Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu): Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his 45-hour-long meditation at the famed Vivekananda Rock Memorial here on Thursday evening, following completion of his two-months long high-pitch poll campaign across the country. After arriving from nearby Thiruvananthapuram by a helicopter, Modi worshipped at the Bhagavathi Amman temple and reached the rock memorial by a…
Bengaluru: Suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, facing allegations of sexually abusing several women, was arrested by the SIT probing the case, minutes after he landed from Germany here in the wee hours of Friday. The 33 year-old MP was arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), as soon as he…
Male: India is supporting 65 community development projects worth USD 23 million in the Maldives and steady progress has been achieved in implementing them, the Indian mission said here on Thursday. Of the 47 High Impact Community Development Projects in Maldives under grant aid by the Government of India approved till November 2023, as many…
Hoshiar (Punjab): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked the opposition to make no mistake in understanding him as he can disclose “sins of their seven generations”, ending his Lok Sabha campaign with another onslaught on rivals in an election marked by acrimony from both sides. Modi’s fierce attacks and sharp words, which have drawn…
Amritsar: BJP chief J P Nadda on Thursday dubbed the INDIA bloc as a group of parties seeped in corruption and said several leaders of the opposition alliance are either in jail or out on bail. On the last day of campaigning for the final phase of Lok Sabha polls, Nadda addressed public meetings in…
Varanasi/Chandigarh: The high-pitched campaigning for the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections in 57 seats in seven states and the Union territory of Chandigarh on June 1 ended Thursday evening. Polling is scheduled in all 13 seats of Punjab and four of Himachal Pradesh, 13 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, nine in West Bengal,…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday issued notice to the ED on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking regular bail in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja, who initially directed the central probe agency to file its response to Kejriwal’s plea by Saturday, later fixed the…
Jammu: Twenty-one people were killed and 47 injured after a bus carrying pilgrims skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Jammu district on Thursday, officials said. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha has expressed anguish at the loss of lives in the accident. The accident took place at the…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday in its order granted bail to activist and student Sharjeel Imam in a sedition and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) case for allegedly making inflammatory speeches in Delhi’s Jamia area and Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). But the Delhi HC order did not ensure Imam release from jail,…
New Delhi: S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday revised outlook on six Indian banks, including SBI and ICICI Bank to positive from stable, mirroring the rating action on the sovereign. S&P also revised the rating outlook to positive from stable on state-owned NTPC, ONGC, and Power Grid and affirmed ‘BBB-‘ issuer and issue ratings on these…
