Bengaluru: Amid firm indications that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge is unlikely to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the party on Thursday fielded his son-in-law, Radhakrishna Doddamani, from his home turf of Gulbarga. The octogenarian won the Lok Sabha polls from the Gulbarga (Kalaburagi) segment in 2009 and 2014, but lost the electoral contest in…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday refused to grant bail to BRS leader K Kavitha, who has been arrested by ED over her involvement in the Delhi excise policy scam case. A member of the Telangana Legislative Council and daughter of former state chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Kavitha was on Saturday remanded in Enforcement…
New Delhi: The AAP’s Delhi unit convenor Gopal Rai gave a call on Thursday for a nationwide protest against the BJP following Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Rai said Kejriwal’s arrest is the “murder of democracy” and an “announcement of dictatorship”. The ED arrested Kejriwal in an excise policy-linked money-laundering…
Anha (Saudi Arabia): India and Afghanistan settled for a 0-0 draw after failing to turn their opportunities into goals in a Group A fixture of the 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers here on Thursday. It was end-to-end stuff in the first half with India coming very close to scoring through Manvir Singh on two occasions…
New Delhi: Several political parties condemned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest by the ED on Thursday, claiming that it shows how “jittery” the ruling BJP at the Centre is with less than a month to go for the Lok Sabha polls. The opposition parties also accused the BJP of indulging in vendetta politics. Kejriwal…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in an excise policy-linked money laundering case on Thursday night and took him to the agency’s headquarters here, officials said. The arrest, the first of a sitting chief minister, came hours after the Delhi High Court refused to grant protection to the AAP…
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma has written to party president Mallikarjun Kharge saying a caste census cannot be a panacea nor a solution for unemployment and inequalities in society. Sharma’s letter comes at a time the Congress has intensified its demand for a nationwide caste census and promised to carry out the exercise…
New Delhi: The SBI (State Bank of India) on Thursday filed a detailed compliance affidavit in the Supreme Court and said that it submitted all the details of electoral bonds with serial numbers to the ECI on Thursday. “On March 21, we have provided/disclosed all the details of the electoral bonds which are in our…
Chennai: The legendary Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Thursday “handed” over the Chennai Super Kings captaincy to opener Ruturaj Gaikwad on the eve of the IPL opener here, a stunning decision that is bound to send speculation swirling on his playing future with the franchise. In a post on X, the Indian Premier League made the…
Chennai: A high-stakes match between cross-city rivals Chennai Super Kings and Royal Challengers Bengaluru here on Friday will usher in IPL 2024, but, beyond the grandeur around it, the two protagonists will have to find early answers to some deep questions as they attempt to enter a rarefied territory. The Super Kings are five-time and…
