BHUBANESWAR: This election season, most bail applications moved in several lower courts in Odisha have a common, yet unusual prayer from undertrial prisoners – “My Lord, my client may kindly be considered for bail to enable him to cast his vote“. Though the number of such petitions and whether bail was granted on the ground…
MUZAFFARNAGAR/MEERUT: BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday said her party will take concrete steps to make western UP a separate state if voted to serve at the Centre.At a rally in support of BSP candidate from Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha seat Dara Singh Prajapati, Mayawati also said BJP has a very slim chance of coming to power…
BHOPAL/MYSURU/MANGALURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticised INDIA bloc on Sunday for advocating the elimination of nation’s nuclear deterrence when a strong India is needed amidst escalating conflicts around the world, alluding to the grim situation in West Asia.“We should have nuclear weapons to protect our country. Those saying otherwise, how will they protect India?” he…
NEW DELHI: Eleven years after Indian death-row convict Sarabjit Singh was killed in a Pakistan jail, his arrested murderer – ISI henchman and Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed‘s close associate Amir Sarfaraz – was fatally shot on Sunday by motorbike-borne gunmen in Lahore’s Islampura locality. Pakistani authorities are investigating the killing as a “targeted attack”.Trigger-happy Sarfaraz,…
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar on Sunday said that he spoke to his Iranian counterpart amid escalating violence in the Middle East after Iran launched an extensive assault with hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles. Jaishankar in a tweet said that he took up the issue of 17 Indian crew…
The latest data released by the election commission shows that the 14 constituencies that go to poll on April 26 have 30,372 “VIP” electors, bringing attention to a small fraction of the total over 5.4 crore people registered to cast votes in the Lok Sabha elections.But the granting of this “VIP” status — part of…
NEW DELHI: Several people are feared trapped under the debris of a building roof that collapsed in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar on Sunday.Soon after the incident, an NDRF team reached the incident site while local people started the rescue operations.Chief minister Yogi Adityanath has taken cognisance of the incident and has directed officials to reach the…
NEW DELHI: Air India on Sunday temporarily suspended flights to Tel Aviv amid escalating tensions between Israel and Iran. An official said that the direct flights between Delhi and Tel Aviv will be suspended for now.Air India runs four weekly flights connecting the national capital to an Israeli city. The Tata group-owned airline resumed Tel…
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NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday released its party manifesto – ‘Sankalp Patra’ in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BJP national president J P Nadda and other senior leaders including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, S Jaishankar, and Ashwini Vaishnaw also marked their presence at the event that took…
