MUMBAI/NAGPUR: The killing of Baba Siddique could potentially have been prevented if Mumbai police crime branch had investigated key suspect Shubham Lonkar and not let him go in the case of firing on Salman Khan’s flat, sources in the police said.In June, crime branch had questioned Shubham from Pune for providing shelter to suspects in…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a plea challenging the power of LG of J&K to nominate five members to assembly of J&K and asked the petitioner to approach HC to raise the issue.“We are not inclined to entertain the present petition under Article 32 of the Constitution and give liberty to the…
HYDERABAD: Trouble erupted outside a temple of a local deity in Muthyalamma area in Secunderabad early on Monday morning after a man from the minority community barged into the temple premises and damaged the idol. Locals caught hold of the man and assaulted him before handing him over to the police. He is undergoing treatment…
Mallikarjun Kharge (File photo) NEW DELHI: Encouraged by the decision of the family of Mallikarjun Kharge to return five acres of state-owned land in Bengaluru allotted to it, BJP on Monday went on the offensive against the Congress chief by demanding his resignation, while also alleging that the controversial deal is yet another confirmation of…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday assured the Punjab govt that it would procure the entire approved 184 lakh tonne of paddy, equivalent to 124 lakh tonne of rice, this year without any restrictions.Hours after meeting Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, Union food minister Pralhad Joshi, in a social media post, said he had extended…
NEW DELHI: Prices of several essential drugs used to treat conditions such as asthma, glaucoma, thalassaemia, tuberculosis and mental health disorders, are expected to rise, as govt has approved a 50% increase in their ceiling price.Regarding the reason behind the decision, the govt, in a statement on Monday, said, “The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)…
PURULIA: Two years after the murder of Congress councillor Tapan Kandu in Jhalda in Bengal’s Purulia district, his widow – Purnima Kandu (42) – also a councillor from the same party, died due to “unknown cause” on Friday.On Friday, Purnima and her children, Dev (24) and Deepa (21), went to a Durga Puja pandal in…
BIJNOR/SHAMLI: Four police officers have been suspended for “negligence” and a probe has been launched after a 19-year-old man accused of eloping with a minor was found hanging inside the house of a cop investigating the case. Instead of taking Deepak Kumar to the police station in Bijnor, sub-inspector Sunil Kumar brought the teen to…
NEW DELHI: Junior doctors protesting the rape and murder of their colleague at RG Kar Hospital marched to Raj Bhavan in Kolkata on Monday, where they submitted a memorandum to Governor CV Ananda Bose. A delegation of five junior doctors, including Mostafi Ahmed, Debashish Halder, and Satyadip Sarkar, had a meeting with the governor.“We met…
NEW DELHI: Is the Congress on the backfoot over another land-related controversy? The decision of Rahul Kharge, son of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, to withdraw the request for allotment of five acres of land in Bengaluru, has put the spotlight back on the grand-old-party’s land troubles. The BJP has been quick to take swipes at…
