New Delhi: In a major setback to senior Congress leader, Pawan Khera, the Supreme Court on Thursday refused to quash the criminal case registered against senior Congress leader and spokesperson Pawan Khera for his remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “An offence cannot be wished away,” said the two-judge bench of the Supreme Court, headed…
New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Thursday recommended a probe by the CBI into the investigations of alleged fake pathology and radiology tests in the mohalla clinics in the national capital under the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government. It is alleged that “lakhs of tests” were done on ghost patients to…
New Delhi: Y S Sharmila, the daughter of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy and founder of YSR Telangana Party, joined the Congress here on Thursday. She also announced the merger of her YSR Telangana Congress with the Congress, and said she would fulfil any responsibility given to her. Sharmila joined the…
Hamirpur (HP): Hitting out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for skipping the ED’s summons for a third time, Union Minister Anurag Thakur wondered what the convenor of the AAP, which lectures on honesty, is trying to hide. Thakur said the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been issuing summonses to Kejriwal time and again and he…
New Delhi: BJP’s Jharkhand unit chief Babulal Marandi on Wednesday lashed out at the opposition parties and asked them to apologise to the people of the country after the Supreme Court declined pleas for a SIT or CBI probe into stock price manipulation allegations against the Adani Group. The BJP leader’s reaction came after the…
Tehran: At least 103 people were killed and another 170 injured in Iran Wednesday, as two bombs in quick succession struck a crowd commemorating slain general Qasem Soleimani on the anniversary of his killing, state media reported. The blasts, which state television called a “terrorist attack”, came with tensions running high in the Middle East…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji, arrested by the ED last year in a money laundering case, on Wednesday moved a city Court seeking bail. Principal Sessions Judge S Alli, before whom the bail petition filed by Balaji came up for hearing, posted to January 8, further hearing of the case, after ED’s counsel…
Thrissur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday lashed out at the Congress and Left parties, alleging that they had delayed the Women’s Reservation Bill, whereas the BJP had ensured the passage of the quota legislation that would empower women. The Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam has now become law, the PM said addressing a large gathering…
Allahabad: The Archeological Survey of India (ASI) on Wednesday sought another four weeks from the Varanasi district court for the report on the Gyanvapi Mosque case to be made public. The case revolves around the demand to reveal the ASI findings in the legal battle over the mosque. The decision holds crucial implications for the ongoing dispute which…
Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday lashed out at the BJP over its protest against the arrest of a Hindu activist in Hubballi in connection with a 31-year-old case related to Ram temple agitation, saying leaders of the opposition party need to understand that assigning caste and religious labels to criminals is extremely dangerous….
