NEW DELHI: The ruling DMK has come under fire from opposition parties in the state after an on-duty government doctor was stabbed by a man posing as a patient at a multispecialty hospital in Chennai. While chief minister Stalin promptly condemned the incident and directed authorities to take necessary steps, several senior leaders from the…
NEW DELHI: In a major setback for chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, the Himachal Pradesh High Court on Wednesday nullified the appointment of six parliamentary secretaries and declared the law under which the appointments were made as void. It also ordered the immediate withdrawal of all facilities and privileges afforded to the top officials.Pronouncing the…
NEW DELHI: Mahayuti leaders, including Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde, on Wednesday shared videos of their bags being checked by poll body officials in response to Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray‘s criticism of the Election Commission.Sharing a video on X, NCP chief Ajit Pawar wrote: “Today, while on my way for election campaigning, the…
NEW DELHI: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday, in a surprise move, tried to touch the feet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on stage during an event in Darbhanga. However, PM Modi’s quick reaction took everyone by surprise and made the video viral on social media.In the video, 73-year-old Nitish Kumar was seen walking…
NEW DELHI: Amit Shah on Wednesday left no Gandhi generation untouched as he attacked the Congress party over their stance on Article 370, Muslim reservation and Ram Temple. Strongly reiterating the saffron party’s stance on the restoration of special status to Jammu & Kashmir, the home minister said that even if “Indira Gandhi was to…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday laid down stringent norms to curb bulldozer justice employed by certain states and said that the executive “can’t become judge and demolish house of the accused.” It said that action would be taken against public officials who act in a “high-handed manner.” It added that if houses of…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader and Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday posted a video of him trying Wayanad’s longest zipline as he took a break from campaigning for bypolls to promote the scenic beauty of Kerala’s hill district.Donning a “I love Wayanad” T-shirt, Rahul jokingly asked his sister Priyanka Gandhi to join…
MUMBAI: NCP candidate from Mankhurd Shivaji Nagar, Nawab Malik, said on Tuesday that the anti-conversion law mooted in BJP’s manifesto for Maharashtra is just being used to misguide people and his party will not join a govt with the saffron party “if it does politics on divisive and disputed issues”. Malik also did not rule…
PUNE/NAGPUR: Congress continues to speak Pakistan’s language on J&K and the only way to permanently defeat such “anti-India forces” is to replicate the Haryana poll verdict in Maharashtra, PM Narendra Modi said Tuesday while campaigning for BJP in Pune.“Congress and its allies are trying to restore the provision (Article 370) that promoted terrorism and separatism…
PANAJI: Hundreds of Goans have been duped of crores of rupees in a cash-for-jobs scam. Goa police have so far registered 20 cases across state — including 12 in North Goa district and eight in South Goa district — and arrested 19 people for promising to secure govt jobs in exchange for cash. The scam…
