New Delhi: The factional fight of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has reached the doorstep of the Election Commission with the group led by Ajit Pawar filing over 40 affidavits of MLAs and MPs in his support. The Sharad Pawar camp has filed a caveat with the poll authority urging it to hear them first before…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday extended interim protection from arrest to activist Teesta Setalvad in a case linked to the 2002 post-Godhra riots. The next hearing will be on July 19. A bench of Justices B R Gavai, A S Bopanna and Dipankar Datta issued notice to the Gujarat government on the appeal filed…
The unexpected political churning in Maharashtra sent tremors among the non-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states. And, the BJP too has proved beyond doubt that it is more a party with a difference. Call it ‘Operation Lotus’ or by any other name, the BJP looks more ruthless than the Congress, which ruled the country for six…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday pitched for sharing India’s AI-based language platform, Bhashini, with SCO member countries to remove language barriers within the international grouping. He said this during his address at a virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). “We would be happy to share India’s AI-based language platform, Bhashini, with…
New Delhi: Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday discussed various issues related to the digital competition law. A panel chaired by Corporate Affairs Secretary Manoj Govil will be preparing a report on digital competition law, where it will examine various regulatory aspects in dealing with challenges emerging from the digital economy. On Tuesday,…
Mumbai: The NCP led by Sharad Pawar and the Ajit Pawar camp has convened separate meetings in Mumbai on Wednesday where a clear picture may emerge on the exact number of MLAs backing each group amid the contrasting claims. After taking oath as deputy chief minister in the Shiv Sena-BJP cabinet, Ajit Pawar on Sunday…
New Delhi: Ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha Elections and key assembly elections in the country, BJP has made changes in its four state units by appointing new party heads. BJP has appointed G Kishan Reddy as the party’s state president of Telangana, D Purandeshwari has been appointed as the state president of Andhra Pradesh, former CM Babulal…
Mumbai: NCP president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said those who “betrayed” his ideology should not use his photograph. “Only the party of which I am the national president and Jayant Patil the state president can use my photograph,” he told reporters here. In his lifetime, it was his prerogative to decide who should use his…
Mumbai: Tina Ambani, the wife of Reliance ADA Group Chairman Anil Ambani, on Tuesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here for questioning and recording her statement in connection with an investigation linked to the alleged contravention of the foreign exchange law, official sources said. Anil Ambani had recorded his statement in the case on…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday deferred the oath taking ceremony of DERC chairperson-designate Justice (retd) Umesh Kumar and sought responses from the Centre and the office of the Lieutenant Governor on a plea of the Delhi government challenging the law governing such an appointment. “The administering of oath to the former judge of Allahabad…
