Mamata Banerjee at Kolkata march; MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal Mamata vs ED: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee led a protest in Kolkata against the Enforcement Directorate‘s raids on political consultancy I-PAC. India-US trade deal: The MEA termed the remarks made by US secretary of commerce Howard Lutnick on the reason behind the delay in…
NEW DELHI: At least eight people were killed on Friday after a private bus rolled off a hilly road near in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district, officials said. The bus was travelling from Kupvi to Shimla, news agency ANI reported. The death toll is feared to rise as several passengers sustained serious injuries.According to police, the…
File photo: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge (Picture credit: ANI) NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Modi government’s foreign policy, accusing it of inconsistency and compromising India’s strategic interests. Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s oft-repeated line, “Main desh ko jhukne nahi dunga” (I will not allow the…
Mahua Moitra along with other TMC leaders protested outside Amit Shah’s residence (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Friday accused the Centre of misusing central agencies after she was detained by Delhi police while protesting outside union home minister Amit Shah’s office against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids on political consultancy…
NEW DELHI: Two Air India flights bound for the UK were diverted due to adverse weather conditions, forcing one aircraft to divert and another to delay landing, the airline said on Thursday.Flight AI131 operating from Mumbai to London Heathrow was diverted to London Gatwick on 9 January after poor weather conditions made landing at Heathrow…
AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami NEW DELHI: Pushing for expansion of NDA in Tamil Nadu, BJP is crafting a high-pitched campaign to position the alliance as a natural choice for anti-DMK voters amid emergence of actor Vijay-led TVK as the third force in the state’s traditionally bipolar politics.AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami’s meeting with home…
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday once again appeared to strike a balanced tone. While expressing respect for the country’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, and calling him the founder of Indian democracy, Tharoor also said it was necessary to acknowledge Nehru’s…
NEW DELHI: Several Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, including MPs Mahua Moitra and Derek O’Brien, were detained by Delhi police on Friday while protesting outside Union home minister Amit Shah’s residence and office. The protest was staged against the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raids conducted at the office of the political consultancy firm I-PAC in Kolkata on…
JAIPUR: Rajasthan’s anticorruption bureau (ACB) Thursday registered a case in an alleged Rs 2,000-crore scam linked to state govt’s midday meal scheme during the Covid-19 pandemic.ACB officers said the FIR names 21 accused, including officials of Rajasthan State Cooperative Consumer Federation Ltd (Confed), representatives of private firms and suppliers, who have been booked on charges…
BENGALURU: Neighbours cannot be casually dragged into dowry harassment cases, Karnataka high court has held, quashing criminal proceedings against a Bengaluru woman caught in a matrimonial dispute between a couple in her neighbourhood.“A stranger cannot be drawn into the proceedings for offences under Section 498A of IPC, between the husband, wife or family members,” Justice…
