NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the two rallies he addressed in poll-bound Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana on Saturday, launched a blistering attack on Congress as he referred to recent incidents, including the alleged assault of an Indian journalist by a member of Rahul Gandhi‘s team during his US visit. He also slammed…
NEW DELHI: For the Haryana elections, Congress has allocated 12 tickets to Jatavs and aligned sub-castes within the Dalit community, and five to non-Jatavs, showing its continuing reliance on the dominant Scheduled Caste community as its support base, in line with its lukewarm response to the debate on sub-categorisation.But the in-office BJP, according to an…
SRINAGAR: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charges on Saturday that three families had ruined Jammu and Kashmir, saying BJP seemed to have no problem allying with these three when it needed them,“If BJP gets less numbers after elections, and if PDP gives it support, BJP will find no fault…
NEW DELHI: Meeting between West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and protesting junior doctors failed to take place at the last moment as deadlock between the live telecast and video recording continued.The impasse, which almost seemed nearing its end on Saturday evening, now remains as protestors, not willing to relent on their demands initially, had to…
NEW DELHI: CBI on Saturday arrested ex-principal of RG Kar hospital and a police man in connection to the Kolkata-rape case, according to news agency PTI. Ghosh is currently in judicial custody in a corruption case. A policeman was also arrested in the rape and murder case, the official said.Earlier this month, a CBI court…
NEW DELHI: A day after the Centre removed the minimum export price of onion and Basmati rice, and increased import duty on edible oils, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, home and cooperation minister Amit Shah and agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday emphasised how these decisions would not only boost export but also ensure that…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Saturday expelled a party functionary after a video of the owner of the popular Sri Annapoorna restaurant seeking an apology from Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman went viral on social media, triggering criticism from DMK and the Congress party.Srinivasan, the owner of Sri Annapoorna restaurant can be seen apologizing to Sitharaman…
NEW DELHI: Junior doctors wrote to chief minister Mamata Banerjee saying that they were willing to have discussion in order to end the impasse between the protesting medical professionals and the Bengal government. The Bengal CM is set to hold meeting at 6pm on Saturday at her residence. Post Banerjee’s visit to the protest site…
NEW DELHI: A blast on Saturday at the intersection of Blochmann Street and S N Banerjee Road in Central Kolkata injured a 58-year-old rag picker identified as Bapi Das.Das, a resident of the footpath on S N Banerjee Road, sustained an injury to his right wrist.According to sources, the Taltala Police Station (PS) was alerted…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday called out the absconding Islamic preacher Zakir Naik for “spewing venoms” in context with the Waqf bill and also urged the citizens to “unitedly fight against” the likes of the Islamic evangelist.Naik, booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) linked to terror charges, posted a misleading…
