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FARRUKHABAD: Take an ancient town steeped in lore and stories of greatness. Transport it to the modern age but deprive it of meaningful infrastructure. What do you get? Farrukhabad. A city interrupted, teeming with seething people upset at the glorious march of its more fortuitous neighbours and its own unfulfilled aspirations.Go around Farrukhabad by the…
FARRUKHABAD: Take an ancient town steeped in lore and stories of greatness. Transport it to the modern age but deprive it of meaningful infrastructure. What do you get? Farrukhabad. A city interrupted, teeming with seething people upset at the glorious march of its more fortuitous neighbours and its own unfulfilled aspirations.Go around Farrukhabad by the…
BEHRAMPORE: When Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury started winning Behrampore Lok Sabha in 1999, Yusuf Pathan was a 17-year-old. Pathan, the former India cricketer who was part of two World Cup winning squads made his cricket debut two years later. And yet, to borrow a metaphor from cricket, the election in Behrampore in Murshidabad is poised to…
MYSURU: BJP functionary G Devarajegowda, the first to alert his party last year about sleaze and sexual abuse videos allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, was arrested late Friday in a sexual harassment case, reports Milton Lawrence.Devarajegowda, also an advocate, was held near Chitradurga and brought to Holenarasipura, Hassan, on Saturday. He was later remanded…
NEW DELHI: Reacting to Rahul Gandhi’s call for a face-to-face debate on Lok Sabha elections with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP on Saturday questioned his knowledge of poll issues as well as his standing in Congress party, noting that he is neither the president of his party nor the leader of opposition in Parliament.At a…
BHUBANESWAR: PM Narendra Modi claimed on Saturday that Congress was trying to instil fear among Indians by emphasising Pakistan possesses nuclear weapons but now “the situation in Pakistan is such that it’s not even in a position to handle the bombs they have”, reports Ashok.Pradhan.“They are out to sell the bombs. They are looking for…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not take action in response to allegations that industrialists Mukesh Ambani and Gautam Adani were involved in sending black money to the opposition party.Addressing election rallies in Bihar’s Samastipur and Muzaffarpur, Kharge said, “PM Modi says we are silent on Ambani and…
BIJAPUR: A 25-year-old woman was killed after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by Naxalites went off in Chhattisgarh‘s Bijapur district on Saturday, the police said. Shanti Punem was collecting tendu leaves near Mallur village within the limits of the Gangaloor police station when she died in the blast, a police official said. Engrossed in…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday accepted an invitation to a public debate with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which was requested by two former judges and a senior journalist through a letter sent to both the leaders. Former Judges Madan B Lokur, Ajit P Shah, and senior journalist N Ram wrote a letter…
