NEW DELHI: Accusing the Centre of “misusing” Enforcement Directorate to “crush” its political opponents ahead of the parliamentary elections, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has told Supreme Court that his arrest was illegal, arbitrary and an unprecedented assault on the tenets of democracy based on free and fair elections and federalism.Countering the allegations of the agency…
MUMBAI: Former UGC chairman & educationist DP Singh, was appointed as chancellor of Tata Institute of Social Sciences on Saturday by the ministry of education.Singh has served as the VC of three varsities, including the Banaras Hindu University, and has headed NAAC as director in the past. He will be serving on the post for…
NASHIK: Bringing much-needed relief to onion cultivators, specially across Maharashtra, Centre allowed the export of nearly one lakh tonnes of the kitchen staple, mainly sourced from Maharashtra, to six neighbouring countries – Bangladesh, Sri lanka, Bhutan, Bahrain, Mauritius, and the UAE. Centre has also permitted the export of another 2,000 tonnes of white onions cultivated…
MUMBAI: Union Minister and BJP candidate from the Mumbai-North parliamentary seat, Piyush Goyal, challenged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to contest the election against him or Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Goyal is BJP candidate from Mumbai-North and Congress yet to announce a candidate against him. While addressing a press conference in Dahisar on Saturday, Goyal said,…
NEW DELHI: Chairman of the national selection committee Ajit Agarkar and skipper Rohit Sharma are set to hold an informal meeting in the national capital to discuss a potential 15-member squad for the T20 World Cup in the Americas.The official announcement is likely to take place in Mumbai on May 1, which is the cut-off…
NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh Congress on Saturday requested the party high command to nominate Rahul Gandhi from Amethi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra from Raebareli in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. However, no decision was made during the central election committee (CEC) meeting.During the meeting of the Central Election Committee chaired by Congress chief Mallikarjun…
NEW DELHI: MDH, a leading spice brand, on Saturday assured consumers that its products are 100 per cent safe and rejected the allegations of the presence of certain pesticides in some products by Hong Kong and Singapore food regulators. Earlier this month, Hong Kong’s Center for Food Safety (CFS) said that samples of several kinds…
NEW DELHI: The Indian National Congress on Saturday took action against Union Minister Anurag Thakur‘s claims about the “distribution of property to Muslims, ” by taking it to the Election Commission of India.Thakur during a public rally in Himachal Pradesh said, “You have to decide whether the children’s property should remain with them or should…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals skipper Rishabh Pant has joined other Indian cricket stars in expressing concerns about the controversial Impact Player rule. His team recently won back-to-back high-scoring IPL matches where the chasing teams, Gujarat Titans and Mumbai Indians, came very close to victory.In their match against Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals posted their highest-ever IPL…
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