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BSP demands 6-month ban on pre-poll surveys
New Delhi: Ban pre-poll surveys by media outlets six months before state and general elections to ensure voters can exercise their rights freely, fairly, and uninfluenced by the “misleading” projections which are “sponsored surveys”, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has appealed to the Election Commission. With just months to...
Amit Shah on first J&K visit after Article 370 repeal
Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah landed in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday morning for a three-day visit – his first since he led the government’s charge to scrap Article 370 in August two years ago. He was received at Srinagar airport by J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. After landing...
CJI raises concern over judiciary infrastructure
New Delhi: Chief Justice NV Ramana raised several concerns over judicial infrastructure today as he shared the stage with Law Minister Kiren Rijiju. He also urged the Law Minister to make sure the proposal to set up the National Judicial Infrastructure Authority is taken up in the winter session...
Kisan Morcha suspends Yogendra Yadav
Collective wisdom must prevail over individual understanding in any public movement, activist Yogendra Yadav said today as he accepted the Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s decision to suspend him for a month after he visited the family of a BJP worker killed in the violence at Lakhimpur Kheri. Mr Yadav has...
Aryan says NCB trying to implicate him
NCB Mumbai: Aryan Khan, son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, in his plea in the Bombay High Court seeking bail, has said the NCB was “misinterpreting” his WhatsApp chats to implicate him in the case of seizure of banned drugs aboard a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast...
1 billion vaccination feat symbol of ‘New India’, says Modi
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, addressing a nation today after the country’s massive milestone of 100 crore vaccinations, said it was not just a number but a symbol of the country’s ability and of “new India”. He also said India’s critics had been silenced. “100 crore vaccine...
Channi slams CBSE move to exclude Punjabi as major subject
New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on October 21 said the decision of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to keep Punjabi out of the major subjects is against the federal spirit of the Constitution and it violates the right of Punjabi youth to learn their...
US panel ‘gravely troubled’ by B’desh attacks on Hindus
Dhaka: A US commission on religious freedom has said that it is “gravely troubled” over the recent wave of violence against the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh and urged the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to launch a crackdown on extremist elements that fan anti-Hindu sentiments. Attacks on Hindu...
BJP accepts Amarinder Singh’s ‘friend request’
Chandigarh: A day after Amarinder Singh said he would launch a new outfit and hoped to tie up with the BJP for the Punjab election, his “friend request” has been accepted. “We are ready for an alliance with Captain Amarinder Singh,” said the BJP’s Punjab in-charge Dushyant Gautam....
Yogi livid at woman cops posing with Priyanka for photo
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is apparently so annoyed with policewomen who posed for selfies with Priyanka Gandhi Vadra that he is contemplating action against them, the Congress leader said on Friday, offering to be punished instead. “I am hearing that Yogi ji is so hurt...
Celebrations to mark 1 billion Covid vaccinations
1 billion vaccination: Mansukh Mandaviya will launch song and audio-visual film at Red Fort New Delhi: India is set to administer one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses by early today, an important milestone after a slow start, even as a recent drop in inoculations worries the government and healthcare providers....
Supreme Court rebukes UP govt over Lakhimpur report delay
The Supreme Court today rebuked the Uttar Pradesh government for what it called its “last minute” submission of a report on the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which eight people, including four farmers, were killed. “We waited till 1 AM last night that we will get material,” Chief Justice...
Uttarakhand’s Ranikhet, Almora cut off
New Delhi: Uttarakhand’s Ranikhet and Almora remain cut off from the plains – and the former was today forced to ration fuel for emergency services – for a second consecutive day, as the hilly state battles floods, landslides and other disasters triggered by four days of heavy rainfall. There is...
Amarinder to form party, open to pact with BJP
New Delhi: Punjab’s former Chief Minister Amarinder Singh today declared that he will form a new political party and provided the farmers’ protest is resolved, will consider an alliance with the BJP and breakaway Akali groups ahead of next year’s assembly elections in the state. Mr Singh had...
Videos of YSR supporters attacking TDP office go viral
Hyderabad: Videos of rampaging activists of YSR Congress attacking the central party office of the opposition Telugu Desam Party at Mangalagiri, throwing stones at glasses and breaking furniture have gone viral in Andhra Pradesh. Videos and photos have also been shared widely on social media of the home of...
NIA to probe J&K civilian killings
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency – India’s counter-terrorism force – will take over the probe into the targeted killing of 11 civilians in Jammu and Kashmir this month, sources said Tuesday morning. The NIA has been mandated by the Home Ministry to investigate the larger conspiracy behind the...
Karnataka Cong deletes tweet against Modi
Bengaluru: The Congress in Karnataka has deleted a tweet labelling Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an “angootha-chhaap” or illiterate, also expressing regret for what it called an “uncivil tweet” posted by a “novice social media manager”. Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar, withdrawing the party’s controversial post, admitted last night...
US court rejects Nirav Modi plea against fraud charge
Washington: A bankruptcy court in New York has dismissed a petition of fugitive of diamond merchant Nirav Modi and his associates, seeking dismissal of fraud allegations against them. The allegations were made by Richard Levin, the court appointed trustee of three US corporations–Firestar Diamond, Fantasy Inc and A Jaffe–indirectly...
