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EC has recommended Soren’s disqualification: Source
After high drama over a sealed envelope in Jharkhand, sources have said the Election Commission, while holding Chief Minister Hemant Soren guilty in the illegal mining case, has recommended only “disqualification”. This means that after the Governor notifies the disqualification order on a gazette, Soren will have to resign....
BJP-Shinde camp claim big win in key Maharashtra polls
BJP’s Maharashtra unit president Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Monday claimed 259 candidates supported by his party and 40 nominees backed by the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena have been elected as sarpanches in the just-held elections to gram panchayats in the state. Voting for elections to 547 gram panchayats...
No objectionable videos, claims Chandigarh varsity
Amid raging controversy over alleged leaked videos of hostel girls, the Chandigarh University have said that no “objectionable video was made of any students except a personal video shot by a girl, which she shared with her boyfriend”. The girl has been arrested. The statement by the University comes...
UP seminary says no objection to Madrasa survey
Prominent Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband on Sunday said it has no objections to the Uttar Pradesh government’s survey of private madrassas but the whole system of such institutions should not be denigrated if a few don’t follow rules. At a conference of representatives from various madrassas held at...
Anti-terror agency raids locations In Andhra, Telangana
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today raided multiple locations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana over the alleged involvement of some members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) in “anti-national activities”. The raids were conducted at premises linked to the accused and suspects across Kurnool, Nellore and Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana’s Nizamabad....
Need to rethink Collegium system, says Law Minister
Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju suggested there is a need to rethink the collegium system to expedite the process of appointment in higher judiciary as there are concerns about the existing process. He said appointments in higher judiciary are “pending”, but “not due to the law minister...
Kejriwal says Rahul is good enough to weaken Cong
Arvind Kejriwal derided Rahul Gandhi, slammed the BJP and said he is skilled in “building schools and hospitals rather than political alliances” in a wide-ranging interview this evening. At a special NDTV townhall, Kejriwal responded to the Congress charge that his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) “claims to fight the...
Modi to meet Putin, no word yet on meeting with Xi
Trade and geopolitics will be on the agenda when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet on the sidelines of a regional summit in Uzbekistan today. The government has not confirmed any meeting with China’s Xi Jingping. Modi and Vladimir Putin will discuss issues of strategic...
ED raids 40 locations across multiple states
The Enforcement Directorate is conducting searches at 40 locations spread across multiple states as part of a money laundering investigation linked to alleged irregularities in the now-withdrawn Delhi excise policy. 20 of these locations are in TRS-ruled Telangana’s capital, Hyderabad, sources said. The searches are being conducted at premises linked to...
Azad gets death threat after call to terrorists to give up arms
Ghulam Nabi Azad, who held a series of public meetings in Jammu and Kashmir before the launch of his party today, made an appeal to terrorists asking them to give up arms as it only brings destruction and miseries to people. A terrorist propaganda arm has issued death threat...
Punjab Police files case in BJP bid to bribe MLAs
Punjab Police filed a case on Aam Aadmi Party’s complaint that the BJP was trying to bribe its MLAs. AAP today sought a probe into allegations of an attempt by the BJP to topple its government. The ruling party claimed that the BJP had offered Rs 25 crore each...
Stalin asks Shah to stop his bid to make India Hindia
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has responded to Home Minister Amit Shah’s comments on the Hindi language, which the BJP leader had said is not a competitor of local languages but a “friend”. “I want to make one thing very clear. Some people are spreading disinformation that Hindi...
Nitish meets Prashant Kishor, says not upset with him
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and poll strategist Prashant Kishor, his former deputy, have been exchanging sharp digs at each other for weeks. Last evening, the two met for 45 minutes, triggering speculation of a collaboration in the 2024 national election. Pawan Verma, a former leader of Nitish Kumar’s...
IT park admits encroachment, blames it on developer
A tech park in east Bengaluru has admitted to encroaching on a storm water drain, but blamed it on Purvankara, the builder of the adjacent Purva Parkridge. The Bagmane World Technology Centre — developed by the city’s well-known developer Bagmane Group — is one of the 15 big names...
Hindi not a competitor, but friend of all languages: Shah
Hindi language is not a competitor but a “friend” of all the other regional languages in the country and they are mutually dependent on each other for their growth, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said today. He denounced the “disinformation” campaign to pit Hindi against native languages and underlined...
8 Goa Cong MLAs likely to join BJP
Barely two months after the Congress seemed to have staved off a defection bid, eight of its 11 MLAs led by top leaders Digambar Kamat and Michael Lobo will join the ruling BJP later today, sources said. They met the Vidhan Sabha Speaker, besides Chief Minister Pramod Sawant. If...
Gehlot loyalist takes on Pilot over shoe-throwing
Rajasthan Minister Ashok Chandna has reacted sharply to Sachin Pilot supporters throwing footwear towards a stage where he was present, saying if the ex-state Congress president can become Chief Minister by getting shoes thrown at him, he should do it. He also got into a war of words with...
Owaisi says Gyanvapi order takes country back to 80s
Asaduddin Owaisi, the chief of AIMIM (All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen) today said the order of the Varanasi court allowing a petition from some Hindu women for year-long worship on the premises of Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque should be challenged in the High Court. “I was hoping that the court will...
