Wayanad/Thrissur (Kerala): The Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, where Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra made her electoral debut, saw a voter turnout of around 65 per cent during the bypoll on Wednesday. This was a decline from the close to 74 per cent turnout recorded in the polls held in April, when her brother and…
Chatrapati Simbhaji Nagar (Maharashtra): Sharpening attack on the BJP, Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Patil said those seeking Hindu unity have ignored the concerns of Marathas and denied them reservation as he claimed the ‘Mahayuti’ government will suffer a drubbing in the Maharashtra assembly polls. He alleged that the interests of every section of society…
New Delhi: India supports an early ceasefire in Gaza and it has consistently stood for resolution of the Palestinian issue through a two-state solution, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday. In his opening remarks at a meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Jaishankar said the situation in West…
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) Ethics Committee headed by Justice V Eshwaraiah, has officially exonerated Vidyuth Jaisimha, the Head Coach of the state’s senior women’s cricket team, from all allegations of misconduct. The inquiry, led by the HCA’s Ethics Officer & Ombudsman (Additional Charge), determined that the accusations were unfounded and directed his reinstatement…
Bhopal: Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday expressed confidence that the BJP will get two-thirds majority in Jharkhand, where the first phase of polling is underway. He also said that people will vote for his party in order to end the “corrupt” rule of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-Congress-Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) alliance. Chouhan…
Dhule: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should remember that even if his “fourth generation were to come”, Muslims won’t get reservations meant for SCs, STs and OBCs. “A few days ago, Ulemas met the president of Congress party and said that Muslims should be given reservation,” Shah said,…
New Delhi: Equating ‘bulldozer justice’ with a lawless state of affairs where might is right, the Supreme Court on Wednesday laid down pan-India guidelines and said no property should be demolished without a prior show cause notice and the affected must be given 15 days to respond. The executive cannot assume judicial powers to punish…
Darbhanga (Bihar): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday showered accolades on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, praising the alliance partner for bringing in good governance in a state which was previously reeling under a “jungle raj”. Modi made a veiled attack on the Congress-RJD combine—without mentioning it by name—at a function in Darbhanga, a town…
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Barely a year into his term as Chief Minister of Telangana, Revanth Reddy finds himself grappling with serious corruption allegations under the AMRUT 2.0 (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) scheme. The accusations have been levelled by none other than KT Rama Rao (KTR), the working president of the opposition BRS (Bharat Rashtra Samithi),…
