New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday accused the Congress of using hawala money from the illegally-run Mahadev betting app to fund its poll campaign in Chhattisgarh as it targeted Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel over the allegation that he received more than Rs 500 crore kickback from the firm’s promoters. “Never before has evidence come forth…
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police investigating the threat e-mails received by RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani where the senders had gradually raised the demand for money to Rs 400 crore nabbed two youths from Telangana and Gujarat on Saturday, an official said. At least three e-mails were sent to the official e-mail ID of Ambani’s company in the…
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday guaranteed loan waiver for farmers in Chhattisgarh, procurement of 20 quintals of paddy per acre, and a salary increase from Rs 7,000 to Rs 10,000 per year for agricultural labourers if his party returns to power in the state. Gandhi promised this in a post on X…
Durg: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attacked Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel over the alleged ‘Mahadev’ betting app scam, and said the Congress leader should tell what links he has with the accused in the case. Modi was addressing a public meeting in Durg city of poll-bound Chhattisgarh, a day after the Enforcement Directorate (ED)…
Hyderabad: The YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) chief YS Sharmila on Friday said she will not contest the November 30 Assembly polls in Telangana and has decided to support the Congress. Addressing a press briefing here, the YSRTP chief said she has decided to extend her support to the Congress to prevent a split of votes…
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud urged lawyers on Friday to not seek adjournments in fresh matters, saying he does not want the Supreme Court to become a ‘tarikh-pe-tarikh’ court as such deferment “defeats trust of citizens”. At the outset of the day’s proceedings, the CJI flagged the issue of lawyers seeking…
Jaipur: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh alleged on Friday that the crisis of trust in Indian politics has deepened due to the Congress. He said because of the difference in the words and deeds of political leaders, the public’s trust in the country’s politics as well as its leaders has gradually eroded. “Due to the difference in…
New Delhi: India remains a “bright spot” in the world amid an unprecedented churn in the global landscape arising out of geopolitical upheavals such as the escalating conflict in West Asia and the Russia-Ukraine war, Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande said on Friday. In an address at the Chanakya Defence Dialogue, he said New Delhi’s outlook…
Hyderabad: A central panel on dam safety has ripped into the Telangana government after sections of the Medigadda (Lakshmi) barrage (which diverts, rather than stores, water) sank into the Godavari River last month, making the structure “useless unless fully rehabilitated”. The barrage is part of the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi’s flagship ₹ 80,000 crore Kaleshwaram…
Raipur: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday said the BJP never opposed the idea of caste census, but it would take appropriate decision on it after consulting everyone, a statement that comes amid a strong demand by the Congress and some other parties to carry out the exercise at the national level. He was talking…
