TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s lawyer has reacted to CBI’s supplementary chargesheet that has a mention of a certain Abhishek Banerjee. NEW DELHI: The CBI has recently submitted its third supplementary chargesheet in the cash-for-school job scam and named a certain Abhishek Banerjee who demanded Rs 15 crore for illegal appointments. An audio file of a…
Nitish Kumar’s cabinet on Wednesday got seven new ministers. All of them are from the BJP. NEW DELHI: As Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar expanded his cabinet on Wednesday with seven BJP MLAs taking oath as ministers, Congress leader Supriya Shrinate said the expansion was only a diversion tactic ahead of the election scheduled for…
The Shiv Sena (UBT) workers smashed window panes and damaged furniture in the security office. NEW DELHI: A 26-year-old woman was allegedly raped inside a state transport bus early Tuesday morning when it was parked at Swargate bus stand in Pune, just a few meters away from the police station.The victim stated that while waiting…
NEW DELHI: Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday downplayed controversy surrounding the reports of rift with the Congress party after his recent podcast where he was cited saying that he had “other options” if the party did not require his services.” You all heard the podcast, what was the controversy about?…I still haven’t understood the controversy…now that…
NEW DELHI: The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) turned down the request from a female staff to undergo a gender change procedure, citing the Central Armed Police Forces medical wing’s opinion that this may have a “bad impact on the psychology and behaviour pattern of force personnel.”Earlier, ITBP sought guidance from the ministry of home affairs…
NEW DELHI: Nitish Kumar led-NDA government on Wednesday expanded its cabinet ahead of the assembly elections scheduled in November this year.Seven BJP MLAs including Sanjay Saraogi, Sunil Kumar, Jibesh Mishra, Motilal Prasad, Krishan Kumar Mantoo, Raju Kumar Singh and Vijay Kumar Mandal took oath as cabinet ministers.Bihar governor Arif Mohammed Khan administered the oaths.Earlier, Bihar…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has spent Rs 66 crore in the fiscal year 2023-24, making a total of over 400 crore on legal proceedings during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime, from 2014 to 2024. The expenditure on court cases in 2023-24 exceeded the previous year’s spending by more than Rs 9 crore.Official records presented to…
NEW DELHI: The central government on Wednesday opposed the petition seeking imposition of lifetime ban on convicted politicians and said that taking such a step was solely under Parliament’s domain.“The question whether a life-time ban would be appropriate or not is a question that is solely within the domain of the parliament,” the affidavit said….
NEW DELHI: Terrorists on Wednesday opened fire at an army vehicle in the Sunderbani area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri, officials told news agency PTI.There were no immediate reports of any casualties in the brief firing near Phal village in the Sunderbani sector, they said.The terrorists, believed to be hiding in a forest, fired a…
NEW DELHI: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Wednesday said it neutralised an intruder after observing “a suspicious movement across the IB (International Border)”.The army said the intruder was shot as he kept moving even after the alert troops challenged him.“At pre-dawn today, BSF troops observed a suspicious movement across the IB (International Border) in…
