Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government filed a criminal complaint in a Sessions court here on Wednesday against State BJP president K Annamalai for defaming Chief Minister M K Stalin. The complaint filed by city public prosecutor G Devarajan before the vacation sessions Judge C Uma Maheswari covers two specific allegations levelled by Annamalai against Stalin….
Mumbai: The ED carried out searches against two former auditor firms of IL&FS — BSR and Associates and Deloitte Haskins and Sells — on Wednesday in connection with its money-laundering probe into alleged financial irregularities at the infrastructure development and finance company, official sources said. The premises linked to the two auditors in Mumbai were…
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday alleged that DRDO official Pradeep Kurulkar, arrested on charges of providing confidential information to a Pakistani agent, was an “active RSS volunteer”. The DRDO official was arrested last week by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS). The Congress’ attack came a day after a special court in Pune extended till May…
Amethi (UP): Ahead of the second phase of the civic polls, the Samajwadi Party’s Gauriganj MLA Rakesh Singh and his supporters allegedly thrashed Deepak Singh, the husband of BJP candidate for the post of Nagar Palika chairman Rashmi Singh, in the police station premises here on Wednesday. A video of the purported incident has surfaced…
New Delhi: The government is yet to accept a report of the energy transition committee that recommended banning the use of diesel-powered four-wheelers in cities with over 10 lakh population and switch to electric and gas-fuelled vehicles by 2027, the oil ministry said. The report of the committee headed by former oil secretary Tarun Kapoor…
Shimla: Changing weather patterns of dry winters and rainy summers have created double trouble for Himachal Pradesh’s farmers who have suffered huge losses in seasonal crops and plants. The overall loss in agriculture crops and horticulture plants until May 9 this year was estimated at around Rs 104 crore — 40.60 crore for agriculture crops and…
Bengaluru: First time voters and the elderly stole the show as they were seen participating in the voting process enthusiastically in the Karnataka Assembly elections on Wednesday. And they were not small in numbers. According to Election Commission (EC) officials, as many as 11.71 lakh were eligible to exercise their franchise for the first time…..
Jaipur: In a veiled attack on opposition parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said some people are so full of negativity that they don’t want to see anything good happen in the country. At a programme in Nathdwara in Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district where he launched various projects costing over Rs 5,500 cr, the prime…
Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman, who cast her vote for Karnataka Assembly polls on Wednesday, expressed confidence about BJP coming back to power in the state with full majority and criticised the Congress over inflation during UPA rule. On the issue of rising inflation, the Union minister said she and the BJP government stand with…
Bengaluru: Voting for the high stakes Assembly elections in Karnataka began early on Wednesday, in a state where the ruling BJP is eyeing to script history by retaining its southern citadel while a combative Congress eyes a comeback ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Polling is being held for 224 seats in what is…
