sees 3.2% average annual production growth till 2030

Mumbai-born brothers David and Simon Reuben held on to their rank as the second-richest in the UK with an estimated net worth of £21.465 billion in the annual Sunday Times Rich List, topped by Russian-origin UK-US dual national Sir Leonard Blavatnik with an estimated fortune of £23 billion.

US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named Indian-American Rohit Chopra as the head of a federal agency tasked with protecting the interests of consumers financials.

The food drive, a collective effort of cultural and religious communities, yoga institutions, and numerous other organisations rooted in the Dharmic value, has been recognised by many states, cities and local governments, a community release issued said.

Lodha, former president of American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI), battled COVID for the last eight months at Cleveland Clinic and breathed his last on November 21. He was 58.

American Secretary of the Rhodes Trust Elliot Gerson announced the names of the 32 Americans chosen as Rhodes Scholars representing the US on Sunday. The four Indian-American students include Swathi R Srinivasan, Vijayasundaram Ramasamy, Garima P Desai and Savarni Sanka.

She belongs to the family of K Suryanarayana Adiga, founder of the erstwhile undivided Dakshina Kannada districts private sector Karnataka Bank Limited, and Aravind Adiga, who won theMan Booker prize in 2008.

Adiga was a senior adviser to Jill and senior policy adviser for Biden's 2020 campaign. She previously worked for the Biden Foundation as director for higher education and military families.

Slogans like- "America Ka Neta Kaisa Ho Joe Biden Jaisa Ho", "Trump Hatao America Bachao", "Biden-Harris ko Jitao, America ko aage badao" and "Jaago America Jaago- Biden Harris ko Vote do"- were also released in 14 Indian languages.

Even those who have completed their two doses of COVID-19 vaccination have not been exempted from this rule.

Two persons alleged to be drug traffickers were taken into custody at Lilong area.

In a letter to the United Indian Insurance Company, the additional chief secretary of the Finance Department pointed to complaints of beneficiaries not being given cashless treatment and of hospitals insisting on payments over the insurance claim

The Question Hour in the Assembly on Monday witnessed protests by the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) members as Minister for General Educati

Using the charkha and looms, Pune-based reCharkha – The EcoSocial Tribe, upcycles plastic trash into a range of aesthetic products

‘The cooperation of the States was necessary to put the brakes on the police from registering FIRs under Section 66A,’ says Bench.

He says he has necessary minimum qualifying scores

'This business of monopoly of one family must end.''Here, they picked up a few leaders for him as he needed support which was okay, but later, they became his cronies.'

'While this (Mueller's) report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him" and sets out evidence on "both sides of the question'

His condition will be 'assessed' on Monday, the Mumbai Indians team management said.

I am glad to bat anywhere the team wants me to: Pant

A sum insured of Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5 lakh may have been sufficient seven-eight years ago but would be inadequate today, especially for people living in metros, points out Sanjay Kumar Singh.

Raipur's Nami Rai didn't let marriage or lack of sporting facilities affect her love for fitness.

'I am 51 now. I think I can do action till 56.' 'After that, God knows.'