Madras HC Friday ordered release of controversial YouTuber Savukku Shankar setting aside his detention under Goondas Act. Shankar was arrested on May 4 for making “derogatory” remarks against women police personnel in an interview. Court said speeches criticising govt, its policies and actions, or exposing corrupt and illegal actions in public administration cannot be termed…
GUWAHATI: A second-year MTech student of Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT-G), allegedly died by suicide on Friday, reports Dhrubajyoti Malakar. The deceased Soumya Kumar (23), from Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur, was found dead in her room at the institute’s hostel.“We received information from IIT-G authorities about the death around 10.45am. Soumya might have died by…
LUCKNOW: Sitapur Police Friday arrested four people in the nursing recruitment examination paper leak case. Three of the accused — Utkarsh Mishra, Gaurav Rajvanshi, and Ankit Srivastava — were employees of the IT company tasked with conducting the examination. The fourth accused, Amit Mishra, was an aide of the trio.Police said the accused tampered with…
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi, leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday for deciding to visit Kerala’s Wayanad which witnessed massive landslides killing over 400 people.PM Modi is set to visit Wayanad today to assess the ongoing relief and rehabilitation efforts in the region, which Rahul himself visited last week…
NEW DELHI: After 17 months in jail, former Delhi deputy chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia finally walked free on a regular bail. In tears, as he got a rousing welcome outside Tihar jail by party leaders Atishi, Sanjay Singh and supporters, in a cracking voice he thanked Ambedkar and the Constitution…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Anurag Thakur called out LoP Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party for their silence on the atrocities against Hindus and other minority communities in Bangladesh while expressing concern over Gaza. “It is unfortunate that the Leader of Opposition extended congratulations to the interim government (of Bangladesh) but did…
NEW DELHI: A photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has gone viral on social media. The two leaders attended a meeting called by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla after the conclusion of the second session of the 18th Lok Sabha.The photo shared by the Lok Sabha…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar landed in Maldives on Friday, beginning a three-day official visit to the island nation from August 9-11. This visit is significant as it marks the first high-level engagement between India and the Maldives since the election of President Mohamed Muizzu, who has shifted the island nation’s foreign policy…
NEW DELHI: Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, who has had several run-ins with the opposition leaders during the ongoing Budget session, was at the centre of another fiery faceoff in Rajya Sabha on Friday. An enraged Dhankhar took Jaya Bachchan head on after the Samajwadi Party MP objected to the “tone” of Rajya Sabha Chairman against opposition…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia walked out of Tihar jail on Friday, just hours after the Supreme court granted him bail. Sisodia was taken into custody in March of last year in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case. He had been lodged in Tihar jail for 17 months. Sisodia was…
