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Haryana official caught demanding Scotch for minister
An excise official was given a punishment posting and transferred to the department headquarters after an audio message in which he is allegedly heard telling a liquor store employee to send scotch whiskey bottles for a minister’s function. In the audio file, which the liquor store owner has sent...
Lalu Yadav vows to oust Modi from power
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday slammed the BJP government at the centre as “dictatorial” and vowed to oust Prime Minister Narendra Modi from power in the 2024 general elections. He made the remarks when asked about the way forward for the 2024 polls. The...
India moving away from Russia a long-term proposition: US
It is going to be a long-term proposition for India – which has a decades-old relationship with Moscow – to reorient its foreign policy away from Russia, the United States has said. It said it was working “very closely” with India through the Quad as well as other forums....
Conman’s gifts to Jacqueline Fernandez worth Rs 10 cr
Jacqueline Fernandez, the Bollywood actor named in a Rs 200 crore extortion case by the Enforcement Directorate, had received a series of expensive gifts from conman Sukesh Chandrashekar. The list included designer handbags, car and diamonds. Jacqueline Fernandez, who was been chargesheeted in the case, was confronted with Sukesh...
DMK moves Supreme Court over ‘freebies’ term scope
Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK has filed a petition in the Supreme Court in the ongoing case about “freebies”, contending that the scope of the term is very wide and “there are a lot of aspects which need to be considered”. The court is hearing a petition that has challenged...
Azad quits J&K Cong panel within hours of appointment
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad — long upset with the party — has resigned from a key party post in Jammu and Kashmir, signalling a revolt within. The chairman of the party’s campaign committee, he stepped down from the post shortly after his appointment. He has also resigned...
Meira Kumar says ‘Chamar’ used as slur against her father
Meira Kumar, former minister, Lok Sabha Speaker and a Presidential candidate, reacted with a visceral tweet today to the death of a 9-year-old in Rajasthan. The boy was beaten badly by his teacher for drinking water from a pot meant for the so-called upper castes. Her father, former Deputy...
China mum over talks to secure ship docking at Lanka port
China on Monday said Sri Lanka has allowed its satellite and missile tracking ship to berth at the Hambantota port on Tuesday, but declined to reveal details of talks with Colombo leading to the bankrupt island’s government reversing its earlier stand to defer the high-tech vessel’s entry. “As you...
Arrests in Karnataka communal clash over Savarkar
Four people have been arrested for allegedly stabbing a man in Karnataka’s Shivamogga amid communal tension over a banner featuring the image of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. One of the accused suffered a bullet injury in the leg during the police operation to take them into custody. District police chief...
RJD ministers to dominate new Nitish cabinet
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is expanding his two-member cabinet today, with the biggest chunk of seats going to alliance partner Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). As many as 31 ministers will be inducted into the cabinet from various parties that are part of Mahagathbandhan or the Grand Alliance, including...
Modi blasts dynasty politics, corruption in his I-Day speech
Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted five pledges for India during his independence day address from the Red Fort on the occasion of 75th Independence Day. “In coming years, we’ve to focus on ‘Panchpran’- First, to move forward with bigger resolves & resolve of developed India; Second, erase all traces of...
‘Unprecedented’ demand for national flag reported
‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign by the Centre to commemorate 75 years of the country’s Independence has helped boost demand for the tricolour as flag makers and traders are witnessing a surge in order and sales of the national flag. Flag manufacturers also hailed the central government’s decision to allow...
Cong responds to BJP’s Partition video featuring Savarkar
The second “Partition Horrors Remembrance Day” — named so by Prime Minister Narendra Modi — passed in bitter recriminations between the BJP and the Congress over who was responsible for the division of the country in 1947. It started in the morning after the BJP tweeted a video that...
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, Indian Warren Buffett, dead
Ace investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala died this morning at a Mumbai hospital. He was 62. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala was rushed to the Breach Candy Hospital at around 6.45 am after he suffered a cardiac arrest. He was declared dead on arrival by the hospital authorities. He was discharged from the same hospital...
Sitharaman refuses to identify which ones are freebies
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday asked the states doling out freebies to check the fiscal strength of the state government and make budgetary provision accordingly. Days after the ‘rewaris’ jibe by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, apparently referring to the freebies given by some state governments, especially the...
Rushdie off ventilator, attacker pleads ‘not guilty’
Author Salman Rushdie was taken off the ventilator last night as he remained hospitalised with serious injuries after being stabbed at a literary event in New York, multiple reports said. Rushdie’s agent, Andrew Wylie, confirmed that the author was taken off the ventilator and could be able to talk,...
Chinese spy ship cleared to dock at Lanka port
Sri Lanka’s government has granted permission for a controversial Chinese research vessel to visit the island despite India’s concerns that it could spy on New Delhi’s military installations, officials said on Saturday. The Yuan Wang 5 is described as a research and survey vessel by international shipping and analytics...
Deutsche Bank ex-CEO Anshu Jain dies of cancer at 59
Anshu Jain, former Deutsche Bank CEO, died on Saturday after a five-year battle with cancer. He was 59. In a statement, the bank said Jain played a crucial role in the development of Deutsche Bank and was instrumental in building the company’s global capital markets business. He was appointed...
