Patna: Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi on Tuesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate, which has also summoned her husband and RJD president Lalu Prasad and their son Tej Pratap Yadav for questioning in the land-for-jobs money laundering case, official sources said. Devi reached the ED office on Bank Road here along with her MP…

Nagpur: At least 45 persons have been arrested in connection with the violence in Nagpur during which 34 police personnel and five other persons suffered injuries, district guardian minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on Tuesday. Two of the injured persons were admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in a hospital here, Bawankule told reporters at…

New Delhi: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday accused the BJP-led Centre of systematically undermining of the rural employment guarantee scheme MGNREGA, and demanded raising of minimum wage under it to Rs 400 per day and the number of guaranteed workdays to 150 a year. Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention in the…

New Delhi: Describing the recently-concluded Mahakumbh at Prayagraj as an important milestone, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha that the event is a befitting response to those who questioned India’s capability to organise such a large congregation. Making a statement in the Lok Sabha, Modi said the entire world witnessed the…

New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday gave a call to develop the Delhi Vidhan Sabha as a “model” Assembly, and urged the newly-elected MLAs to upskill themselves with modern technology tools such as Artificial Intelligence. Inaugurating a two-day orientation program for Delhi MLAs at the Vidhan Sabha, Birla said people have high…

New Delhi: US President Donald Trump’s policy of ‘America First’ should not be misunderstood as America alone, US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Tuesday. In an address at the Raisina Dialogue, she said there is a “huge opportunity” in expanding the India-US relationship, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Trump laid…

Nagpur: Curfew has been imposed in several areas of Maharashtra’s Nagpur city after a protest against Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb triggered violence here during which several houses and vehicles were vandalized, officials said on Tuesday. The situation in the city is peaceful at present, they said. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati and leaders from…

Kolkata: Amid the Trinamool Congress raised the issue of ‘fake voters’, the Election Commission has decided to introduce a new option in its software for the detection of ‘ghost’ electors, an official said. The new option would help the Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) find out if multiple names are attached to a particular EPIC number,…

Mumbai: Amid the demand by some right-wing outfits for the removal of Aurangzeb’s tomb in Maharashtra, BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday said it is not right to damage anyone’s grave as this has been spoiling the peace and harmony in the state. Mayawati also said the government should take strict action against such unruly elements,…