Chandigarh: Senior Congress leader Partap Singh Bajwa was on Tuesday quizzed for around six hours by police in connection with an FIR registered against him over his “50 bombs have reached Punjab” statement. After coming out of the Cyber Crime Police Station in Punjab’s Mohali at around 8 pm, Bajwa termed his questioning as a…
New Delhi: A “criminal conspiracy” was carried out by Congress leaders to “usurp” properties worth Rs 2,000 crore of its public company AJL by transferring 99 per cent shares for just Rs 50 lakh to their private company Young Indian, where Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are the majority shareholders, the ED is learnt to…
New Delhi: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav met senior Congress leaders, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi, here on Tuesday to discuss the Mahagathbandhan’s preparedness for the upcoming Bihar assembly polls and exuded confidence that an INDIA bloc government will be formed in the state. Yadav, along with RJD MPs Manoj Jha and Sanjay…
Kochi: Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of “inciting violence” by her remarks asking people to protest against the Waqf Act and declaring that she will not implement it in her state. The Union Minister for Minority Affairs, speaking at a press conference here, asked how the West…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday recorded the statement of Robert Vadra, businessman and brother-in-law of Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, in a 2008 Haryana land deal-linked money laundering case, official sources said. Terming the agency’s move to summon him as a “political vendetta”, Vadra said he has spent hours…
New Delhi: (Apr 15) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will kick-start the process of organizational reforms in the party on Tuesday when he launches the first meet to empower the District Congress Committee under the ‘Sangathan Sirjan Abhiyan’ in Gujarat’s Modasa. Ahead of the meet, AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal said the first objective is…
New Delhi: Amid concerns over Saudi Arabia reportedly “cutting” India’s private Haj quota this year, the government on Tuesday said the Combined Haj Group Operators (CHGOs) had failed to comply with the necessary timelines set by the Saudi authorities despite reminders. The government also said that due to its intervention, the Saudi Haj Ministry has…
New Delhi: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said Jammu and Kashmir had “turned the corner” to become a pre-eminent destination, even as he pitched for choosing “value-based tourism” instead of chasing volumes. Later, asked during an interaction at a conference in Delhi if his government planned to work with the Centre on travel advisories…
Kolkata/Murshidabad/Malda: Fresh episodes of Waqf (Amendment) Act-related violence rocked the Bhangar area in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Monday, even as police claimed that the law and order situation in the previous riot epicenter of Murshidabad remained largely under control. Supporters of the Indian Secular Front (ISF) clashed with the police at Bhangar…
Bengaluru: Strongly defending his government’s move to provide 4 percent reservation for Muslims in public contracts, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday, questioning why shouldn’t it be done, said giving strength to anyone who are economically and socially weak, is the mission and commitment of the Congress party. Alleging that he is being labelled as…
