Hubballi: Four-time MP Pralhad Joshi’s bid for a fifth record win from Dharwad parliamentary constituency faces a significant challenge amid anti-incumbency sentiments and the uncertain impact of Congress’s guarantees.To break Joshi’s winning streak, Congress has strategically fielded Vinod Asooti, a youth from OBC Kuruba community. Asooti, known in Navalgund constituency, is working to unite Ahinda…
NEW DELHI: Once again exuding confidence of a comprehensive victory, PM Narendra Modi wrote to NDA candidates in the third phase of polls scheduled for May 7 and said trends emerging from the first two phases were encouraging as people had made up their minds to support the vision of a developed nation by 2047.With…
NEW DELHI: Delhi high court on Tuesday took a dim view of Meta’s complaints redressal mechanism and said its functioning was “far worse than a govt department.”It was hearing a plea by a media house against blocking of its Instagram page by Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, for alleged copyright violations.“Please…
BHUBANESWAR: Income tax officials seized Rs 50 lakh from a Delhi passenger at Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.Directorate of Revenue Intelligence checked the passenger’s baggage on a tip-off from airport authorities at Delhi. “One bag was found stashed with cash. Intelligence officials already knew the amount as officials in Delhi had intimated…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed the second regular bail plea filed by former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the money laundering and corruption cases pertaining to the now scrapped liquor policy of 2021-22.The court of special judge Kaveri Baweja dismissed the bail pleas in the CBI and ED cases stating that…
DEHRADUN/HARIDWAR: In a double blow to Patanjali, the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) in Chandigarh has imposed a hefty penalty of Rs 27.5 crore on Patanjali Foods for an irregularity in Input Tax Credit (ITC). The notice comes a day after the Uttarakhand govt suspended the licences for 14 products sold by Patanjali Ayurved…
NEW DELHI: After Patanjali Ayurved founders Baba Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna, who had to face contempt proceedings on a plea by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), it now seems to be the turn of the IMA chief to face the music with Supreme Court on Tuesday allowing filing of a contempt application against him for…
BENGALURU: Karnataka govt has been accused of delayed action regarding the sex video case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, leading to a heated debate between Congress and BJP, with questions raised about political motives.Congress’s decision to wait until after the first phase of voting in the state on April 26 is attributed to political…
NEW DELHI: India saved an estimated $7.9 billion in oil import in the 11 months of 2023-24 financial year ended March 31, compared to $5.1 billion over the whole of 2022-23, by purchasing higher volumes of Russian crude at deep discounts, ICRA Research said on Tuesday.The savings leads to a “compression” of 15-22 basis points…
NEW DELHI: Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee has thrown down the gauntlet to Union home minister Amit Shah, daring him to contest against him from the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency. In a bold move, Banerjee declared that if the BJP leader won, he would retire from active politics.Speaking at an election rally…
