NEW DELHI: Former Karnataka minister and BJP MLC CT Ravi, who was arrested Thursday on charges of making ‘derogatory’ remarks against minister Laxmi Hebbalkar, alleged a conspiracy to murder him through a false complaint. The BJP leader also alleged negligence by the police, who he said had not yet registered a complaint or a zero…
VARANASI: Shri Kashi Vidwat Parishad (SKVP), a body of Varanasi scholars, said Thursday that initial research on a temple that lay closed for decades in communally sensitive Madanpura’s Devnathpura locality indicated it was indeed of Siddheshwar Mahadev.However, SKVP general secretary Ram Narain Dwivedi said Thursday, the scholars will conduct a physical survey of the temple…
NEW DELHI: Reserve Bank of India on Thursday flagged its concern over several states announcing farm loan waivers, free power to agriculture and households, free transport and cash transfers to women and youth, cautioning that these spends will lower the funds available to undertake expenditure on building social and physical infrastructure as well as research…
GURDASPUR: Terrorists of a pro-Khalistan outfit lobbed a grenade at an abandoned police post near the border town of Kalanaur in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district late Wednesday, making it the fifth such attack targeting a police station or post in less than a month.Banned Khalistan Zindabad Force claimed responsibility for the attack through a post on…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha deputy chairman Harivansh on Thursday dismissed the notice submitted by the INDIA bloc for the removal of Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on the ground that it did not meet the requirement of 14-day notice, while also observing that allegations against the RS chairman were “an act of impropriety, severely flawed, apparently drawn…
NEW DELHI: In a significant decision giving the executive unfettered right to demolish unauthorised and illegal constructions and encroachments, the Supreme Court has ruled that properties falling foul of law cannot be legitimised on the ground that people have been staying in them for decades and that authorities had blinked at the illegalities.Upholding demolition action…
After the scuffle outside the Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has issued strict instructions that no political party will hold any demonstration at the building gates of the House, sources said.“Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has issued strict instructions that no political party, Member of Parliament or groups of members will hold any dharna…
NEW DELHI: Doctors on Thursday described the condition of Punjab farmer leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, whose fast-unto-death entered its 24th day, as critical after he fainted for 8-10 minutes at the Khanauri border protest site. Doctors attending to him warned of risks of cardiac arrest and multi-organ failure.“His life is hanging by a thread,” said…
NEW DELHI: In a Mumbai ferry accident, the rescue team found a missing passenger’s body on Thursday, increasing the death toll to 14. Authorities continue searching for a seven-year-old boy who remains unaccounted for after the incident. The search effort includes a naval helicopter and vessels from both the Navy and Coast Guard, with eight…
NEW DELHI: Delhi police on Thursday registered an FIR against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi after the Bharatiya Janata Party filed a police complaint against the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, accusing him of “physical assault and incitement” during a scuffle in Parliament premises earlier today. BJP leaders including Anurag Thakur, Bansuri Swaraj and Hemang…
