NEW DELHI: A government school teacher in Bihar, Harendra Rajak, was sent to jail for allegedly telling children in his class “nobody should vote for Modi“. A written complaint was filed against him by family members of several students. Muzaffarpur SSP Rakesh Kumar said that Rajak was arrested for violating the election model code of…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday criticised Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal over the Sandeshkhali issue during a rally in Purulia. PM Modi alleged that TMC members were questioning the character of the women of Sandeshkhali to protect a local strongman, Shahjahan Sheikh.He said that the TMC, which once championed the slogan…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police, late Saturday evening, submitted a remand paper seeking seven days of custody for Bibhav Kumar, an aide to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in connection with the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal. Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Goyal, who presided over the hearing, granted five-day police custody based…
NEW DELHI: Signalling that Congress and AAP will be putting up a united front to strongly counter BJP, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday at a public meeting here said that on May 25 when Delhi goes to polls he will be voting for AAP and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will be voting for Congress. This assertion…
HAJIPUR: At the height of a bitter political rivalry between the two Paswans, BJP sided with Chirag, whose Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) was allotted five seats for LS elections under a seat-sharing arrangement, while the rival LJP faction led by his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras, then a Union minister, was allotted none.Now that Chirag…
HAJIPUR: At the height of a bitter political rivalry between the two Paswans, BJP sided with Chirag, whose Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) was allotted five seats for LS elections under a seat-sharing arrangement, while the rival LJP faction led by his uncle Pashupati Kumar Paras, then a Union minister, was allotted none.Now that Chirag…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand high court has directed the state to propose a new name for a disease that has Ranikhet, a picturesque tourist spot, in its name. After a PIL highlighted that the hill station’s reputation suffers due to its association with an avian disease known as ‘Ranikhet disease’, the administration has now been told to…
DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission directed State Bank of India (SBI) to give appropriate compensation to its customer with a refund in a case of card cloning after Roorkee resident Parthasarthi Mukherjee was defrauded of Rs 80,000 in 2015 when a fraudster withdrew money from two ATMs in Delhi.The decision came after consumer court…
JAMMU: A retired superintendent of police (SP) has been arrested under Official Secrets Act for publishing ‘sensitive information‘ in his book released recently in Jammu, officials said on Saturday, reports Sanjay Khajuria.Mohammad Aslam Sheikh’s book contains FIR copies besides other sensitive information, officials said. He was arrested from his residence at Gandhi Nagar on Friday.Sheikh…
PUNE: A weather conundrum is gathering steam over Bay of Bengal ahead of monsoon arrival. India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast formation of a low-pressure area over southwest Bay of Bengal around May 22, while some independent forecasters sounded alarm about potential for an intense cyclone in the making that could impact Odisha, Maharashtra, and Gujarat.Mrutyunjay…
