Former Jharakhand CM Hemant Soren assisted by revenue official in Ranchi ‘land scams’: ED | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said that former chief minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren took assistance of a revenue official and custodian of original government records, Bhanu Pratap Prasad in his alleged “activities linked to illegal occupation, acquisition or possession of proceeds of crime in the form of landed properties.”According to the…

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Lok Sabha polls: Mamata Banerjee says ‘probe agencies working for BJP’, seeks level-playing field | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while addressing a public rally in Cooch Behar ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.In a no-holds-barred attack on the BJP, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo alleged that the central probe agencies, BSF, and CISF are working…

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5 power centres in Congress … Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka have their own lobbies: Sanjay Nirupam | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Sanjay Nirupam, who was expelled on Thursday by Congress for anti-party activities, said there are five power centres in the grand old party, each of them having their own lobbies which clash with each other. Nirupam claimed that there was no future for the Congress and alleged there was “tremendous arrogance” in the…

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Indian Air Force Apache helicopter makes precautionary landing in Ladakh, sustains damage | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: An Indian Air Force Apache helicopter executed a precautionary landing on Thursday during an operational training sortie in the Ladakh Area of Responsibility (AOR) on April 3, 2024. The aircraft sustained damage during the landing process, attributed to the undulating terrain and high altitude prevalent in the region.The IAF has ordered a Court…

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‘Cant’ raise anti-Sanatan slogans’: Gourav Vallabh joins BJP, hours after quitting Congress | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Hours after quitting Congress, Gourav Valabh on Thursday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at its headquarters in Delhi.After joining the BJP, Vallabh said that he was ‘hurt’ over Congress’s silence when some big leaders in the party and its partners in the INDIA bloc spewed venom on Sanatan Dharma. “I wrote to…

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Expelled Sanjay Nirupam lashes out at ‘promptness’ of Congress party | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam‘s stint in the party ended bitterly as he was expelled for “indiscipline” and “anti-party statements,” which arose in the backdrop of Congress ceding the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency to Uddhav Thackeray’s party.Reacting to the party’s expulsion letter, the ex-Congress leader took a dig at the party’s “promptness,”…

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Gourav Vallabh quits Congress, says not comfortable with party’s ‘directionless way’ of moving forward | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Congress leader and spokesperson Gourav Vallabh on Thursday tendered his resignation from the Congress party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. “I do not feel comfortable with the directionless way in which the Congress party is moving forward. I can neither raise anti-Sanatana slogans nor abuse the wealth creators of the country. I…

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BJP to take foreign political parties on election tourism | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: In a first for Indian elections, representatives of 15 political parties (confirmed so far) from other democracies will be having first-hand experience of witnessing world’s biggest democratic process from inside the arena. BJP, which facilitated foreign diplomats’ presence to understand the electoral exercise during the recent assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh…

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