NEW DELHI: Influencer Ranveer Allahbadia, in the eye of a storm for his recent alleged offensive comments on social media, on Friday moved Supreme Court objecting to Assam Police registering an FIR against him for his unsavoury remarks despite Mumbai Police already inquiring into it.For Allahbadia, whose petition was e-filed before SC at 2.37 am,…
NEW DELHI: Nearly 36,000 children are missing without a trace across India since 2020 even though the state and central police have recovered majority of the nearly 3 lakh children who went missing in the last four years, Centre informed SC on Friday.Appearing for petitioner, senior advocate Aparna Bhat told a bench of Justices B…
CEC Rajiv Kumar (File photo) PM, Shah, Rahul to meet next week to select new poll panel chief NEW DELHI: With chief election commissioner Rajiv Kumar retiring on February 18, govt has initiated the process of appointing his successor, besides appointing the third election commissioner, a vacancy that will occur after Kumar’s exit.The meeting of…
RAIPUR: Nearly a week after the Feb 9 encounter in Bijapur in which 31 Maoists were gunned down, police were yet to identify three of them. The other 28 carried a cumulative bounty of Rs 1.1 crore. Police said 17 of them were ‘senior cadres’; some were part of Maoists’ IED squad and involved in…
Bhagwant Mann (ANI file photo) AMRITSAR: Two more planeloads of Indians deported from the US are scheduled to land in Amritsar over the weekend, with the first of these flights expected around 10am Saturday with 119 illegal immigrants.The impending sorties, just over 10 days after a US military C-17 Globemaster aircraft brought back 104 deportees,…
NEW DELHI: Amid pressure from the United States, govt has slashed the import duty on bourbon whiskey from 150% to 100% and lowered tariffs on several varieties of wines.Duty on wines made of fresh grapes, and vermouth, as well as some other fermented beverages and unadulterated ethyl alcohol with 80% alcohol strength have been cut…
NEW DELHI: Alliance first or party first? For the Congress, one of the biggest dilemmas has been how to recalibrate its relationship with the regional parties which have dislodged it from power in states but are allies at the national level under the banner of the INDIA bloc. The Congress has been engaged in a…
<p>Image credit: Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on X<br></p> NEW DELHI: The Delhi CMO sent an email to social media platform X on Friday requesting the restoration of its official handle “CMO Delhi,” which was allegedly changed to “@KejriwalAtWork”. This action followed the BJP’s appeal to Lt Governor VK Saxena regarding the handle’s renaming.The CMO’s…
Teams of Mumbai and Assam police visited the Versova residence of YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia, popularly known as BeerBiceps, on Friday as part of an investigation into his controversial remarks on a now-deleted YouTube show. However, officials found the flat locked, an officer said.Police inquiry, missed summonsAllahbadia is facing backlash over crass remarks about parents and…
NEW DELHI: Politics has erupted over the US military plan with illegal Indian immigrants landing in Punjab, with chief minister Bhagwant Mann calling it BJP’s attempt to “defame Punjabis and Punjab”.Mann’s reaction came hours after it was confirmed that a second US fight with 119 illegal immigrants will be landing in Punjab’s Amritsar on February…
