Bankura (WB): TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee, who has been called by the CBI to appear at its Kolkata office on Saturday as part of its probe into the school jobs scam, dared the central agency to arrest him if it has any proof of corruption or misconduct against him. Banerjee accused the BJP of “using”…
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the CBI not to take any “coercive action”, such as arrest, against former NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede who is accused of demanding Rs 25 crore bribe from superstar Shah Rukh Khan for not implicating his son Aryan in the Cordelia cruise `drug bust’ case. Wankhede, an…
New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu on Friday appointed four additional judges to the Madras High Court, including P Dhanabal, the Registrar General of the High Court. “…the President is pleased to appoint S/Shri (i) Ramasamy Sakthivel, (ii) P. Dhanabal, (iii) Chinnasamy Kumarappan and (iv) Kandasamy Rajasekar, Judicial Officers as Additional Judges of the Madras High…
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Kiren Rijiju on Friday assumed charge as Earth Sciences Minister and dismissed suggestions that he was removed as minister of law and justice due to some wrongdoing. Rijiju refused to answer questions about his previous ministry contending that these were no longer relevant and that he looked forward to serving…
New Delhi: With a Supreme Court-appointed expert committee stating that it cannot conclude any regulatory failure around Adani Group’s stock rallies, the Congress on Friday said the conclusions were “predictable” but to spin the report as having given a clean chit to the conglomerate is “wholly bogus”. Stressing the need for a joint parliamentary committee…
New Delhi: Southwest monsoon has advanced over Southeast Bay of Bengal, Nicobar Islands and South Andaman Sea on Friday, setting the stage for the four-month rainy season crucial for the country’s farm economy. Earlier this week, the weather office said the onset of monsoon over Kerala, marking its entry into the mainland, would be slightly delayed…
New Delhi: Karnataka chief minister-designate Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar arrived here on Friday to discuss with the party’s high command the names of ministers to be inducted into the new cabinet and the allocation of portfolios. They will also invite the party’s top brass for the swearing-in ceremony on Saturday. A meeting of the…
Srinagar: The police in Kashmir have issued a public advisory against suspicious international mobile numbers allegedly being used to spread rumours about next week’s meeting of the G20 tourism track in the Valley. Kashmir will host the third G20 Tourism Working Group meeting from May 22-24. The police on Friday issued the advisory about some…
New Delhi: Senior diplomats of India and Ukraine are exploring the possibility of a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, people familiar with the matter said on Friday. If the meeting takes place, then it will be the first one between…
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first state visit to the US at the invitation of President Joe Biden offers a great opportunity for the two leaders to review growing bilateral trade, investment and defence partnership and discuss new areas of cooperation, a senior State Department official has said. Modi will embark on his state visit to…
