Mamata Banerjee and Amit Shah KOLKATA: Mob violence in Bengal’s Murshidabad over the new waqf law was “a pre-planned communal riot” orchestrated by BJP with the help of central agencies, CM Mamata Banerjee said Wednesday, insinuating that home minister Amit Shah had a role to play in it.Mamata also questioned what she said was an…
Colin Carroll, a Marine Corps officer, has become the third official to be placed on administrative leave from the Pentagon, amid an ongoing investigation into information leaks at the United States Department of Defense. Carroll is the chief of staff to US deputy secretary of defense Steve A Feinberg. The two officials who have already…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court directed Tihar Jail authorities on Wednesday to appear in person to explain how “such a desperate accused person”, an undertrial named Shahnawaz, was kept together in isolation in prison with Christian Michel James, one of the alleged middlemen in the AgustaWestland VVIP helicopter case. The court of special judge Sanjeev…
Justice Kurian Joseph (File Image) NEW DELHI: Appointed by Tamil Nadu as head of a high-level committee to explore ways & means for greater autonomy for states in a federal governance structure, Justice Kurian Joseph on Wednesday said the endeavour would be to find solutions within constitutional parameters and without compromising the nation’s unity and…
AHEMEDABAD: The road to the American dream has hit a fresh speed-breaker – visa appointments have suddenly gone off the radar for thousands of students from Ahmedabad planning to fly to the US this summer. While the Jan intake went smoothly for students securing visa appointment slots well in time, the situation over the past…
Karnataka governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot BENGALURU: Karnataka governor Thaawar Chand Gehlot Wednesday reserved for President’s assent the bill proposing a 4% reservation for Muslims in govt civic contracts valued up to Rs 1 crore, citing potential constitutional hurdles.Raj Bhavan sources confirmed the governor’s decision to send back to the Congress government the Karnataka Transparency in…
NEW DELHI: Observing that it will not hesitate to go out of the way to protect the environment and ecology, Supreme Court on Wednesday took strong exception to Telangana govt felling trees and removing green cover from over 100 acres in Kancha Gachibowli forest in Hyderabad and said govt had only two options – either…
US Vice President J D Vance with his wife Usha Vance and Prime Minister Narendra Modi US Vice President J D Vance will pay an official visit to India from April 21 to 24, govt said. He will be accompanied by Second Lady Usha Vance, their children and senior members of the Trump administration. This…
SRINAGAR: The BJP-led Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC-Leh) has unanimously passed a bill that seeks to provide 33% reservation to women in the hill council.LAHDC-Leh chief executive councillor Tashi Gyalson said the passage of the bill on Tuesday was a move towards “inclusive development and gender equity in one of the remotest and most…
SRINAGAR: National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah rejected Wednesday former RAW chief AS Dulat’s claim that he privately supported the abrogation of Article 370, calling the assertion “misleading and inaccurate”.“His book has so many mistakes that I cannot describe them,” Abdullah told reporters. “He calls me a friend, but a friend cannot write such things.”…
