Rahul, Priyanka condole Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder, Manish Tewari urges Punjab CM to bring culprits to justice

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi condoled the murder of party leader and Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala after the latter was shot dead in Punjab’s Mansa on Sunday. Moose Wala was shot at by unknown persons earlier today after which he was brought dead to the Mansa hospital, as per the hospital official. The incident took place a day after the singer’s security was withdrawn by the Punjab police. “Deeply shocked and saddened by the murder of promising Congress leader and talented artist, Sidhu Moosewala. My heartfelt condolences to his loved…

Congress leader Sidhu Moose Wala shot dead in Punjab’ Mansa day after security withdrawn

Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moose Wala, who was shot at in Punjab’s Mansa on Sunday, was brought dead to the hospital, said Dr Ranjeet Rai, Civil Surgeon, Mansa Hospital. The Congress leader was shot at by unknown people earlier today. The incident took place a day after his security was withdrawn by the Punjab police among 424 others. Notably, the singer had joined the Congress party last year in December ahead of the Assembly elections. (ANI)

JP Nadda to visit West Bengal in first week of June, 2024 General elections to be top agenda

Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda will visit West Bengal in the first week of June where he would hold meetings with the party workers to deliberate on the strategy for the 2024 General elections. Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the state this month for two days. The repeated visits of the BJP top leadership are seen as the party’s effort to strengthen the Bengal unit. The party had won 18 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in 2019 out of the 42 seats while the ruling TMC…

Uttarakhand CM holds roadshow with Yogi Adityanath, faces must-win bypoll

As lobbying for the by-survey in Uttarakhand’s Champawat enters its last stage, boss pastor Pushkar Singh Dhami held a roadshow with Uttar Pradesh partner Yogi Adityanath in Tanakpur on Saturday. The by-survey is basic for both the central pastor and the decision BJP – Dhami might have been confirmed as CM in March, on the rear of a vehement political race triumph, however he neglected to win a gathering seat. This implies he has under a half year to win a by-survey or, in what will be a humiliation for…

Sri Lanka PM thanks India for support amid ‘difficult period’, eyes solutions

Sri Lanka has been facing the worst-ever economic challenges – shortage of food supplies and fuel has aggravated the situation.  Sri Lanka is aiming to work towards taking “correct” policy decisions amid a “small window” to reduce the economic crisis impact, Ranil Wickremesinghe, the country’s prime minister, said on Friday as he thanked India and Japan over the move to set up a foreign aid consortium. The seasoned leader, who recently took charge as Sri Lanka PM for the sixth time, also said he spoke to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman…

PM Modi begins two-day Gujarat visit from today

A government press release stated that PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the newly built Matushri K DP Multispeciality Hospital in Atkot, Rajkot on Saturday morning where he will address a public function. The hospital is managed by the Shree Patel Seva Samaj. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to begin a two-day visit to Gujarat from Saturday during which he is scheduled to address a seminar for cooperatives in the state, according to a government press release. The release stated that the PM is scheduled to visit the…

P Chidambaram after Aryan gets NCB clean chit: ‘How could he be…’

Former Union minister P Chidambaram asked who will bear the responsibility for the young man’s trauma and said in many cases, the arrest comes first and investigation follows which was a “perversion” of the procedure established by law. Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday, a day after the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) gave a clean chit to actor Shah Rukh Khan‘s son Aryan Khan, asked “how could he be arrested and imprisoned for 25 days without evidence”. The NCB on Friday gave a clean chit to Aryan in the…

Actively supports Russia’s move to expand BRICS bloc, says China

China said on Friday that it actively supports Russia’s move to expand the BRICS bloc. China, which is holding the rotating Presidency of BRICS bloc this year, said on Friday that it actively supports the expansion of the five-member group, a day after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Saudi Arabia and Argentina desired to join the grouping. Riyadh and Buenos Aires have shown interest in BRICS activities, Russia’s state-run Tass news agency quoted Lavrov as saying in an interview on Thursday. “The interest in it (BRICS) is shown…

MNRE issues advisory for the General Public on PM Kusum Scheme

Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is implementing the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyaan (PM-KUSUM) Scheme, under which subsidy is provided for setting up of standalone solar pumps and for the solarization of agricultural pumps. Farmers can also install grid-connected solar power plants up to 2 MW. The scheme is being implemented by the designated departments of the state governments and the details of all such designated departments are available on the MNRE website www.mnre.gov.in. After the launch of the scheme, Ministry has observed that some fraudulent websites…

Centre to develop framework to check fake reviews on E-Commerce websites

The Centre will develop a framework to keep check over fake reviews on E-Commerce websites. The Department of Consumer Affairs (DoCA) after studying the present mechanism being followed by the E-Commerce entities in India and best practices available globally, will develop these frameworks. DoCA in association with the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) along with various stakeholders like E-Commerce entities, Consumer Forums, Law Universities, Lawyers, FICCI, CII, Consumer Rights Activists and others in a meeting discussed the magnitude and roadmap ahead for fake reviews on websites. Since e-commerce involves…