Chennai: In a heartbreaking event, an explosion at a cracker unit tragically took the lives of at least eight workers, including five women, and left ten others injured in Sengamalapatti near Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu. The incident occurred during the evening while the manufacturing process of crackers was underway, resulting in the destruction of nearly seven…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday opposed in the Supreme Court the grant of interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money-laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam, saying the right to campaign in elections is neither fundamental nor constitutional. In a fresh affidavit filed in the top…
New Delhi: The share of the Hindu population decreased by 7.82 per cent between 1950 and 2015 in India, while that of Muslims increased by 43.15 per cent, suggesting that there is a conducive environment in the country to foster diversity, said a recent working paper by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister…
Raebareli (UP): Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Adani-Ambani jibe, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday charged that the BJP has a nexus with industrialists and waived their loans worth Rs 16 lakh crore. She also alleged that the entire BJP machinery is engaged in spreading “lies” about Rahul Gandhi. Referring…
Chandigarh: The Congress on Wednesday sought the imposition of President’s Rule followed by fresh polls in Haryana after three Independent MLAs withdrew support to the BJP dispensation, reducing the Nayab Singh Saini government to a minority in the state assembly. The party said it would write to Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya to demand that the BJP…
Palakkad (Kerala): In a shocking incident, a cameraman of a leading Malayalam news channel was killed in a wild elephant attack while reporting in this north Kerala district on Wednesday. A V Mukesh (34), working with Mathrubhumi News, was seriously injured in the elephant attack when he and the reporter were capturing visuals of the…
Bengaluru: Bengaluru Police has summoned BJP President J P Nadda and the party’s IT cell head Amit Malviya in connection with a social media post allegedly intimidating members of SC and ST community not to vote for a particular candidate, officials said on Wednesday. They have been asked to join the probe at the High…
New Delhi/Kochi: Air India Express has cancelled more than 90 flights since Tuesday night with a section of senior cabin crew reporting sick to protest against alleged mismanagement at the Tata Group-owned airline, leaving thousands of passengers stranded at various airports in the country. Scores of flights have also been delayed and the airline’s passengers,…
New Delhi: Congress leader Sam Pitroda triggered another controversy on Wednesday with his “people of the east look like the Chinese and those of the south look like Africa” remarks, with the ruling BJP latching on to his “racist” comments and claiming that those have exposed the opposition party’s “divisive” politics. The Congress, however, distanced…
Warangal (Telangana): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday attacked the Congress over its party leader Sam Pitroda’s alleged comments over skin colour and asserted that the countrymen would not tolerate insult on the basis of skin colour. Hitting out at top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Modi said he has now understood that the national party…
