NEW DELHI: Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday reserved its order for June 5 in the application moved by Delhi chief minster and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal seeking interim bail in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam.Special Judge Kaveri Baweja reserved the order, observing that the application was for grant of…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his unprecedented 45-hour meditation session at the serene shores of Kanniyakumari in Tamil Nadu on Saturday. The PM was in the state on a spiritual visit. He was meditating at the Dhyan Mandapam, the place where revered Hindu philosopher Swami Vivekananda is believed to have had a divine…
NEW DELHI: Incidents of violence were reported during the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha polls across nine parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal. Clashes erupted between workers of TMC, ISF, and BJP in various areas of the violence-prone Jadavpur and Diamond Harbour constituencies.The poll panel claimed that voting has been peaceful so far, but…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on his third and final day of his meditation retreat in Kanniyakumari, began the day by performing the ‘Surya Arghya‘ ritual at sunrise at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial, according to officials.The ‘Surya Arghya’ is a spiritual practice that involves offering salutations to the divine in the form of the sun….
NEW DELHI: Google’s iconic logo was replaced with a symbolic representation of an index finger marked with ink on Saturday, commemorating the final phase of voting in India’s 18th Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Users who click on the Doodle are directed to search results related to the latest updates on the general elections in India….
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday named Rahul Gandhi as his choice for the prime minister’s post if the INDIA bloc is voted to office on June 4.Asked about West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s proposal at a Nov meeting of the INDIA group that Kharge should be projected as the opposition’s PM candidate, he said…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab and Haryana HC on Friday struck down Haryana govt’s policy of assigning additional marks based on socio-economic criteria while evaluating job aspirants, terming the system a violation of constitutional safeguards against discrimination.The division bench of Justices Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Sudeepti Sharma was hearing a batch of petitions challenging the criteria entitling a…
Envoys of seven countries, including Chinese ambassador Xu Feihong and UK high commissioner Lindy Elizabeth Cameron, presented their credentials to President Droupadi Murmu on Friday. Envoys of New Zealand, Kuwait, Fiji, Guinea and Ecuador also presented their credentials.Xu Feihong said later in a post he had a “friendly discussion” on China-India relations with the president.“I…
NEW DELHI: Working on information shared by the US authorities, Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested Banmeet Singh, an accused in an international drug trafficking network, who was earlier convicted and had served a five-year prison term in the US. He has been remanded to ED custody for seven days by a special court in Dehradun….
Image used for representation purpose BAREILLY: At least 10 people were killed and many injured after a dust storm followed by heavy rainfall wreaked havoc in Lakhimpur Kheri, Shahjahanpur and its neighbouring districts on Thursday night. Five deaths were reported in Kheri district, while five, including two kids, died in Shahjahanpur.Shahjahanpur district magistrate Umesh Pratap…
