Kolkata: A political slugfest has erupted in West Bengal over the arrests of two accused in the Bengaluru cafe blast case as Mussavir Hussain Shazib and Abdul Mateen Taha hail from Kanthi in the East Midnapore district of the state. The two were arrested by the NIA on Friday. The slugfest has been kicked off by…
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday confiscated immovable properties belonging to Khalistani terrorist Ramandeep Singh in Punjab’s Ferozepur, according to an official statement. On the directions of the NIA special court here, the anti-terror agency has confiscated 31 kanals, 9 marlas and 4 sarsahi land belonging to the accused in Jhok Nodh…
Jaipur Amid opposition charges that the BJP was out to destroy the Constitution, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that his government revered it and even Babasaheb Ambedkar would not be able to abolish it now. Addressing an election rally in Barmer, Modi alleged that the Congress was standing with anti-national forces and hit…
New Delhi: India on Friday asked its citizens not to travel to Iran or Israel amid escalating tensions between the two countries following a strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria 11 days ago. Iran blamed Israel for the strike and there have been fears that Tehran may launch an attack on Israel soon. The…
Moradabad (UP): Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday attacked the Congress over its handling of the Kashmir issue, saying the party “pampered” Article 370 like an “illegitimate child” for decades. At an election meeting in Moradabad, Shah also slammed Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for suggesting recently that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should not be…
Kolkata: The arrest of two accused in Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Cafe blast case from West Bengal on Friday triggered a political slugfest in the state, with the opposition BJP claiming that the TMC regime had turned the state into a safe haven for terrorists. Hitting out at the BJP for alleging that West Bengal has become…
Coimbatore: A case has been booked against BJP state president and Coimbatore candidate K Annamalai and a few members of his party over an alleged poll campaign time violation, police said here on Friday. DMK workers and their allies, the Left parties, objected to BJP members campaigning beyond the Election Commission’s stipulated time on Thursday…
Gauchar (U’KHAND): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh claimed on Friday that the Congress will become extinct like the dinosaur in a few years. The senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader compared the infighting within the Congress to the house of television reality show “Bigg Boss”, saying the leaders of the party are tearing each other’s clothes…
New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: Accusing the Left of dividing anti-BJP votes in Thiruvananthapuram, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said the Left claims to be very concerned about opposition unity, but fails to address why it is devoting most of its energies in the constituency to undermining him instead of focusing on the “BJP’s misrule”. Tharoor, who is…
Udhampur (J&K): Asserting that the time is not far when the Assembly polls will be held in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the people of the Union Territory will soon be able to share their issues with ministers and legislators. The prime minister said the development projects undertaken by the…
