Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday accused the ED of acting as a political tool of the BJP to “steal” her party’s internal strategy, asserting that she did nothing wrong in reaching the premises linked to I-PAC during the central agency’s raids a day ago. Addressing a rally here after a massive…
Guwahati: Opposition parties in Assam on Friday approached the police and the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) against the BJP, alleging that it conspired to delete names from the electoral rolls ahead of the assembly polls, a charge rejected by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Sarma maintained that revision of electoral rolls is a regular process…
Nahan (HP): (Jan 9) Nine people died while about 40 others were injured after a private bus fell into a 500-feet deep gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district on Friday afternoon, police said. The accident occurred when the bus en route from Shimla to Kupvi via Rajgarh veered off the road and plunged into the…
New Delhi: Speaker Vijender Gupta on Friday suspended four AAP MLAs for the remaining period of the ongoing Winter Session of the Delhi Assembly for “disrupting” House proceedings. In a statement, Gupta said “due to the continuous disruption of the proceedings of the House and violation of its decorum”, Opposition members (AAP) Som Dutt, Jarnail…
Patna: The NDA in Bihar on Friday welcomed a Delhi court’s order directing framing of charges against RJD chief and former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his family members, and others in the alleged land-for-job scam. Special Judge Vishal Gogne said Lalu Prasad used the railway ministry as his personal fiefdom to carry out a criminal…
New Delhi: Several Trinamool Congress MPs were on Friday detained while staging a protest outside the Home Ministry’s office here against alleged misuse of probe agencies by the Centre. TMC leaders were forcefully evicted from the spot by Delhi Police, with MPs being dragged and physically carried away by police personnel. The protest came a…
If obstructing a court from hearing a petition filed by a constitutional investigative agency does not amount to contempt of the judiciary, then the phrase has lost all meaning. If an elected Chief Minister allegedly snatching official files during an ongoing money-laundering probe does not constitute an assault on the Constitution, then constitutional morality has…
Chennai: The Madras High Court on Friday directed the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to grant a “UA 16+” certificate to the Vijay-starrer Tamil film Jana Nayagan, clearing its theatrical release. Justice PT Asha allowed a petition filed by KVN Productions, the producers of the film, set aside the CBFC chairperson’s decision to send…
Los Angeles: Actor Priyanka Chopra Jonas will be among the presenters at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, set to be held this weekend in the United States, the organisers have announced. The star-studded ceremony, set to be held on January 11 at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, will celebrate the year’s standout achievements in…
New Delhi: Akasa Air has joined the global airline grouping International Air Transport Association (IATA) as a member. IATA represents over 360 airlines, including Indian carriers Air India, Air India Express, IndiGo, and SpiceJet. In a release on Friday, Akasa Air said it became an IATA member after completing the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA),…
