NEW DELHI: Former President Pranab Mukherjee‘s daughter Sharmistha alleged that a “real rot” had seeped into the Congress party as she accused the party of orchestrating a relentless trolling campaign against her and her father across social media platforms. The comments came after she raised doubts as to why no Congress Working Committee (CWC) meet…
NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday took a jibe over the excavation work being undertaken in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal, stating that he believes there is a ‘Shivling’ underneath the chief minister’s residence too.“Since the excavation work is underway, I believe that there is a Shivling at the Chief Minister’s residence too. We…
BENGALURU: Karnataka CID‘s SIT, probing rape charges against BJP MLA Munirathna Naidu and other allegations against his three associates, including a police official, submitted a chargesheet before a special court for elected representatives.The 2,481-page chargesheet says Naidu raped a 40-year-old woman for over two years from 2020, while R Sudhakar, P Srinivas and suspended inspector…
HYDERABAD: Telangana HC recently ruled that a single parent with custody of a minor child can apply for and obtain a passport for the child without needing signature of the other parent.Allowing a petition filed by a four-year-old girl, represented by her mother, Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya set aside the Hyderabad regional passport officer’s missive requiring…
BENGALURU: Karnataka police have arrested an Axis Bank relationship manager in Rajkot and three others in an interstate cybercrime and financial fraud after the four allegedly embezzled over Rs 12 crore from Bengaluru-based Dreamplug Paytech Solutions Pvt Ltd, the operator of Cred, a rewards-based credit card payment platform.The accused include relationship manager Vaibhav Pithadiya (29),…
NEW DELHI: The seating arrangement at the Nigambodh Ghat state funeral for Manmohan Singh saw government leaders and the Congress camp occupy two separate sides of the row.While the visible division could be on account of State protocol, it reflected the cold vibes between Congress and BJP which became intense on the eve of the…
NEW DELHI: When Manmohan Singh‘s daughter Upinder Singh lit the pyre of the former PM, she was following the Sikh tradition of not allowing differentiation on gender lines in who leads rituals linked to cremation. Members of the Sikh community point out that their women have for long carried out rituals on the passing of…
NEW DELHI: Whether it was the Gandhi family, the Congress worker, the man on the street, or the woman in the metro, Delhi stood up in applause and mourning on Saturday to say a final goodbye to Manmohan Singh, the self-effacing former PM who touched as many hearts with his dignity as lives with his…
INDORE: Sometime on Saturday night or early Sunday morning, trucks may begin rolling out of Bhopal carrying the remnants of tragic history.Around 337 tonnes of toxic waste left over from 1984 gas tragedy will be taken 225km away to Pithampur to be turned into smoke and ashes. Bhopal gas tragedy relief and rehabilitation department director…
KOCHI/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A CBI court in Kochi convicted Saturday 14 people, including former CPM MLA KV Kunhiraman, in the 2019 twin murder of Youth Congress members Kripesh, 19, and Sarath Lal KP, 23, in Periya town of Kerala’s Kasaragod district.Ten of the total 24 accused were acquitted. The court will pronounce the sentences on Jan 3….
