Arvind Kejriwal (ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party on Friday accused the BJP-led central government and Delhi Police of conspiring to “kill” its supremo Arvind Kejriwal. The party urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) to reinstate his security cover, earlier provided by the Punjab Police, which was recently withdrawn. AAP also…
NEW DELHI: 10 opposition MPs were suspended for a day on Friday following a ruckus during the Joint Parliamentary Committee meeting on the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024.The suspended MPs include Kalyan Banerjee, Md. Jawaid, A Raja, Asaduddin Owaisi, Nasir Hussain, Mohibullah, M. Abdullah, Arvind Sawant, Nadimul Haq, and Imran Masood.Following the meeting, TMC MP Kalyan…
Akhilesh Yadav and Yogi Adityanath (File photos: PTI) Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Friday took a veiled jibe at Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, questioning if he could sip water from the Yamuna river in his own state, specifically in Mathura.The remark followed Yogi Adityanath’s criticism of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal regarding the…
NEW DELHI: A person was killed while 10 people are feared trapped in a blast at an Ordnance factory in Maharashtra’s Bhandara district on Friday.According to PRO defence Nagpur, the rescue and medical teams are deployed for survivors and rescue is underway.District collector Sanjay Kolte said the explosion occurred around 10:30am in Jawahar Nagar area…
Farooq Abdullah (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah on Thursday joined a group of singers to perform the devotional song, “Tune Mujhe Bulaya Sherawaliye, Main Aaya Main Aaya Sherawaliye.”The NC leader was attending a religious event at Mata Vaishno Devi shrine at Jammu’s Katra. He…
CHENNAI: Giving more teeth to the definition of sexual harassment at the work place, Madras high court has held that the “act” is more important than the “intention” behind the act.“Unwelcome behaviour at the workplace is sexual harassment irrespective of the harasser’s intent,” JusticeR N Manjula said. “If something is not received well, and it…
KOLKATA: Yellow taxis are here to stay in Kolkata, but the future may not be Ambassador. State govt has allowed all light commercial vehicles with taxi permits to be painted yellow, in a move aimed at preserving the cultural identity of an iconic mode of city transport. A ‘light commercial vehicle’, as per road rules,…
KOLKATA: Father of Shariful Fakir, the illegal Bangladeshi immigrant arrested by Mumbai police for allegedly stabbing actor Saif Ali Khan during a burglary attempt at his Bandra home, claimed that police have framed his son. He said Shariful is not the person shown in the video from the initial CCTV footage released the day after…
NEW DELHI: Amid signs of improvement in ties with China, India Thursday announced that foreign secretary Vikram Misri will visit Beijing on Jan 26-27 for a meeting of the foreign secretary-vice minister mechanism between the two countries.This will be the second high-level visit from India after NSA Ajit Doval travelled to Beijing last month for…
NEW DELHI/JAMMU: The mystery illness and deaths of as many as 17 people in Jammu & Kashmir’s Rajouri district could be due to toxins (poisonous substances).Union minister Jitendra Singh, who was in Kathua to inaugurate a bridge, confirmed this on Thursday, while adding that investigation is on to identify the type of toxin. “Initial investigations…
