GUWAHATI: Gauhati high court has directed Assam govt to specify in a week the “time by which compensation will be paid” to the six families whose houses were demolished in Nagaon district in 2022. The houses were demolished a day after a mob set Batadrava police station ablaze in protest against the custodial death of…
The petitioners were accused of attacking Randeep Das, a security guard employed by CKC & Sons showroom at Shivajinagar in Bengaluru, and some labourers working on their compound wall on April 29, 2023. Both sides indulged in verbal and physical fights, during which Vidya allegedly used pepper spray. Rejecting the right to private defence invoked…
NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday defended the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) probe into sexual assault allegations against MP Prajwal Revanna, rejecting claims of government interference. He accused BJP‘s Devaraj Gowda of making misleading accusations and urged central government cooperation to bring Revanna back to India.Siddaramaiah in his tweet said, “The Special Investigation…
NEW DELHI: Former Congress leader Acharya Pramod Krishnam on Monday claimed that Rahul Gandhi had made plans to overturn the Supreme Court verdict which facilitated construction of grand Ram Mandir in Ayodhya if the grand old party formed a government at the Centre.“I have spent more than 32 years in the Congress. When the Ram…
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday lodged an FIR against BJP president JP Nadda, party’s IT cell head Amit Malviya and Karnataka unit chief B Y Vijayendra for intimidating members of SC and ST community not to vote for a particular candidate.According to the police , a case has been registered under the sections of…
NEW DELHI: The Rouse Avenue court on Monday refused to grant bail to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha in connection to a money laundering case linked to Delhi excise policy.Kavitha was denied bail in both CBI and ED’s cases. While opposing the bail plea, the Enforcement Directorate said that her role is being…
NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah on Sunday warned that Pakistan possesses nuclear weapons that could be used against India. The senior NC leader was responding to defence minister Rajnath Singh‘s statement about merging Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) with India.“If the defence minister is saying it, then go ahead. Who are we…
NEW DELHI: A collective of 181 current and former Vice Chancellors (VCs) along with heads of regulatory authorities such as the AICTE have issued an open letter urging “appropriate action” against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. They have accused him of allegedly spreading falsehoods regarding the appointment process of university heads and tarnishing the reputation of…
NEW DELHI: Dismissing reports that food regulator FSSAI allows high levels of pesticide residues in spices and herbs, govt on Sunday reiterated that India has one of the most stringent norms for residues in food items. This comes amid a ban imposed by Hong Kong‘s food regulator on certain spice mixes of two leading Indian…
BHOPAL: Two days before the third phase of the LS polls on Tuesday, Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Nirmala Sapre joined BJP on Sunday at a rally of CM Mohan Yadav in Sagar’s Rahatgarh. Sapre is the third state Congress MLA to switch to the saffron camp this election season.Sapre said she was “pained” by state…
