NEW DELHI: Amid growing claims by opposition parties that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) will be scrapped immediately if they come to office, Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday declared that the process of giving citizenship under the law will begin this month, while also defending the “timing” of Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest by saying…
JAMMU: Alert BSF troops shot a Pakistan intruder near a forward post along the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir late Wednesday evening and possibly thwarted a major infiltration bid.The troops, on noticing a suspicious movement close to the border fence around 8.15 pm, challenged the intruder. He ignored the repeated warnings,…
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NEW DELHI: JD(S) MLA and former Karnataka minister H D Revanna has moved the People’s Representative Court in Bengaluru on Thursday, seeking anticipatory bail following a notice from the Special Investigation Team (SIT) indicating an imminent arrest in a sexual harassment case registered in Holenarasipura, Hassan.The court, responding to Revanna’s plea, has directed the SIT…
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NEW DELHI: The diplomatic passport of suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who has been accused of sexually abusing several women, cannot be cancelled or revoked unless there is a court order, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Thursday.“Revocation of diplomatic passport can only happen as per the provisions of the Passport Act ……
NEW DELHI: TMC leader Kunal Ghosh on Thursday launched a scathing attack on All India Trinamool Congress and accused the Mamata Banerjee-led party of being aware of the teachers recruitment scam even before the 2021 assembly polls. “The party was well aware of the fact that large-scale corruption and extortion in lieu of jobs was…
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his letter to NDA candidates. In his letter, Kharge suggested that the tone and content of the letter indicate desperation and worry, leading the Prime Minister to use language unbefitting of his office. The Congress president emphasized that voters are…
MALDA: The Mercedes Benz (WMD– 4085) with a red beacon parked in Malda’s Kotwali Bhawan garage for the last 18 years serves as a reminder that the legacy of Barkat da or ABA Ghani Khan Chowdhury remains to this day in Malda.The legend goes that Ghani Khan, five-time MLA, eight-time MP and a state and…
As the political atmosphere heats up in north Karnataka, which encompasses 14 constituencies, ahead of polling on May 7, all eyes are on the Lingayat community, a dominant caste in the region. The Lingayats, constituting the state’s largest single community, make up nearly 17% of the 5.3 crore electorate, while the Vokkaligas, another politically significant…
