New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday decided to hear tomorrow the former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s petition challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a land scam money laundering case. Soren’s senior lawyers Kapil Sibal and Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who appeared on behalf of Soren, mentioned the matter before…
Malda/ Baharampur (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she would sit on dharna from February 2 if the BJP-led government at the Centre does not clear the state’s dues. Speaking at an official function in Malda, Banerjee urged party workers and those affected by the non-payment of funds to participate in…
New Delhi: Top leaders of the opposition bloc INDIA met on Wednesday evening and discussed the situation arising after the resignation and arrest of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren. The meeting at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence was attended by Sonia Gandhi, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and DMK leader T…
New Delhi: Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Kerala Janapaksham (Secular) chief P C George merged his party with the BJP on Wednesday. George along with his son Shaun and other Kerala Janapaksham (Secular) leaders joined the BJP here in the presence of the saffron party’s in-charge for political affairs in Kerala Prakash Javadekar and…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has sent back an ordinance mandating 60 per cent use of Kannada in signboards of businesses and establishments, to the state government. This was revealed by Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday. “We (the government) approved an ordinance on signboards. The governor has sent it back saying it…
New Delhi: India and Oman on Wednesday signed an agreement that would provide a framework for collaboration in new areas of defence engagement including procurement of military equipment. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was firmed up at a meeting of India-Oman joint military cooperation committee (JMCC) in Muscat. In the talks, the two sides also…
Ayodhya (UP): Completing a six-day foot march from Lucknow, 350 Muslim devotees reached Ayodhya and paid obeisance at the Ram temple. Led by Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM), an RSS-backed Muslim organisation, the group started their journey from Lucknow on January 25, Shahid Saeed, media in-charge of MRM, said on Wednesday. Chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, the…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu, in her address to the joint sitting of Parliament on Wednesday, emphasised on the various new initiatives taken by the Indian Railways in the past 10 years. Besides highlighting the new trains such as Namo Bharat, Amrit Bharat and Vande Bharat, Murmu said more than 25 thousand kilometres of railway…
Varanasi: The Varanasi district court on Wednesday granted the family of a priest the right to worship Hindu deities in the Gyanvapi mosque cellar, Hindu side counsel Madan Mohan Yadav said. The order was given by district court judge A K Vishvesh. According to the petition, priest Somnath Vyas used to perform prayers there till…
New Delhi/Ranchi: The Enforcement Directorate will question Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday in Ranchi in a money laundering case probe linked to an alleged land scam and has seized Rs 36 lakh, a BMW SUV, and some “incriminating” documents after it searched his house in the national capital, official sources said here. A…
