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Defence minister Rajnath Singh

Ordnance Factory Board to be split into 7 entities

The existing 41 factories under the OFB will now be subsumed into seven corporate entities

17 Jun 2021 9:37 AM IST

The 50 BJP MLAs on Monday pressed for the use of the anti-defection law on Krishnanagar North MLA Mukul Roy for his return to the TMC from their party last week and his calls to 10 others to follow him. DC Image

West Bengal Governor in Delhi as 24 BJP MLAs skip meet

Dhankhar urged Mamata Banerjee in a letter to deliberate on the post-poll violence in her Cabinet and sought a...

16 Jun 2021 7:45 AM IST

Chirag Paswan (PTI)

Lok Janshakti Party's Chirag faction expels five party MPs

Paswan expelled his uncle, Paras, and four other MPs from the party, signalling that the battle for reins of the LJP is...

16 Jun 2021 7:31 AM IST

BJP MLA Embalam R Selvam is all set to be elected unopposed as Speaker of the Puducherry Assembly. (Photo: Twitter/ @embalamrselvam)

BJP's 'Embalam' Selvam set to be elected Speaker of Puducherry...

AINRC and BJP are constituents of the NDA which formed the coalition government here with the AINRC having 10 members

15 Jun 2021 2:48 PM IST

Roy is expected to be appointed national vice-president of the TMC due to his nationwide contacts and the TMCs ambition to expand in other states and become a formidable player in national politics ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. DC Image

Mukul Roy likely to get key post in Trinamul, Rajya Sabha seat too

The BJP is planning to target him legally over his defection to the TMC as a legislator

15 Jun 2021 8:14 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the UN High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land degradation and Drought, through video conferencing, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

India to restore 26 million acres of degarded land, says PM Modi

'Sadly, land degradation affects over two-thirds of the world today,' Modi said

15 Jun 2021 6:59 AM IST

Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan arrives to meet party leader Pashupati Kumar Paras at his house, in New Delhi, Monday, June 14, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Coup in LJP; Chirag Paswan gets ejected, uncle in saddle

The group of five MPs has conveyed their decision of electing Paras as the LJP leader in Lok Sabha to the Speaker

14 Jun 2021 10:05 PM IST

A file picture of the farmers protest in Singhu Border ( Image Source: Prakash Singh/AFP)

Amit Shah to focus on talks with farmer unions

Farmers agitation has an important political aspect to it as elections to the UP and Punjab Assemblies are due in the...

14 Jun 2021 8:37 AM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announces progressive restrictions on import of 101 defence items. (PTI Photo)

War histories to be declassified in 5 years

War records will be open after 25 years; Government can withhold sensitive info

13 Jun 2021 9:28 AM IST

Congress leader Jitin Prasada joins BJP in the presence of Union Minister Piyush Goel at BJP Headquarters in New Delhi on Wednesday. Photo: DC Image/D. Kamraj)

Jitin Prasada quits Congress, joins BJP

Prasada is the second leader after Jyotiraditya Scindia to join the saffron fold

10 Jun 2021 9:35 AM IST

An Indian fighter jet flies over Leh, the joint capital of the union territory of Ladakh, on June 24, 2020. (Representational Photo:AFP)

24 Chinese jets fly close to LAC

Several Chinese airbases, including Hotan, Gar Gunsa and Kashgar, were used for these exercises

9 Jun 2021 1:37 AM IST

Parliamentarians in Lok Sabha during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi. (Photo:PTI)

Govt hopeful of holding Monsoon Session of Parliament in July:...

Since the pandemic began, three sessions of Parliament were curtailed and the winter session last year had to be...

9 Jun 2021 12:57 AM IST