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CBI summons KCR’s daughter in Delhi liquor policy case
K Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, has been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to appear as a witness in the Delhi liquor policy case on Tuesday. Ms Kavitha, a former MP and now a Member of Legislative Council, has been given...
Jairam Ramesh’s gaddar tag to Scindia revives row
The Congress today saw another “gaddar” (traitor) jibe thrown around as its communications in-charge, Jairam Ramesh, went for some bite when asked if Jyotiraditya Scindia, a former Congress “young turk” who is now a BJP minister, could come back to the party. “Scindia is a gaddar (traitor), true gaddar,...
Assam CM links Delhi’s Shraddha murder to love jihad
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma asserted today that “love jihad” is a “reality” and has been established by the grisly murder of Shraddha Walkar in Delhi. Sarma has earlier spoken of the issue in the context of the murder, insisting that the country needs a strict law against...
Defacing of JNU buildings with anti-Brahmin slogans alleged
Several buildings on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus were defaced on Thursday with anti-Brahmin slogans, photos of which were shared on social media. Students claimed that the walls in the School of International Studies- II building were vandalised with slogans against Brahmin and Baniya communities. There was no immediate...
Sidhu Moose Wala murder mastermind held in California
Gangster Goldy Brar, one of the main conspirators of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder, has been detained in US, sources told NDTV. A member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, Goldy Brar had recently moved to the US from Canada, where he was based since 2017. The gangster was...
Voting progresses in 89 Gujarat assembly seats
A total of 89 seats are voting in the first phase of assembly polls in Gujarat today, in which the BJP is hoping for a seventh consecutive term. Its big challenger is the Aam Aadmi Party, which has managed to push aside the Congress in terms of visibility. The...
US dossier warns Indian Navy against major China threat
China may station aircraft carriers, large warships and submarines in its first overseas military base in Djibouti, a move that would have profound security ramifications for the Indian Navy. Details of the base feature in the US Department of Defence’s annual report on China, which is submitted to the...
ISIS confirms leader killed in battle, names new chief
The Islamic State jihadist group said Wednesday that its leader Abu Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi has been killed in battle and announced a replacement. A spokesman for the group said Hashimi, an Iraqi, was killed “in combat with enemies of God”, without elaborating on the date of his death or...
Centre returns 10 Collegium names for high courts
The names of 10 judges recommended for elevation by the Supreme Court Collegium have not received a go-ahead from the Central government. The files, returned on November 25, also include the name of senior advocate Saurabh Kirpal, the son of former Chief Justice of India BN Kirpal. Sources say...
Kejriwal alleges stone thrown at him at Surat roadshow
A scuffle broke out between supporters of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday during Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s roadshow in Surat city in poll-bound Gujarat. The incident occurred in Katargam locality in the evening after BJP workers chanted ‘Modi, Modi’ when...
Covid lockdown protests rage in Chinese cities
Hundreds of people took to the streets in China’s major cities on Sunday to protest against the country’s zero-Covid policy, in a rare outpouring of public anger against the state. China’s hardline virus strategy is stoking public frustration, with many growing weary of snap lockdowns, lengthy quarantines and mass...
Data of 500 million WhatsApp users leaked, on sale
In one of the biggest data breaches ever, phone numbers of nearly 500 million WhatsApp users have been leaked and are up for sale. The database, up for sale on a popular hacking forum, contains the private information of WhatsApp users from 84 countries, according to a report by...
Cong threatens action over ‘doctored’ Rahul yatra clip
The Congress vowed to take legal action over a “doctored” video clip and threatened the BJP with “payback” after the ruling party’s top leaders shared the clip with a claim that “Pakistan Zindabad” slogans were heard during Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra that’s currently in Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh...
Notice to man for ‘scandalising’ Supreme Court judge
The Supreme Court on Friday took umbrage at a litigant calling a judge of the court a “terrorist” and directed the registry to issue him a show cause notice as to why he should not be prosecuted for criminal contempt for “scandalising” the judge. “You have to be sent...
Rishi Sunak plans curbs on foreign students
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be considering “all options”, including reducing the number of foreign students, in his bid to bring down the rising net migration in the United Kingdom, according to a report by the BBC. Sunak will be looking into imposing curbs on foreign students pursuing...
Shah promises help to historians to ‘rewrite history’
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has asked historians to rewrite history in the Indian context and assured them that the government will support their efforts. “I am student of history and I hear a lot of times that our history has not been presented properly and is distorted. Maybe...
Yatra prompted by closure of all democratic avenues: Rahul
Congress’s Rahul Gandhi, face of the party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, launched one of his strongest attacks on the BJP till date. The venue was Madhya Pradesh, the state where the party’s government crashed in 2020 after Jyotiraditya Scindia — one of the its senior leaders and Rahul Gandhi’s closest...
Labour ministry summons Amazon India over sackings
The Union labour ministry has summoned Amazon India to appear before the deputy chief labour commissioner in Bengaluru on Wednesday, in connection with the alleged forced terminations by the company, according to news agency IANS. “You (Amazon) are therefore requested to attend this office with all relevant records in...
