New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a Calcutta High Court order directing the CBI to probe into the role of West Bengal government officials in a teacher recruitment scam. The top court was hearing a plea by the West Bengal government against a high court order invalidating the appointment of 25,753 teachers and…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea raising the issue of tallying of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips with the votes cast using the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). A bench of justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta told the petitioner’s counsel that a coordinate bench of the apex court…
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a petition that had sought directions to disqualify Prime Minister Narendra Modi from contesting elections for six years for allegedly seeking votes in the name of deities. Justice Sachin Datta said the plea was devoid of any merits and is thoroughly misconceived for multiple reasons. Petitioner…
Gurmitkal (Karnataka): Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi abuses the Gandhi family because he does not have any achievements to his credit. Congress is leading in the two phases of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, which has worried Modi, Kharge said during a public meeting in this town in Yadgir…
Indore: In a major setback to the Congress in Madhya Pradesh, its Indore Lok Sabha seat candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew his nomination on Monday, a fortnight before polling in the constituency. He is likely to join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Indore Collector Ashish Singh confirmed that Bam has withdrawn his nomination. Senior BJP…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has asked Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy to join its probe on May 1 in connection with Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s doctored video being circulated on social media, official sources said on Monday. According to the sources, the police have issued notices to five members of the Telangana Congress, including…
Panaji: Scotland is home to some of the world’s most famous whisky distilleries, but there are also many great distilleries that are underrated but they deserve more attention! And so is Kadamba single-malt, Goa’s favorite and India’s pride, it’s like the shy introvert at a party – not flashy but packed with surprises. Kadamba single-malt…
New Delhi: Coromandel International Limited, India’s leading agri solutions provider, has commenced the project activity to set up its Phosphoric Acid-Sulphuric Acid complex facility at Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh. In an event organised on 26 April 2024, Company’s Executive Chairman, Mr. Arun Alagappan, was present for the groundbreaking ceremony and Mr. S. Sankarasubramanian, Executive Director, Nutrient…
(Abhinav Pandey) Lucknow: Unlike other political parties, winning or losing elections does not matter to the Mera Adhikaar Rashtriya Dal (MARD), which has jumped into the electoral battle to be the voice of the ‘mard’ and to defend men’s honour. MARD has lost deposits on all seats it has contested so far since it was…
Bengaluru: Veteran politician, BJP MP and former Union Minister V Sreenivasa Prasad died on Monday, family sources said. The 76-year-old Lok Sabha member from Chamarajnagar was ailing for some time and being treated at a private hospital, where he passed away early today. Prasad is survived by wife and three daughters. He was a six-time…
