Surat: The controversy surrounding Nilesh Kumbhani, the Congress party’s Surat constituency candidate who gave a walkover to the BJP, refuses to die down even after five days. On Thursday, his wife Nita Kumbhani appeared before the media and claimed that her husband Nilesh Kumbhani has been missing since the last five days. Nita, speaking to…
Hyderabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah made a bold assertion, declaring that if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regains power in the Centre following the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, they would terminate the 4% job reservations designated for Muslims in Telangana. Shah emphasized that instead, these reservations would be allocated to Backward Classes (BC), Scheduled…
New Delhi: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Shashi Tharoor, and actor-turned-politician Arun Govil are among the key candidates in the fray for the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls with BJP’s Hema Malini, Om Birla and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat seeking a hat-trick of wins from their respective constituencies. Staggered over seven stages, the first…
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is the “kingpin and key conspirator” of the excise policy scam and the arrest of a person for an offence based on material can never violate the “concept of free and fair elections”, the ED has told the Supreme Court. The Enforcement Directorate claimed that Kejriwal worked in…
Patna: At least six people died in a fire that broke out in a hotel close to the Patna Junction railway station on Thursday, a senior official said. According to Senior Superintendent of Police, Rajeev Mishra, more than 20 people have been rescued from the building, situated in a crowded locality, by fire-fighters. “Three people…
New Delhi: Taking cognisance for the first time of a model code violation complaint against a prime minister, the Election Commission on Thursday issued a notice to BJP president JP Nadda on the Opposition charge that Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave divisive and defmatory speech in Rajasthan’s Banswara. Separately, the poll panel also issued a notice…
Washington: Two Indian restaurants in Colorado have duped investors to the tune of USD 380,000, state regulators have alleged and are now seeking to recover the amount from them. In a lawsuit, the Colorado Division of Securities has alleged that the owners of Indian restaurants Bombay Clay Oven and Saucy Bombay used “half-truths and lies”…
Mumbai: BJP Rajya Sabha member Ashok Chavan on Wednesday said an individual’s opinion does not matter when it comes to narrative about the Constitution and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has clearly stated the statue book will not be changed. The former Maharashtra Chief Minister pointed out that a party colleague and sitting MP who talked…
Srikakulam (Andhra Pradesh): TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said he considers women of the state his siblings as he does not have a sister of his own and added his aim is to make them self-reliant. He also promised to serve their families as an elder son. “The crisis created by Chief Minister…
New Delhi: Rishabh Pant virtually sealed his spot as India’s first choice wicketkeeper for the T20 World Cup with a belligerent unbeaten half-century in Delhi Capitals’ narrow four-run win over Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League here on Wednesday. Skipper Pant and Axar Patel forged a blistering stand of 113 runs off 68 balls…
