MUMBAI: Seattle-based Indian-American economist and ex-Seattle City Council’s Kshama Sawant, who faced two e-visa rejections last year and has been waiting for an emergency visa to meet her ailing mother for three weeks, has accused the Indian govt of “harassment” and is considering legal recourse. Sawant, 51, said her repeated attempts to visit her 82-year-old…
NEW DELHI: India and Russia look to intensify inter-parliamentary dialogue and cooperation with a visit to India this week by state duma (lower house of Parliament) chairman Vyacheslav Volodin. In the annual summit meeting last year in Moscow, PM Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin had underlined the importance of regular meetings of Inter-Parliamentary Commission…
An Orissa HC judge has granted bail to a man facing prosecution for alleged theft on the condition that he plant 200 saplings of local varieties such as mango, neem, and tamarind around his village in Jharsuguda district and maintain them for two years, reports Lalmohan Patnaik.Manas Ati had been in judicial custody since December…
INDORE: The anti-narcotics department on Sunday seized 1.1kg of MD (mephedrone) worth over Rs 2 crore and confiscated equipment used in its production. Two men were arrested, while a third – a former sarpanch – is on the run. SP Suraj Verma of Neemuch district’s narcotics cell said that police intercepted a motorcycle, following a…
In a bid to make India’s nuclear sector more attractive to foreign investors and boost private sector participation, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced plans to amend the nuclear liability law and set up a nuclear energy mission. The move seems to be strategically timed as the PM gears up for a US visit, where energy…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday upped the ante against Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal, accusing him of making false allegations against the grand-old-party to defame the leaders in different ways.While addressing a rally in Delhi, Kharge said, “Arvind Kejriwal came to you in the guise of votes, abusing Congress, making false…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and member of parliament from West Bengal’s Asansol, Shatrughan Sinha, visited Delhi on Sunday to extend his support to Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal and chief minister Atishi, who is contesting from the Kalkaji Assembly constituency.Sinha, leader of a key ally in the INDIA bloc, took part in…
NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Sunday assured Arvind Kejriwal of strict legal action after he posted on X a clip of men seen encircling AAP’s campaign van and tearing down the party’s posters.The New Delhi DCP, responding to Kejriwal’s post, claimed that “no PCR call or complaint was received in police station”. The top cop…
NEW DELHI: Union minister George Kurian’s remark on Sunday that Kerala should declare itself a backward state to secure better allocations in the Union Budget has ignited a major controversy.Addressing concerns raised by Kerala’s chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and finance minister K N Balagopal regarding the centre’s budget, Kurian said: “If Kerala announces that it…
NEW DELHI: Union minister of state for petroleum and natural gas Suresh Gopi ignited a controversy by suggesting that the tribal affairs portfolio should be managed by individuals from the “upper castes.”Addressing a BJP election campaign event in New Delhi on Sunday, the actor-turned-politician contended that meaningful progress in tribal welfare could only be realized…
