KOLKATA: In the backdrop of a woman employee levelling molestation charge against West Bengal governor Dr CV Ananda Bose, the Raj Bhavan here on Wednesday said it would show the related CCTV footage to 100 people, except “politician” Mamata Banerjee and “her police”. Following the allegation, the police had requested the Raj Bhavan to share…
NEW DELHI: Replying to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s allegations that the Congress has received money from businessmen Adani and Ambani, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi challenged the PM to initiate a CBI or ED investigation into the matter. Gandhi questioned whether PM Modi’s comments about money being sent by businessmen in a tempo were based on…
NEW DELHI: Sam Pitroda on Wednesday quit as the chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress after a massive row over his racist remarks. Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has accepted his resignation. “Sam Pitroda has decided to step down as Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress of his own accord. The Congress President has accepted his…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday criticised the Congress party’s “divisive mindset”, specifically targeting the controversial remarks made by Sam Pitroda, and questioned whether the DMK, a key ally of the Congress, would sever ties with the party for the sake of Tamil “culture and pride”.The Prime Minister alleged that if voted to…
MUMBAI: India is the origin of the largest number of international migrants – around 18 million, with large diasporas living in UAE, US and Saudi Arabia. It continued its march as the top country receiving remittances, but 2022 was spectacular with the figure crossing the $100 mark.According to the World Migration Report, 2024, released in…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka Police has summoned BJP National President JP Nadda and party member Amit Malviya to Bengaluru’s High Grounds police station, asking them to appear in connection with a tweet posted by BJP Karnataka that allegedly targeted the SC/ST community.“For the purpose of investigation of the said case, you are hereby directed to appear…
NEW DELHI: Former Jammu and Kashmir CM Ghulam Nabi Azad was one of the flyers who got stuck after his Delhi-Srinagar Air India Express flight got cancelled on Wednesday. Expressing discontentment over the inconvenience caused, Azad said, “Air India should be shut down again”, further adding that it has a “bad culture”.“If the flights have…
NEW DELHI: JD(S) leader HD Revanna was on Wednesday sent to judicial custody till May 14. He was arrested on May 4 by SIT officials in a kidnapping case linked to a larger obscene videos case, in which his son Prajwal has also been charged. HD Revanna was in the custody of the State Investigation…
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday upheld the renaming by Maharashtra govt of Aurangabad and Osmanabad cities and revenue districts each as Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Dharashiv respectively. “We have not doubt that the notifications renaming Aurangabad city and revenue district as Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar and Osmanabad city and revenue district as Dharashi do not…
NEW DELHI: Opening a new front to attack the Congress and Rahul Gandhi, Prime Minister Modi on Wednesday accused the grand old party of hoarding black money from the Adanis and the Ambanis to stop all attacks against the top industrialists of India. Prime Minster Modi, who is on a whirlwind tour of Telangana and…
