Three AAP councillors join BJP NEW DELHI: In a setback for AAP ahead of the forthcoming MCD mayoral election, three council members defected to the BJP on Saturday, in the presence of Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva.The council members who joined the saffron party are Anita Basoya (Andrews Ganj), Nikhil Chaprana (Hari Nagar) and Dharamvir…
Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the Chhattisgarh civic polls, winning all 10 mayoral posts on Saturday, reported news agency PTI citing officials. The results were declared after votes were counted for 173 urban bodies in Chhattisgarh.Calling the poll victory “historic day for the Chhatisgarh BJP”,…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha on Saturday ordered the sacking of three J&K govt employees — a police constable, a teacher and an orderly in the forest department — for alleged terror activities that include arranging weapons and providing targets for terror attacks as well as fuelling violent protests in the valley,…
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said that the arrival of a second US aircraft carrying deported Indian nationals would be a “test for Indian diplomacy.” The flight, carrying a fresh batch of illegal immigrants, is set to land in Amritsar.Chidambaram, in a post on X said, “All…
NEW DELHI: INDIA bloc remained divided over Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s claim that flights with illegal Indian immigrants were being made to land in Amritsar to “defame” the state.As Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi supported the claim saying that the first flight should have landed in Gujarat given the majority of deportees belonging…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Friday dismissed the claims of US Senator Elissa Slotkin who said that democracy “doesn’t put food on the table”. Giving example of India, Jaishankar said that the biggest democracy in the world was capable of feeding over 800 million people. Poll What Strengthens a Democracy the Most?…
Devendra Fadnavis (File photo) Maha panel to frame law on ‘love jihad’MUMBAI: Maharashtra govt on Friday set up a special seven-member committee headed by the DGP to frame a law against ‘love jihad.’A government resolution (GR) said that apart from the DGP, the panel would have six other members from various departments: one member each…
NEW DELHI: Days after BJP defeated AAP in the assembly polls, the law department of Delhi government has sought details of all court cases filed by the outgoing dispensation against the Centre and lieutenant governor in the last few years.Sources claimed more than Rs 300 crore was spent on “inter-department” litigation and court battles between…
DEHRADUN: A book fair scheduled for Feb 15-16 at Uttarakhand’s HNB Garhwal University, the state’s only central university situated in Srinagar (Pauri Garwhal), has been cancelled, with organisers alleging pressure from right-wing groups for the cancellation. The event, titled ‘Kitab Kauthik’, a popular platform for book lovers which is annually organised by the group Creative…
BHOPAL: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar Friday asked how CJI can get involved in executive appointments, and said it was time to “revisit” such rules. “How can, in a country like ours or in any democracy, by statutory prescription, CJI participate in selection of CBI director! Can there be any legal rationale for it? I can…
