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Row over Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau order
The names of people caught through decoy operations in corruption cases cannot be made public till they are found guilty in trial, officials of the Anti-Corruption Bureau in Rajasthan have been told in a controversial order. The state’s opposition BJP has attacked the Ashok Gehlot government, saying this is...
Accuser against minister alleges pressure to silence her
The woman coach, who alleged sexual harassment by Haryana Sports Minister Sandeep Singh, on Tuesday claimed that Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has been trying to influence the probe. Speaking to the media after she appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Chandigarh Police, the woman said,...
EU, Beijing on collision course over China’s covid crisis
The European Union and China on Tuesday moved closer to a political standoff over the COVID-19 crisis, with Beijing vehemently rejecting travel restrictions some EU nations have started to impose that could well be expanded in coming days. An EU offer of help, including vaccine donations, was also as...
Digitisation only positive of note ban: ex-Niti Aayog vice chief
Rajiv Kumar, the former vice-chairman of government’s thinktank Niti Aayog, today gave a mixed report card to the notes ban of 2016. The Supreme Court, which backed the notes ban in a 4-1 verdict, had steered clear of the question, saying it is “not relevant” whether the objective of...
UK firm estimates China daily covid deaths at 9,000
Deaths attributed to Covid in China have increased to 9,000 people per day, according to a data firm, reported news.com.au, an Australia-based publication. The news.com.au report also says, “British-based research firm Airfinity has doubled the number of people it estimates are dying from Covid in China as the number of infections...
Kamal Nath sees Rahul as Opposition’s PM face for 2024
Senior Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath on Friday said Rahul Gandhi will be the opposition’s prime minister candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In an email interview with PTI, Nath lauded Rahul Gandhi for leading the Congress’ countrywide Bharat Jodo Yatra, saying he...
Ghulam Nabi Azad denies move to return to Cong
Senior politician and chief of the newly-formed Democratic Progressive Azad Party Ghulam Nabi Azad said there was no move to return to Congress with which he had snapped his 52-year-old association earlier this year. Talking to PTI, the veteran politician who has been former Union minister and chief minister...
Ram devotion not BJP copyright, says Uma Bharti
A day after she told BJP supporters that they should “look around” and decide which party to vote for, senior BJP leader Uma Bharti has courted more trouble for the party. Devotion to Lord Ram and Hanuman is not the copyright of the BJP, she said while responding to...
Modi takes part in mother’s last rites
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Gujarat after his mother died early this morning. She was 99. PM Modi, who was scheduled to launch the developmental projects in West Bengal, may join the events through video conferencing. “Smt Hiraba Modi passed away on 30/12/2022, at 3:39 am (early morning,...
Cricketer Rishabh Pant seriously hurt in car crash
India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant on Friday sustained injuries after his car collided with the divider and caught fire while he was travelling from Delhi to Uttarakhand. He was driving his Mercedes car, which met with an accident near Roorkee in Uttarakhand. Pant has sustained injuries to his head, knee...
Pragya Thakur named in case for ‘Hindus, keep knives ‘speech
BJP MP Pragya Thakur has been named in a police case for allegedly making a provocative speech in Karnataka’s Shivamogga. The complaint against the Bhopal MP alleged that she made derogatory remarks against Muslims while speaking at the Hindu Jagarana Vedike’s South Region annual convention. At the event, Pragya...
Blatant caste discrimination in Tamil Nadu Dalit village
A shocking case of caste discrimination has surfaced from a village in Tamil Nadu, the home of Periyar movement, where human feces were found dumped in a water tank meant for the Scheduled Caste community. The district authorities who went to investigate, found the horrors did not end there....
Uzbekistan says 18 child deaths linked to India-made syrup
Uzbekistan has claimed that at least 18 children in the country have died after allegedly taking an India-manufactured cough syrup. India is set to probe the claims. The health ministry of Uzbekistan, in a statement, said that the children who died had consumed cough syrup Doc-1 Max – manufactured...
Nitish says reopening of CBI case due to his forming govt
Days after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) reopened a corruption case against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Yadav, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took a veiled dig at the BJP-ruled central government. Nitish Kumar, who parted ways with the BJP earlier this year and tied up with...
Cold wave, dense fog disrupt life in North India
Delhi woke up to chills this morning, its streets wrapped in a blanket of dense fog that brought visibility down to a minimum. The minimum temperature in the national capital this morning dipped to 5.6 degrees Celsius as a cold wave swept through north India. Dense fog was observed...
Tejashwi says he is not bothered by CBI reopening cases
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav has dared the CBI, which is reopening its case against himself, father Lalu Yadav and his two sisters, saying are there was no wrongdoing. “The allegation is that Lalu Yadav’s family received a prime property from a realty giant in Delhi in return...
Caste no ground for CM’s choice, says Gehlot
Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Monday said he has not become the chief minister of Rajasthan on the basis of caste as he is the lone MLA from his community. Gehlot’s statement has come amid demands from a section to make his bete noire Sachin Pilot as the chief...
CBI reopens probe against Lalu Yadav in Railway case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has reopened a corruption case against former chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, months after the Bihar reversal in which his party tied up with Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal United (JDU) and formed the government. The CBI had in 2018 started a probe into...
