NEW DELHI: Senior BJP leaders seized upon veteran Congress functionary Sushil Kumar Shinde‘s remark that he was trembling with fear while visiting Lal Chowk in Srinagar as home minister under UPA-2.Union minister Piyush Goyal and former I&B minister Anurag Thakur cited Shinde’s remark at the launch of his memoirs on Monday as symbolising the fear…
KOLKATA: Junior doctors protesting the RG Kar hospital rape-murder rejected on Tuesday the Bengal govt’s invitation to discuss their grievances with a designated team at the state secretariat and decided to continue their strike in defiance of the 5pm deadline Supreme Court had set for them to return to work.The Mamata Banerjee govt’s message to…
NEW DELHI: A special NIA court in New Delhi on Tuesday granted interim bail to Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid, better known as Engineer Rashid (pic), till Oct 2, allowing him to campaign for the J&K polls.Additional sessions judge Chander Jit Singh had reserved his order after an in-camera hearing. “It is a huge relief…
NEW DELHI: An IAF officer has filed a police complaint against a senior, accusing him of rape, outraging her modesty and continuous mental harassment at the Srinagar Air Force station in J&K, while also claiming that the “internal committee” of the force dismissed her allegations without proper consideration.The woman, a Flying Officer, has alleged that…
NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) late Tuesday announced its third list of 11 candidates for the upcoming Haryana assembly elections, following the release of its second list of nine candidates earlier in the day. In the third list, the AAP has fielded Pravin Guskhani against Congress veteran and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Tuesday levelled fresh allegations against Madhabi Puri-Buch saying that her spouse received Rs 4.78 crore income from Mahindra and Mahindra Group while Buch was arbitrating cases from the group. It also said that the Sebi chief had 99% stake in Agora Advisory Pvt, a firm which provided consultancy services to M&M,…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday reiterated India’s position on the Russia-Ukraine wwar, saying that it “rests on some postulates.” He stressed that “differences can only be resolved through dialogue and negotiation, not war,” and affirmed that “negotiations are the only way forward.”Jaishankar made these remarks while addressing a joint press conference…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Tuesday hit out at the ruling DMK government in Tamil Nadu over alleged ‘manual labour’ of school students in a government school ahead of sports minister Udhaynidhi Stalin‘s visit. After the local unit flagged concerns, BJP ‘s national secretary joined the chorus and slammed the government for negligence. “Shocked to…
Doctors and staff at the Araluguppe Mallegowda District Hospital in Karnataka staged a protest by closing the outpatient department after a woman relative of a patient allegedly threw a footwear at the physician on Tuesday. According to officials, when Dr Venkatesh B S was treating an injured patient Irfan in the emergency unit, a group…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Force is cooperating with local police in Budgam, Jammu and Kashmir, to investigate a sexual assault complaint lodged by a woman flying officer against a Wing Commander, according to an IAF official quoted by news agency PTI. It has been reported that the local police have filed a First Information…
