Mumbai: The CBI will challenge the acquittal of former Maharashtra home minister Padamsinh Patil and seven others in the 2006 murder of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar and his driver, state Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said on Saturday. Shinde said that after the verdict, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and he himself discussed the issue with…
Thiruvananthapuram: CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan on Saturday alleged that the maiden budget presented by the UDF government in Kerala was a blueprint for wholesale privatisation and an attempt to hand over public assets and natural resources to corporates. Addressing a press conference here, Govindan said Chief Minister V D Satheesan, who describes himself…
Patna: Janshakti Janta Dal (JJD) chief Tej Pratap Yadav has lodged a police complaint against former aide Akash Yadav and the latter’s family members, accusing them of hatching a conspiracy to kill him and his father, Lalu Prasad. Yadav lodged the complaint with the Sachivalaya police station on Friday. Speaking to reporters here, Yadav said,…
Rairangapur: President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi jointly unveiled development projects worth more than Rs 47,600 crore in Odisha on Saturday, officials said. The projects, spanning sectors such as energy, industrial infrastructure, roads, drinking water, health, education, tourism and irrigation, were unveiled on the second anniversary of the BJP government in Odisha. According…
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has said the state should produce unicorns without being content with Indian-origin professionals heading top companies in the world. Speaking at the Young India Education Kits and the Drug-Free Telangana Pledge ceremony held here on Friday, he said though alumni of Hyderabad Public School lead the top global…
Vinay Rao On 21st June, the lights come on at Uppal for the opening match of TG20. Most of Hyderabad cricket is excited. A small, loud corner isn’t — and they’ve spent the run-up to the opening ceremony trying to convince everyone the tournament shouldn’t exist. Fair enough — asking questions of a tournament carrying…
The Covid-19 pandemic may have faded from headlines, but it’s devastating consequences continue to haunt humanity. Millions perished, economies were crippled, livelihoods vanished overnight and entire generations are still paying the price of a catastrophe whose true origins remain shrouded in secrecy. More than six years after the outbreak, one question refuses to disappear: who…
Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday inaugurated the Ramayana Wax Museum and a zonal office building, two of the 245 development projects worth over Rs 290 crore in Ayodhya he launched or laid the foundation of. The temple town is “no longer neglected or disregarded,” he asserted at the event. Addressing a…
Washington: US President Donald Trump lavished praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he is a “great leader” and “tough guy”, who has been in power for more than 12 years. In an interview with Axios, Trump referred to China’s President Xi Jinping and Modi as the two greatest leaders he likes the most in…
Washington: President Donald Trump has unveiled a new Boeing 747-8 jet for Air Force One that the Qatari government donated last year as an “unconditional” gift to the US. The US military has finished modifications to the luxury jumbo jet, which has been valued at an estimated $400m (£300m). “This plane was transformed into a…
