Bengaluru: JD(S) leader and Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Friday appeared before the Lokayukta police for questioning in connection with a land denotification case. “He was questioned in the Gangenahalli denotification case,” a Lokayukta official said. The ruling Congress in Karnataka last week asked the Lokayukta to expedite its probe against former Chief Ministers…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has told a court here that RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and his family members obtained illegal gratification in the form of land parcels in exchange for appointments in the Indian Railways. The ED made the submissions in its supplementary chargesheet filed in the case before Special Judge Vishal Gogne,…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole has written to the Election Commission seeking immediate removal of Director General of Police Rashmi Shukla, saying such a step is necessary to ensure the ensuing assembly polls are conducted in a fair and free manner. In a letter to the EC dated September 24, he alleged the 1988-batch…
Let me repeat, what I wrote in early 2001 over two decades ago, that “India is besieged by all-round crises: external and internal. By contrast, other nations pale into insignificance. Many holistic phrases coined by intellectual elites include: Geography is destiny; History, too, is destiny, for understanding the future and studying the past; and so…
Amaravati: Opposition YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has cancelled his planned trip to the Tirupati Lord Venkateshwara Temple, sources close to him said on Friday. His much hyped Tirumala tour was announced as part of the YSRCP’s call for prayers in temples to atone for TDP supremo and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu…
Mysuru: Lokayukta police here on Friday registered a First Information Report (FIR) against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment case, following the court order, official sources said. A Special Court in Bengaluru on Wednesday ordered a Lokayukta police probe against Siddaramaiah in the case, setting the stage…
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Union minister Nitin Gadkari said on Friday while politics is actually synonymous with social service, nation-building and development, in the present times, it only means power politics. The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was speaking at the felicitation of Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Bagade. “Politics does not face the problem of differences of…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court would hear on Monday a plea of Delhi Chief Minister Atishi and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal challenging a high court order that refused to quash a defamation case against them over remarks on the alleged deletion of the names of 30 lakh voters belonging to some communities from the electoral…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s latest statement at an election rally in Jammu and Kashmir caught the attention of political observers and the public alike. In a significant move, Shah urged terror groups in the region to lay down their arms and come forward for talks if they had any grievances to raise. While this…
Bhubaneshwar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Friday recounted an incident from the past where an inspector asked him to “get out” of a police station. Majhi made the remark after inaugurating the two-day collectors’ conference here at Lok Seva Bhawan. Reflecting on his experience that took place barely a month before he became…
