New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday refused to grant Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal protection from coercive action in the alleged excise policy scam case. It told the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to reply to Kejriwal’s plea by April 22. The application for interim relief forms part of Kejriwal’s petition challenging the summonses issued to…
New Delhi: The Election Commission Thursday directed the Centre to “immediately halt” sending bulk WhatsApp messages under the “Viksit Bharat Sampark” to highlight the government’s initiatives. The Commission issued the direction to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology after it received complaints about the matter. “The move is a part of a series of…
New Delhi: Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making a systematic effort to cripple the Congress financially, former party president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday demanded that the party be given access to its bank accounts to ensure a level playing field in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls. In a press conference also…
London: Women’s Premier League-winning captain Smriti Mandhana and wicketkeeper batter Richa Ghosh were the only Indian players who found takers during the Hundred Draft here. Mandhana, who led the Royal Challengers Bengaluru to a WPL title last Sunday, was drafted in by Southern Brave Women’s while her teammate Richa found a new home at Birmingham…
Itanagar: Union minister Kiren Rijiju has asserted that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ will have no impact on the BJP’s electoral prospects, and the NDA will win the Lok Sabha polls with a thumping majority. The yatra which started on January 14 from Thoubal in Manipur, concluded in Mumbai on March 16,…
New Delhi: Spiritual leader Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev underwent an emergency brain surgery at a private hospital here after suffering “life-threatening” bleeding in the skull and is now recovering well, a senior doctor said on Wednesday. “The surgery was carried out on March 17 to remove bleeding in the skull. Sadhguru was weaned off the ventilator…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s main opposition party AIADMK on Wednesday finalised seat sharing arrangement for the Lok Sabha polls with allies DMDK, SDPI and Puthiya Tamizhagam. Announcing the electoral pacts here at the party headquarters, AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami said the DMDK would contest from Tiruvallur (SC), Central Chennai, Cuddalore, Thanjavur and Virudhunagar Lok…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Wednesday that earlier people used to question why the CBI and the ED did not act against powerful people, while those powerful and corrupt are now asking why the agencies are acting against them. Modi’s apparent swipe at opposition leaders at News18 group’s summit came amid their…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday took a critical view of some of the key decisions made by the Jawaharlal Nehru government and said one needs to get out of this “cult worship” that the period from 1946 onwards was “great years” and the country did “splendidly.” In the early years, it…
Madurai: In the wake of Union Minister for State Shobha Karandlaje linking Tamil people in the Rameswaram cafe blast, the Madurai city police on Wednesday registered a case against her. CM MK Stalin had earlier condemned her statement and demanded appropriate legal action for causing a threat to peace, harmony and national unity through a post on…
