NEW DELHI: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Singapore on Wednesday after concluding his visit to Brunei, he was warmly welcomed with dance and music performances by the Indian diaspora. PM Modi also joined the celebrations as he tried his hand at dhol.The video, which went viral in no time, showed PM Modi with…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday slammed the opposition and reaffirmed his stance on taking “bulldozer action” against the properties of accused individuals.Speaking at an event while distributing job appointment letters, Yogi praised the efforts of the state’s law enforcement agencies in delivering swift justice and emphasized that making such decisions…
NEW DELHI: NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that the state of Maharashtra should also advocate for an anti-rape bill similar to the one passed by West Bengal assembly, which seeks capital punishment for rape convicts, adding that the party will “highlight this point in the poll manifesto as well.”“Maharashtra should consider replicating…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi met wrestlers Vinesh Phogat and Bajrang Punia on Tuesday amid speculations that the wrestlers might be nominated as party’s candidates in the upcoming Haryana assembly elections.The Congress party shared a photo of the meeting on its official social media account. The Congress…
NEW DELHI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises, co-producer of Kangana Ranaut’s upcoming film “Emergency” on Wednesday filed a petition in Bombay high court to seeking a direction to the Central Board of Film Certification to issue the film’s certificate.The petition claimed that the censor board has arbitrarily and illegally withheld the censor certificate of the film. As…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday hit out at West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and accused her government of neglecting crimes against women in the state.Amid row over anti-rape bill in Bengal, Rijiju shared a letter from November 11, 2021, addressed to the West Bengal government, requesting the establishment of Fast Track…
NEW DELHI: BJP Tuesday said the anti-rape legislation passed in Bengal assembly was brought by CM Mamata Banerjee to save herself from humiliation and divert attention from the heinous crime at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.Questioning why the Mamata govt did not bring the bill earlier, Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also…
CHENNAI: Union minister Shobha Karandlaje in an affidavit on Tuesday apologised to the people of Tamil Nadu for her remark that people involved in the Rameshwaram Cafe blast in Bengaluru were trained in Tamil Nadu. “I state that the alleged comment made by me about the people of Tamil Nadu while addressing media about the…
NEW DELHI: On the CBI‘s allegation that a detailed order passed by a Madras high court judge in a corruption case in 2017 was made available only after he had demitted office, the Supreme Court directed the high court’s registrar general on Tuesday to submit a report detailing the date on which the judgment was…
MUMBAI: A pledge that is part of an ‘honour code’ signed by students at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) this year states that “I would not indulge in any political, anti-establishment, unpatriotic discussions, demonstrations, dharna or any form of activities that disturb the academic environment of the institute. I understand that any infringements…
