NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Modi’s relentless attack against the DMK government over alleged corruption charges has evoked a unique poster campaign in Tamil Nadu. Posters titled ‘Ji Pay,’ bearing the face of the Prime Minister, have appeared in several districts of the state.The posters have a barcode that encouraged people to ‘scan the code and…
NEW DELHI: Will Rahul Gandhi contest Lok Sabha elections from Amethi? Will Priyanka Gandhi be fielded from the Raebareli seat vacated by Sonia Gandhi? Well, the Congress is yet to open its cards on the two prestigious seats of Uttar Pradesh, which have been represented by the Gandhi family several times. However, on Thursday the…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday slammed Congress for accusing the BJP-led government of ‘undeclared Emergency’ and recalled his time in jail during the 1975 Emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi-government, stating that he served an eighteen-month jail sentence without being granted parole to even visit his ailing mother or attend her last…
NEW DELHI: Union defence minister Rajnath Singh has said that India would cooperate with Pakistan to eliminate terrorism from its land if Islamabad ‘feels it is incapable’ of stopping it.Adding to the offer, the defence minister warned Pakistan against using terrorism to destabilise India as it would have to face dire consequences. “If Pakistan is…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday went all out to attack RJD leader Misa Bharti, daughter of former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav, over her remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “If people of this country give INDIA bloc a chance (to form the government), then PM Modi and other BJP leaders will be behind…
NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday targeted the BJP and claimed that quest for dominance of ‘Hindi, Hindutva, Hindustan’ is the most dangerous threat to foundations of our plural consciousness. The former Union minister also dismissed saffron party’s claim of strong performance in south India in Lok Sabha polls and called it…
NEW DELHI: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday took custody of BRS MLC K Kavitha, in connection with Delhi excise policy case. Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of BRS leader K Kavitha till April 23.A city court Monday had denied interim bail to Kavitha, saying she was “prima facie…
NEW DELHI: Former Congress spokesperson Rohan Gupta on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.Gupta had resigned from Congress on March 22 claiming “character assassination” and “humiliation” by a senior leader of the party’s communications department was the reason for his decision to leave the party.“The person who…
First of the four, including CJI Chandrachud, who would retire this yearNEW DELHI: Justice Aniruddha Bose, often referred to by CJI DY Chandrachud as a perfect Bengali ‘bhadralok’ whose intellectual brilliance matched with his sartorial elegance off the court by dressing in crisply ironed dhoti and punjabi, retired on Wednesday after a five year tenure…
NEW DELHI: The security forces on Thursday initiated an anti-terror operation in the Frasipora area of South Kashmir‘s Pulwama district, as confirmed by police sources on Thursday.The operation was launched following intelligence inputs indicating the presence of terrorists in the region. A joint team comprising local police and security forces swiftly mobilized to secure the…
