NEW DELHI: A day after Congress MP Danish Ali accused the Centre of indulging in “dirty politics” over its decision to set up a memorial for Pranab Mukherjee and linked it to the former President’s alleged “love for RSS”, his daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee said the remark showed his ignorance and lack of knowledge of the…
NEW DELHI: A ‘Mahabharat era’ Shivling at Billeshwar Mahadev temple in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh was found vandalised on Wednesday, the local officials said. Police arrested a man, Awadhesh Kurmi, reportedly battling depression, in connection with the incident. The accused was distressed over his wife’s prolonged illness and admitted to vandalizing the Shivling out of frustration…
NEW DELHI: A case in Bombay high court led the judges to ask question whether intellectual disability has anything to do with becoming a mother. On Wednesday, the Bombay HC’s justices R V Ghuge and Rajesh Patil were considering a petition from a father seeking to terminate his 27-year-old daughter’s 21-week pregnancy, citing her unmarried…
NEW DELHI: Bhartiya Janata Party on Wednesday slammed Delhi chief minister Atishi for staging “drama” over allotment of CM residence and questioned why the latter wanted ‘Sheesh Mahal‘ when she had already been assigned a bungalow.“This bungalow is allotted to Atishi Marlena who is the CM of Delhi. I want to ask when this bungalow…
NEW DELHI: Several people got injured after an elephant ran uncontrollably and turned violent during the BP Angadi ‘Nercha’ at Tirur in Malappuram, Kerala. In a video, one of the four elephants could be seen turning violent and even picked one man through its trunk, harshly swinging and then threw him to other side. People…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday released a video accusing Aam Aadmi Party supremo and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of steering away from his old promise of living in a two-room house and building a “den of loot” as he came to power.Posting a video on the official X handle of Delhi…
NEW DELHI: Twice in the past 10 years, Arvind Kejriwal‘s AAP halted BJP’s relentless victory march in head-to-head contests in Delhi, reversing 7-0 clean sweeps by the saffron juggernaut in the immediately preceding Lok Sabha polls to win thumping majorities in the assembly elections of 2015 and 2020. Will the script be repeated in 2025?…
NEW DELHI: After shock back-to-back poll defeats following a defiant Lok Sabha show, Congress goes into Delhi elections with the ambitious hope of reverting its downbeat mood via a state where it is practically finished as an electoral force.The odds on Congress’ performance in Delhi and the stakes involved make the coming capital contest an…
RAIPUR: The Ranas of Bastar couldn’t believe the news flash: on the list of those killed in the Maoist IED blast in Bijapur was one “Tuleshwar Rana, driver”. Was it their Tuleshwar? And then the dreaded phone call came.Tuleshwar’s parents had no clue that he was ferrying policemen in his Scorpio. All they knew was…
JAIPUR: Supreme Court raised concerns Tuesday over a 2020 Rajasthan police closure report in a 2017 case of alleged rape and brutality against a woman and the abduction of her husband.The court sought all police records, statements and other materials to scrutinise police investigation, which saw a dramatic shift in stance following a change of…
