SHIMLA: Union minister and BJP candidate from Hamirpur parliamentary seat, Anurag Thakur on Saturday said that in the Congress manifesto, the hand of foreign powers is visible along with the Congress. Attacking the Congress on the issue of inheritance, he said that it wants to give the property of your children to Muslims and wants…
NEW DELHI: Union minister and BJP candidate from Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency Piyush Goyal launched a scathing attack against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and challenged him to contest in the polls against him. Rahul is the Congress’ pick from the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, which voted on Friday. Speculation is rife that he might…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi took a jocular stance on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent accusations of “wealth redistribution” on Saturday, likening them to the ramblings of an uncle at weddings.Addressing a rally in Gujarat’s Valsad, Priyanka Gandhi responded to PM Modi‘s claims by humorously imagining a scenario where an “Uncle Ji” warns about…
NEW DELHI: Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday filed his response on the Enforcement Directorate‘s affidavit in the Supreme Court and said that the mode, manner and timing of his arrest speaks volumes about the arbitrariness of the central agency.In his rejoinder affidavit, Kejriwal suggested that a political conspiracy was hatched behind his arrest…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee suffered an injury on Saturday after boarding a helicopter in Durgapur. The Trinamool Congress supremo slipped and fell inside the chopper as she was about to take her seat.The CM was helped by her security personnel and she continued with her onward travel to Asansol, said media…
NEW DELHI: US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is currently investigating products from spice manufacturers MDH and Everest following Hong Kong’s decision to halt sales of certain items due to the alleged presence of high levels of a carcinogenic pesticide.“The FDA is aware of the reports and is gathering additional information about the situation,” an…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday moved to the Election Commission regarding the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) raid on two locations linked to an alleged associate of Sandeshkhali accused Shajahan Sheikh.The TMC asserted that the CBI’s actions were intended to smear the party’s reputation amidst the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. On Friday, CBI…
NEW DELHI: Advocate Prashant Bhushan on Friday expressed support for inheritance tax asking Congress to be on the “front foot on Sam Pitroda’s remarks” on the same, adding that every rich country has this tax.He further said that the BJP government has been opposing this tax “because it is tied to Arabpatis like Adani/Ambani whose…
New Delhi: The Union government has initiated a process to dismiss Khajan Singh, a DIG-ranked former chief sports officer of CRPF, on charges of sexual harassment levelled against him by some women working in the force, official sources said Friday.Singh, an Arjuna awardee in 1984, had won a silver medal at the 1986 Seoul Asian…
NEW DELHI: India has stressed the need to adopt “a zero-tolerance approach towards terrorism in all its forms” for prosperity and development of member states of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which also includes Pakistan.Defence secretary Giridhar Aramane, who led the Indian delegation at SCO defence ministers‘ meeting at Astana in Kazakhastan, underlined India’s steadfast commitment…
