Rahul Gandhi on Adani (AP photo) NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday criticised Centre on lack of action against billionnaire Gautam Adani over bribery allegations by US authorities.Gautam Adani, founder chairman of the ports-to-energy conglomerate, his nephew Sagar Adani and another key executive, Vneet Jaain, have been charged by the…
NEW DELHI: Senior lawyers on Wednesday decoded the Gautam Adani-indictment in US with Mahesh Jethmalani questioning the “sketchy evidence” and Mukul Rohatgi calling it “a chargesheet, which charges individuals, for doing specific acts.”“It clearly is an attempt, although it emanates from a court in the US… given the nature of the indictment, the sketchy evidence…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: In a riposte to accusations that the NDA govt is posing a threat to the Constitution and the independence of the judiciary, Prime Minister Modi on Tuesday said he had always discharged his constitutional duties within the executive’s boundaries without ever attempting to encroach upon the turf of other…
NEW DELHI: Noting that it was only losing candidates who suspected tampering of electronic voting machines (EVMs), Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea seeking that voting be done through paper ballot and asked the petitioner to raise his grievances before the appropriate authority.“What happens is, if you win the elections, EVMs are…
ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari (Image from X) DHAKA: The govts of India and Bangladesh sparred Tuesday after communal tensions flared in Chittagong following a court’s denial of bail to Iskcon priest Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, who has emerged as a powerful voice against targeted attacks on Hindus and other minorities since the Aug…
UDAIPUR: Rajasthan authorities took control of portions of Udaipur’s iconic City Palace Tuesday following violent clashes between two factions of Mewar royal descendants. The unrest stemmed from a decades-long property and succession dispute reignited by a ritual linked to the coronation of Mewar’s kings.The conflict pits the family of Arvind Singh Mewar, chairman of Maharana…
NEW DELHI: Russia is eager to invest in and expand the manufacturing of trains and their components in India to meet its domestic requirements, a senior railway ministry official said on Tuesday. Last week, Russian railway major TMH had expressed interest in this plan.In response to a question on Russian investment in the railway sector…
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray MUMBAI: Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday held a meeting with all his losing MLA candidates and told them to file applications with the EC for verification of electronic voting machine-voter verifiable paper audit trail (EVM-VVPAT) units. Many defeated candidates blamed EVMs for their loss and suggested…
NEW DELHI: BJP on Tuesday lit into Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for resuming his attack on Veer Savarkar after keeping mum on the Hindutva ideologue during the poll campaign in Maharashtra where he is revered as a social reformer and nationalist.The party cited PM Narendra Modi‘s remarks during the Maharashtra campaign that Rahul” silence was…
With clamour growing in the Sena for him to be CM again, Shinde appealed to Sena workers – some of whom came up with the slogan ”Ek’nath hain to safe hain’ to push for him as CM – not to gather at Varsha, the CM’s official residence, to demand that he be made CM. MUMBAI:…
