Thiruvananthapuram: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has announced that conditions are favorable for the onset of the monsoon over Kerala on Friday, with the state expected to receive 6% above-normal rainfall this season. Very heavy rainfall is forecast for Kerala on Friday, with rain or thundershowers likely in most areas until June 2nd. The IMD…
Gorakhpur/Mirzapur (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said Congress and Samajwadi Party leaders seem to have lost their minds on the issue of the Ram temple in Ayodhya and asserted that the “adversaries of Lord Ram have never found lasting peace”. He also said only a Ram Bhakt (devotee of Lord Ram)…
New Delhi: A court here on Tuesday granted three days to Delhi Police for custodial interrogation of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s aide Bibhav Kumar, who has been accused of assaulting AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal. The court said Delhi Police cannot be “deprived of its right” to recover the mobile phone which he was…
Kolkata: Kolkata on Tuesday witness to multiple high-octane and colourful road shows by top leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and two such by Mamata Banerjee, his arch-political rival in West Bengal, even as campaign frenzy reached its zenith ahead of the last phase of Lok Sabha elections. In his first ever road show in Kolkata,…
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday reserved for June 4 its order on whether to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate’s supplementary charge sheet against Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam. The court will also decide whether to take note of the alleged offence against…
Bhubaneshwar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s close aide and senior BJD leader VK Pandian on Tuesday claimed the opposition BJP has “committed nine self goals” during the ongoing Lok Sabha and Odisha Assembly polls thus boosting the regional party’s electoral prospect. Pandian claimed that the BJP’s self-goals will help the BJD and none can stop the…
Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea filed by Umar Khalid in larger conspiracy of Delhi riots case. The Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Courts dismissed Khalid’s plea, Bar and Bench reported. The former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) scholar is accused in UAPA case related to 2020 Delhi riots. He sought…
Kozhikode (Kerala): Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday said the various welfare schemes and policies in the country are “not pivoted to the poor”. Chidambaram said an egalitarian society can be created only if the schemes and policies are oriented towards the poor. The former union minister was speaking on the topic ‘Inclusive Growth:…
Guwahati: Cyclone Remal wreaked havoc in parts of the Northeast on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people and injuring several others. The rains, which were accompanied by gusty winds, uprooted trees and triggered landslides at many places. In Mizoram, 22 people were killed and some others reported missing after a stone quarry collapsed. The incident…
Bansgaon: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday that an INDIA bloc government will end the 50 per cent cap on reservation while asserting that the alliance will protect the Constitution with “dil, jaan aur khoon”. Addressing an election rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Bansgaon with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Gandhi said, “These elections are a…
