Congress on Saturday snubbed AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi for his recent ‘will have to take everyone along to defeat BJP‘ remark saying the party will be against anyone who does politics on the basis of religion.“Ask him what kind of politics he wants to do. If we are against the RSS-supported BJP brand of politics,…
NEW DELHI: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “parasite” attack on Congress concerning its allies, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) upped its attack on the grand old party with the fresh ‘Vikram-Betal‘ swipe following its defeat in the Haryana assembly elections. BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala on Saturday termed the Congress party ‘Batal’ — a ghost…
NEW DELHI: Union minister and former Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday confirmed that the new BJP govenment in Haryana will take oath on October 17 in Panchkula.“We have received the nod of the PM that on October 17, in Panchkula, the CM and council of ministers will take oath,” Khattar said. Meanwhile,…
NEW DELHI: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on Saturday issued a directive to the chief secretaries and administrators of all states and union territories. This directive concerns a report titled “Guardians of Faith or Oppressors of Rights: Constitutional Rights of Children vs madrasas.”The NCPCR’s report contains 11 chapters and discusses the…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, during the Dussehra event in Nagpur on Saturday, voiced strong criticism against anti-Hindu and anti-minority forces operating in Bangladesh. He said, “What happened in our neighbouring Bangladesh? It might have some immediate reasons but those who are concerned will discuss it. But, due to that chaos,…
DEHRADUN: In a move that has drawn attention amid the Uttarakhand govt’s consideration of a stringent law to safeguard agricultural land from acquisition by ‘outsiders’, the district administration of Nainital has confiscated over half a hectare (27.5 nali) of land belonging to Bhanvi Singh, the estranged wife of Uttar Pradesh MLA Raghuraj Pratap Singh, also…
CHENNAI: A packed express train travelling at 75kmph rear-ended a stationary freight rake on the outskirts of Chennai at 8.30pm Friday, causing at least 12 passenger coaches to derail and sparking a fire in the parcel van. At least 20 passengers on Mysuru–Darbhanga Bagmati Express were injured but there was no casualty reported.Bagmati Express entered…
NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate is preparing to launch legal proceedings for the extradition of Sourabh Chandrakar, who was arrested by UAE police on Friday, and his accomplice Ravi Uppal, masterminds of the Mahadev online betting scam.The arrest of Chandrakar, who was in house detention in Dubai following a red corner notice issued at ED’s behest,…
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav was stopped on Friday from visiting Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC) in Lucknow on security grounds on the socialist ideologue’s birth anniversary, prompting the SP president to garland a bust of the Loknayak (people’s hero) temporarily placed outside his house amid an outcry against Uttar Pradesh’s Bharatiya Janata…
RAIPUR: A three-year-old leopard, caught in a wire trap, gasped to an agonising death on Thursday as foresters stood watching for 12 hours, waiting for tranquiliser darts to be transported to the site in Chhattisgarh‘s Mohla Manpur, reports Partha Behera.By the time it was rescued and taken to Nandanvan Jungle Safari in Nava Raipur, 160km…
