SERAIKELA: At 68, former Jharkhand CM and ex-JMM stalwart Champai Soren has chosen to go against his political guru Shibu Soren, whom he had rubbed shoulders with during the movement for Jharkhand statehood. He will now fight to stay relevant and save his legacy in the state’s political arena, especially in Kolhan region.Known as “Kolhan…
NAGPUR: Political namesakes contesting from a single constituency often confuse voters. This time, NCP (Ajit Pawar faction) has fielded Anil Deshmukh from Katol who is in no way linked to Maharashtra’s former home minister and NCP(SCP) neta Anil Deshmukh, who has represented the constituency five times – four of which were on the ‘clock’ symbol.The…
NEW DELHI: Delhi HC has directed a TV news channel to take down a YouTube video of a debate in which BJP spokesperson Sanju Verma used derogatory words against Congress‘s Shama Mohamed.HC said in its recent order that freedom of speech and expression under the Constitution was “subject to reasonable restrictions in interest of public…
Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge New Delhi: In a fresh salvo aimed at Congress amid a war of words over election promises, BJP on Saturday emphasised the credibility of commitments made under PM Modi, contrasting it with what they described as Congress’s “crisis of credibility”.Party spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi said BJP had progressively expanded the scope of…
NEW DELHI: Union environment ministry has initiated an independent inquiry into the death of 10 jumbos in Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve, and said preventive measures are being taken by officials to avoid such incidents in the future. Referring to preliminary information shared by state govt, the ministry Saturday said the death may be because of poisoning,…
KEONJHAR: Tension prevailed in Champua PS area of Odisha’s Keonjhar district after vandals destroyed a nearly 200-year-old place of worship in Jharkhand‘s Jayantigarh village Friday evening, reports Naresh Chandra Pattanayak. Jayantigarh is located on the banks of Baitarani river which borders Odisha and Jharkhand. The incident triggered road blockades and market closures in both the…
Aditya Sharma’s X-ray shows some of the 65 items found in his stomach AGRA: A 14-year-old boy from Hathras in UP died hours after doctors at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital — in a complex and gruelling surgery that lasted almost five hours — removed about 65 objects, including batteries, chains, razor blade fragments and screws, from…
NAGPUR: Jagdish Uikey, a 35-year-old resident of Maoist-affected Gondia district in Maharashtra, was taken into custody by Nagpur police on charges of sending 354 hoax emails targeting Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), top govt officials, flights and trains across India. Uikey had emailed PMO and other officials nearly 100 times since January, requesting endorsement for his…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Canadian PM Justin Trudeau NEW DELHI: In its response to Canada’s allegation that Union home minister Amit Shah authorised attacks on Sikhs in Canada, Indian govt said on Saturday that it summoned the country’s diplomat to strongly protest the “absurd and baseless” references made by their minister before a parliamentary…
Hab-1 inflatable habitat at Leh is equipped with essentials like a hydroponics farm, kitchen and sanitation facilities for analog space NEW DELHI: The country’s first analog space mission has taken off at Leh in Ladakh, where space agency Isro will simulate life in an interplanetary habitat as India is planning to send a human to…
