NEW DELHI: Sacked Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam on Monday alleged that Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut was the kingpin of “Khichdi scam” in which money meant to feed poor migrants during the peak of Covid-19 pandemic was looted. Nirupam claimed that Raut took bribes through his family members and business partners from the accused…
NEW DELHI: Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut dismissed rumors that ‘she eats beef’, asserting her adherence to a vegetarian lifestyle, rooted in her identity as a ‘proud Hindu’.Refuting claims suggesting her consumption of beef, Ranaut said in a post on X, “I don’t consume beef or any other kind of red meat, it is shameful that completely…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Rouse Avenue court on Monday dismissed interim bail application of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. Kavitha moved to the court on Thursday, urging the court to give her interim bail on account of her 16-year-old son’s exams for which he needed his mother’s…
‘A test for all of us’ is how Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru described the first general elections in India, in his radio broadcast on Nov 22, 1951, 8.30pm. “This is our first election on an adult franchise. The standard we set now will act as a precedent and govern future elections.”In Madras, the elections were…
PATNA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the opposition INDI Alliace has neither vision nor credibility. Taking a dig at their claim to fight unitedly with an aim to defeat Modi and the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha election beginning on April 19, the PM said, “Unke bich sirfutauwal machi hai (infighting), Even…
LUCKNOW: UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Sunday fired a broadside at Congress, accusing it of soft-pedaling terrorism, divisive politics, corruption, misgovernance, and working against Hindu sentiments.“During the Congress government, biryani was served to terrorists, while the poor kept starving. But BJP govt ensured that 80 crore people are covered under PDS and receive ration for…
The Congress Manifesto 2024 proposes job and education quotas in the private sector to fulfil UPA-era promises. A ‘diversity commission’ will oversee diversity, with a focus on SC/ST/OBC categories. The manifesto emphasizes inclusivity in corporate hiring and private education, aiming for social justice and equitable opportunities. Source link
LUCKNOW: BJP‘s Sultanpur Lok Sabha candidate and former Union minister Maneka Gandhi on Sunday said she was neither surprised nor upset when the party didn’t nominate her son and three-time MP from Pilibhit, Varun Gandhi, from the constituency.“BJP is a cadre-based party, and everyone adheres to the decisions made,” she said.BJP has nominated UP public…
KANPUR: A 30-year-old man, who used to rescue snakes in Banda district, died after being bitten by a venomous cobra.Locals said Rinku Singh, a resident of Khaptiha Kalan village under the Pailani police station of the district, used to rescue snakes and then leave them in forest areas. On Saturday, Rinku rescued a cobra from…
CHENNAI: An election flying squad seized 4 crore in cash from three people aboard the Chennai-Tirunelveli Nellai Express when the train reached Tambaram station on Saturday night. Inquiries revealed that one of them is a BJP worker with an official party identity card.S Sathish, 33, of Agaram, his brother S Navin, 31, and S Perumal,…
