NEW DELHI: Vishal Patil who has been elected as independent MP from Sangli in Maharashtra on Thursday met the Congress brass and extended his support to the party. The development is significant as Congress that was stuck at 99 MPs can claim support of 100 members, even if technically an independent cannot join a political…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha secretariat on Thursday said statues of Mahatma Gandhi, B R Ambedkar and Chhatrapati Shivaji, among others, are being respectfully relocated to a “grand Prerana Sthal” in the Parliament House Complex itself as part of a landscaping exercise, even as the move drew sharp criticism from the Congress.The Lok Sabha secretariat clarified…
MOHALI: Special CBI court judge RK Gupta on Thursday convicted former Punjab Police DIG Dilbagh Singh and retired DSP Gurbachan Singh in a fake encounter case of 1993. The conviction came 31 years after the fake encounter and the two convicted former police officers will be sentenced on Friday.Advocate Sarabjeet Singh Verka said the case…
SRINAGAR: J&K Police have filed an FIR against a student of Srinagar’s Government Medical College (GMC) over an alleged blasphemous postamid protests. The absconding student has been suspended.Classes at the medical college have been suspended for three days till Saturday because of the protests by junior doctors, students as well as faculty members over the…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to form the NDA government at the Centre for a third consecutive term, with Narendra Modi poised to take oath as prime minister once again.The newly elected Members of Parliament (MPs) from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) are expected to meet on Friday to formally…
LUCKNOW: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has got a thumping mandate in both Wayanad and Rae Bareli, but which seat will he retain? Rahul won the Rae Bareli seat with a margin of over 3.9 lakh votes and Wayanad by over 3.6 lakh votes.The sentiment in the Gandhi bastion is that he should retain Rae Bareli…
NEW DELHI: Independent Lok Sabha member from Maharashtra Vishal Patil met Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday in New Delhi and extended his support to the party. Notably, Patil, grandson of former Maharashtra chief minister Vasantdada Patil, secured victory in the Lok Sabha election from the Sangli constituency.Despite being a former Congress leader, Patil had…
NEW DELHI: The Lok Sabha election results in Uttar Pradesh mark a dramatic change in the state’s political fabric, with Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party springing up a surprise and making substantial electoral gains against the all powerful Bharatiya Janata Party. Samajwadi Party won 37 out of the 80 seats – making this its best ever…
NEW DELHI: A passenger train traveling from Patna to Jharkhand caught fire in Lakhisarai, Bihar. The blaze engulfed multiple coaches of the train, prompting immediate action from emergency responders.Firefighting teams are currently at the scene, working diligently to extinguish the flames and prevent further damage. Authorities have not yet released information regarding the cause of…
NEW DELHI: Seeking to dispel ongoing speculation about a possible political shift, Maharashtra NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) president Jayant Patil said on Thursday that Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray will not switch to the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).In the recent Lok Sabha elections, the Shiv Sena (UBT) secured nine seats in Maharashtra, matching…
