NEW DELHI: On the President’s address to Parliament, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday alleged it is “sad that the Modi govt is making the President read BJP pamphlet“.“In this 10 year laundry list, the Modi govt has exaggerated even the smallest schemes. This recurrence has been seen in the President’s address in past years…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has directed registration of FIR against the former SHO of Jyoti Nagar police station in the case of a group of men being forced to sing the national anthem and Vande Mataram while lying injured during the 2020 Delhi riots. The court said the cops had “engaged themselves in hate…
NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented move, Rashtrapati Bhavan Friday deplored Sonia Gandhi’s comment that President Droupadi Murmu had got tired delivering her address to Parliament’s joint sitting while PM Modi said the remarks on a tribal woman smacked of the arrogance of the “dynasty”, reports Akhilesh Singh.A Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesperson called Sonia’s remarks “in poor…
NEW DELHI: PM Modi on Friday sought “special blessings” of Goddess Lakshmi for the middle class and poor, fuelling expectations that finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman may give relief to taxpayers and announce more welfare measures for the needy.“Today, at the beginning of the Budget session, I bow to Lakshmi, the goddess of prosperity. And on…
NEW DELHI: Two days after many died in the stampede at Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj, partly blamed on alleged restrictions to facilitate visit of important dignitaries, SC Friday said it agreed with the PIL petitioner that there should not be any special arrangement for VVIP darshans at temples and religious places, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. A…
VARANASI/LUCKOW: Ten pilgrims returning to their homes after a holy dip during the Maha Kumbh were killed in two separate road accidents in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, eight of them falling off the upper deck of a vehicle converted into a double-decker and being crushed under the wheels of a truck, report Rajeev Dikshit &…
Multiple media outlets and social media handles quoted these witnesses as saying that many people were injured in the alleged 6am rerun of Wednesday’s Akhara Marg stampede, triggered by waves of pilgrims running towards the ghats just when batches that had just bathed at Sangam were making their way back. Some reports alleged “six to…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh Friday asked chartered accountants to become strategic advisers, ethical guardians & innovators to stay relevant in today’s dynamic & technology-driven times.Addressing a gathering of CAs at the ‘World Forum of Accountants’, Singh said it requires “new set of skills, including critical thinking, emotional intelligence and adaptability” in today’s environment…
GADAG: The district court in Gadag in Karnataka sentenced on Friday four people to death in connection with a so-called “honour killing” in 2019.All four accused – Parashuram Rathod, Shivappa Rathod, Ravi Rathod, and Ramesh Rathod – were relatives of Gangamma Rathod, 23, who, along with her husband Ramesh Madar, 29, were murdered two years…
BATHINDA: Another protesting farmer died at Shambhu border early Friday, bringing the toll to 36 in nearly a year since the protest started at Shambhu and Khanauri borders on Feb 13, 2024, to press for their demands, including a legal guarantee for minimum support price as per the C2+50% formula.The deceased farmer, Pargat Singh (65),…
