NEW DELHI: Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal waited with his parents at his official Civil Lines residence for Delhi Police to arrive for questioning them in the Swati Maliwal assault case. However, the cops did not visit the house on Thursday.Around noon, Kejriwal released a video message saying, “I am waiting for police with my parents…
NEW DELHI: Campaigning ended Thursday for the penultimate phase of Lok Sabha elections in 58 constituencies across six states and two UTs, including all seven seats in Delhi, amid severe heatwave conditions sweeping across northern India.Delhi is likely to experience record-high temperatures of up to 46 degrees celsius during Saturday’s polling, according to forecasts.In addition…
PRAYAGRAJ: Quashing an FIR lodged by a chief judicial magistrate at UP‘s Banda against officials of the state electricity dept, Allahabad HC Tuesday said the act was “unbecoming of a judge”, reported.A bench of justices Rahul Chaturvedi and Mohd Azhar Husain Idrisi noted that the Banda CJM had levelled “wild and tailored” allegations of fraud,…
PUNE: The grandfather of the 17-year-old involved in the fatal Porsche Taycan crash in Pune around 2.30am on Sunday recorded his statement with the city crime branch on Thursday, claiming he handed over the more than Rs 2 crore electric luxury sedan’s keys to his grandson after consulting his son, the boy’s father – a…
JALANDHAR: One of former Punjab CM Beant Singh’s convicted assassins, Jagtar Singh Tara, was acquitted Thursday of waging war against the state in a 12-year-old case filed under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Arms Act.Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee member Kulbir Singh Barapind and two others had been acquitted in that case in 2014.The court…
NANDIGRAM: A BJP worker’s mother looking for her son after being woken up by the noise of fighting was fatally struck on the head by a suspected Trinamool supporter late Wednesday in Nandigram, plunging this volatile East Midnapore pocket back into the cauldron of political violence two days before it votes in the penultimate phase…
NEW DELHI: Despite recent turbulent history, Maldives is set to introduce India’s RuPay service, according to a senior Maldivian minister who said that the collaboration ‘will bolster the Maldivian Rufiyaa.’ “The upcoming launch of India’s RuPay service is anticipated to further bolster the Maldivian rufiyaa (MVR),” Saeed said in an interview with PSM News on…
PATNA: After predicting a clear win for the BJP-led NDA in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Thursday blamed the BJP for “Bihar’s backwardness and showing no interest in transforming its fate”.Talking to media persons in Madhepura on Thursday, Kishor took potshots at the BJP for “handing” Bihar to JD(U) leader…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and accused him of protecting Prajwal Revanna s facing charges of multiple instances of sexually abusing women. Taking to X, former Congress president wrote,” Why are you protecting a mass rapist, Prime Minister? What is your compulsion?” Gandhi’s remarks comes hours after…
NEW DELHI: Seven Naxalites were killed in an encounter with the security personnel on Thursday in the border area of Bijapur district in Chhatisgarh.The joint team of security personnel was engaged in an anti-Naxal operation when the encounter took place. SP Prabhat Kumar confirmed that seven Naxalites in ‘Maoist uniform’ had been gunned down so…
