Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday, saying the ruling party’s behaviour in political fights knows “no democratic norms“.She further compared the BJP to the recent Wayanad landslides, claiming like a natural disaster even the saffron party does not stick to rules…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday condemned the ‘inhumane atrocities’ against minorities in Bangladesh and urged the Mohammad Yunus-led interim government to release former Iskcon priest Chinmoy Krishna Das from prison.RSS said that the injustice and oppression compelled Hindus in Bangladesh to raise their voice for self-protection through democratic means.“The attacks, killings, lootings,…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Saturday responded to Congress’ allegations of “grave inconsistencies” in voter turnout data in the recently concluded Maharashtra elections and reiterated transparent process in every stage of elections.Also Read: EC should probe sudden increase in polling percentage: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana PatoleThe poll body invited a delegation of Congress on December…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday trained guns at Trinamool Congress after party leader Amrita Ekka’s husband Francis Ekka was arrested in West Bengal’s Darjeeling with confidential DRDO documents and a large quantity of radioactive materials worth crores.BJP’s national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla accused TMC of indulging in activities that threaten national security.“Dangerous nuclear material…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday came down heavily on Congress leader Bhai Jagtap for his comments against the Election Commission, casting doubts over the results of the recently concluded Maharashtra assembly elections. Jagtap had said that the poll body is ‘like a dog sitting outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bungalow.’BJP leader Kirit…
A day after the Mahayuti leaders’ meeting with Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi, caretaker CM Eknath Shinde left for his village Dare Tamb in Mahabaleshwar taluka in Satara district. Sources said the BJP is working on him to get him to accept the deputy CM’s post.The swearing-in of the Maharashtra cabinet is…
Nearly 1,000 people gathered at the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal on Friday for ‘Jumma namaz’. Police and local administration ensured heavy security in the restive town. Most locals welcomed the apex court order staying proceedings in trial court NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday directed the Sambhal district administration to maintain peace and…
NEW DELHI: In a significant response to growing cases of arrests of officers of central probe agencies by state police, Supreme Court Friday pitched for balance between competing objectives of protecting the Centre’s functionaries from vengeful actions which could trigger a constitutional crisis, while not restraining state police from probing allegations of corruption.A bench of…
Jammu & Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: J&K LG Manoj Sinha on Friday ordered the dismissal of two employees of UT govt, a pharmacist Naika and a teacher Zahir Abbas, over their alleged involvement in terrorist acts including murder of a politician and leaking critical information about movement of security forces…
T’PURAM: Left-governed Kerala’s social security benevolence allegedly extends to BMW owners and people living in airconditioned homes, many of whom are suspected of pocketing subsistence pensions based on fudged income certificates.The LDF govt ordered a vigilance probe recently against officials of Kottakkal municipality in Malappuram after an audit by the district finance department revealed that…
