KOZHIKODE: “Unconditional” support offered by Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) to Congress-led UDF in the Lok Sabha elections in Kerala has put the latter in a spot, with both BJP and the governing Left (LDF) accusing it of taking support from extremist groups. SDPI is widely viewed as the political arm of the banned…
MUMBAI: Hours after the Maharashtra Congress unit urged the All India Congress Committee to take disciplinary action against former Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam for sustained anti-party activity, the AICC expelled him from the party for six years. “Taking note of the complaints of indiscipline and anti-party statements, the AICC president has approved the expulsion…
NEW DELHI: Sharad Pawar on Wednesday complained to Supreme Court that Ajit Pawar‘s NCP was not complying with the court order to give wide publicity in newspapers and pamphlets to the legal battle over party symbol ‘clock’, which it was allowed to use, and state that the matter was sub judice. Sharad Pawar sought the…
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress‘s Lok Sabha election candidate Mahua Moitra has made public a WhatsApp conversation she had with her mother, where the latter expressed readiness to fight her daughter’s battle if central agencies arrest Mahua.“Keep a power-of-attorney ready in my name. In case they pick you up, I will file the nomination,” Mahua’s mother Manju…
The Lok Adalat cannot entertain any applications where judicial orders are required as proceedings before it are not judicial in nature, the Kalaburagi bench of the Karnataka high court ruled recently.“It may be a fact that a judicial officer presides over the Lok Adalat as a conciliator along with an advocate-conciliator. But such a judicial…
PUNE: “Spirit can overcome challenges,” said Lt Col Dwarakesh after winning gold and silver medals in the 23rd national para swimming championships held between March 29 and 31 in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh.Lt Col Dwarakesh’s tenacity and perseverance have helped him add another feather in his cap, as the Army’s only blind active-duty officer clinched the…
GUWAHATI: The election officer of Imphal East district in Manipur has instructed the police to take “legal action” against an Independent candidate running for the Inner Manipur Lok Sabha seat for allegedly violating the election model code of conduct by threatening to kill chief minister N Biren Singh during a live TV discussion on April…
AHMEDABAD: After a Palanpur court convicted him in a 1996 drug planting case, former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt has urged the Gujarat high court to direct the state govt and jail authorities not to shift him to a central jail, citing threats from dreaded criminals and terrorists that he had nabbed during service.The state govt…
NEW DELHI: NSA Ajit Doval stressed the need for perpetrators of cross-border terrorism to be dealt with effectively and expeditiously, as he underlined the threat from India-focused terror groups like LeT and JeM, as well as IS, Al Qaeda and its affiliates.Speaking at a meeting of the SCO in Astana, Doval took a swipe at…
NEW DELHI: A criminal committing murder or a politician indulging in “terrorism” can’t claim immunity from arrest on the ground that elections are near, Enforcement Directorate (ED) told Delhi high court on Wednesday.Opposing any relief to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on his plea challenging the legal validity of his arrest, ED also maintained that…
