NEW DELHI: A day after the prosecution informed a CBI court about the untraceable bones and remains — allegedly of Sheena Bora, Indrani Mukerjea‘s lawyer on Saturday said he would “take whatever legal advantage or legal mileage” the development provides, and called the untracebility a “big blunder” committed by the central agency. “From the investigation…
NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday hailed the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance’s victory in the Lok Sabha elections as a new beginning. “This Lok Sabha poll victory for Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is not the end, it is the beginning,” Thackeray said during a press conference, emphasizing the coalition’s strengthened…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu‘s ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Saturday sharply criticized the National Testing Agency (NTA) and accused the BJP-led central government of failing to uphold the integrity of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). The DMK also demanded the abolition of NEET, saying that this measure alone would preserve the sanctity…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday constituted a four-member committee to visit West Bengal and “take immediate stock” of the post-poll violence.The committee includes ex-Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Brij Lal and Kavita Patidar, all BJP MPs, with Deb as its convener. The committee has been formed by BJP chief…
NEW DELHI: Former Karnataka chief minister and BJP leader B S Yediyurappa returned to Bengaluru on Friday, asserting that the ongoing Pocso case against him is an act of ‘unnecessary confusion’ and expressing confidence that the truth will prevail. He arrived at the Bengaluru airport a day after high court stayed a non-bailable warrant against…
NEW DELHI: At least eight Naxalites were killed on Saturday in an encounter with the security forces in Chhattisgarh‘s Abujhmarh in the Narayanpur district.In the exchange of fire, one soldier lost his life and two others were injured.The encounter between security forces and Naxalites has been underway in the Maad and Narayanpur districts for the…
NEW DELHI: Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni clicked a selfie with PM Modi on the sidelines of the G7 Summit held in Italy’s Apulia. Earlier, PM Modi representing India as an outreach nation was received by the Italian PM with a namaste as they both exchanged pleasantries.PM Modi is on his first official visit to…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the 50th summit of Group of 7, or G7 Summit that took place in Italy between June 13 and 14. G7 is a group of nations comprising the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Japan, Germany, France and Canada, with the European Union (EU) being its non-enumerated member.Represented…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Friday said that the Lok Sabha elections results was not a mandate for any single political party to form a government during a panel discussion at Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government in London.While interacting with the students and faculty members on the elections in India, the Congress…
NEW DELHI: Education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday said the Centre would not tolerate any malpractice or irregularities in the conduct of exams, and accountability of the National Testing Agency (NTA) would be fixed if lapses were found. Pradhan met several candidates who took the NEET-UG exam and their parents, and reaffirmed the govt’s commitment…
