Bengaluru: In a significant blow to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed his petition challenging Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s decision to approve his prosecution in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case. The ruling casts a shadow on Siddaramaiah’s political future, as the initiation of prosecution puts him in a difficult position…
Jaipur: Targeted by the Congress over his comments against Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu defended his stand and said the opposition party should instead protest against Gandhi’s remarks in the US on Sikhs. A few days ago, Bittu had attacked Gandhi over the statements he made in…
Chandigarh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday slammed the Congress on farmers’ issue and said not a single state ruled by the grand old party is procuring 24 crops at minimum support price like Haryana does. After addressing a poll rally in Tohana, Shah kept up the attack on Congress on various fronts at…
New Delhi: Amid a change of guard in Sri Lanka, many former Indian diplomats on Monday said the results of the presidential election in the island country were on expected lines and going forward, the two neighbours will have to be sensitive to each other’s concerns. Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took oath as the…
Hyderabad: The World Bank has lauded the Telangana government for its progressive focus on state development. This recognition follows a recent meeting between Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and World Bank President Ajay Banga in Washington last month. Today, further discussions took place at the Telangana Secretariat, where a high-level delegation led by the World Bank’s…
Samba/Jammu: The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday destroyed a rusted anti-tank mine found on the banks of a river in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The mine was detected by a BSF patrolling party on the banks of the Basantar river between Ballhar and Kamour border outposts around 11 am, they…
Narayanpur: An encounter broke out between security personnel and Naxalites in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh on Monday evening, a senior police official said. The gunfight started at around 4 pm in the forests of Abhujmaad along the Chhattisgarh-Maharashtra inter-state border, he said. A joint team of security forces was involved in the exchange of fire…
Bengaluru: BJP MP Lahar Singh Siroya on Monday slammed the ruling Congress in Karnataka for targeting Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot. In a statement, Siroya said when the cases are piling up before the Governor, the Congress leaders are casting aspersions on Gehlot. “It is the old trick of the Congress party to attack the Constitutional authorities…
New Delhi: AAP leader Atishi took charge as the eighth chief minister of Delhi on Monday and said she would work like Bharat did by keeping his elder brother Lord Ram’s ‘khadaun’ (wooden slippers) on Ayodhya’s throne. She did not sit on the chair used by Kejriwal and said that his chair would remain unoccupied…
Lucknow: Ahead of the assembly elections in Haryana, BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday urged Dalit leaders to sever ties with the Congress and other “casteist parties” and follow the path laid down by Dr BR Ambedkar. The comments come amid attempts by the alliance of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Indian National Lok…
