New Delhi: Veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani was admitted to the AIIMS here late on Wednesday night, sources said, adding that the condition of the former Deputy Prime Minister is stable. The 96-year-old leader has been kept in a private ward under the supervision of doctors of the Urology Department, the sources said. He…
Hyderabad: The furore triggered by the defection of a BRS MLA may force Telangana’s ruling Congress to go slow on poaching opposition legislators. After senior Congress leader T. Jeevan Reddy openly voiced his unhappiness over the party admitting Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLA M. Sanjay Kumar into the party, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and his loyalists…
Narsaraopet (AP): Andhra Pradesh Police on Wednesday arrested YSRCP leader P Ramakrishna Reddy after the high court dismissed his anticipatory bail plea in a case over his alleged attack on a TDP polling agent who questioned him for smashing an EVM. On polling day May 13, former Macherla MLA Ramakrishna Reddy barged into polling station…
New Delhi: The ED on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the trial court judge was in a “hurry” and did not afford a reasonable opportunity to the prosecutor to oppose Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s bail in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam. The federal probe agency said the June…
Sultanpur (UP): An MP-MLA court here on Wednesday asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to appear before it on July 2 in a defamation case filed against him for alleged objectionable remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Complaint lawyer Santosh Kumar Pandey said that one Ram Pratap had demanded that he be made a party in…
New Delhi: AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi said on Wednesday that the ruing BJP will not be able to “steam roll” the opposition as the character of the House has changed in new Lok Sabha. Congratulating Om Birla on being elected Speaker for the second term, he said the smaller parties should be heard in the…
Thiruvanthapuram: The Opposition staged a walkout in protest against the state government’s failure to address the price hike. Food and Civil Supplies Minister G. R. Anil maintained that inflation is a national issue and stated that market intervention could help reduce it. He was responding to the adjournment motion raised by Congress legislator Roji M….
Bengaluru: Bengaluru court has dismissed the bail application of former Member of Parliament, Prajwal Revanna, in the ongoing Holenarasipur case. The decision, reserved for today, was announced by Justice Santosh Gajanana Bhatt of the 82nd Sessions Court. Prajwal Revanna, who was seeking bail, had his plea heard by a special court dedicated to cases involving…
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Wednesday passed a unanimous resolution urging the Centre to take up caste-based census soon. The resolution piloted by Chief Minister M K Stalin said the central government should immediately commence the census work, which is due from 2021, along with caste-based population census this time. “This House considers that…
New Delhi: Congratulating Om Birla for being elected speaker of the Lok Sabha for a second term, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said he hoped the Opposition would be allowed to raise the voice of people in the House. He also said the Opposition wanted the House to function “often and well” and…
