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Victim families challenge bail to minister’s son in SC
The families of the farmers killed in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri have approached the Supreme Court to challenge the bail to Ashish Mishra, the son of Union minister Ajay Mishra and the main accused in the case. The Allahabad High Court granted bail despite “overwhelming evidence” against the minister’s son, the...
Karnataka’s Shivamogga tense after Bajrang Dal member killed
There is tension in Karnataka’s Shivamogga after a 26-year-old member of right-wing outfit Bajrang Dal was stabbed to death last night. After incidents of arson, police have been deployed in large numbers and the administration has restricted public gatherings. Schools and colleges in the district will remain...
Ukraine Indian embassy staff family members told to return
India has asked its citizens including students who are living in Ukraine to return if their stay in the east European nation “is not deemed essential”. Family members of Indian embassy staff in Ukraine will also be sent home, sources have told NDTV. In a second advisory today, the...
Russia, France agree to defuse Ukraine crisis
French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Sunday agreed to work for a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, Macron’s office said. In a phone conversation lasting 105 minutes, they also agreed on “the need to favour a diplomatic solution to the ongoing crisis and to do everything...
Sidhu losing touch with people, says Congress MP
Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla on Sunday said the party’s chief in Punjab Navjot Singh Sidhu has not been among people in the last five years and his use of sharp language against leaders has upset people, which are likely to affect his chances of victory in the assembly...
Akhilesh slams PM’s bomb dig
Akhilesh Yadav today fired back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “terrorists choosing cycles” comment at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh, declaring that an “insult to the cycle is an insult to the entire nation”. The Samajwadi Party leader’s retort was framed in a verse in Hindi on the...
Russia expands military drills near Ukraine
Russia and Belarus are extending military drills that were due to end on Sunday, the Belarus defence minister said, in a step that further intensifies pressure on Ukraine as Western leaders warn of an imminent Russian invasion. The decision to extend the drills was taken because of military activity...
Chouhan likens Akhilesh to Aurangzeb for filial disloyalty
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan tore into Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav today, comparing him to the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. At a rally in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria, Mr Chouhan asked voters whether they can trust someone “who wasn’t loyal to his father”, alluding to Mr Yadav’s fight...
Officials say nothing to worry about Kashmir sinkhole
The sinkhole formed in the Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir is a naturally occurring geological event and there is no cause for panic or worry, officials said here on Friday. The sinkhole emerged on the Bringi nullah at Wandevalgam in the Kokernag area of the south Kashmir district...
38 get death sentence in Ahmedabad serial blast case
A special Gujarat court pronounced death sentence on 38 out of 49 convicts in the Ahmedabad serial bomb blast case today. Eleven other convicts have been awarded life imprisonment. The deat sentence to the 38 convicts has been awarded under section 302of the Indian penal Code (IPC) and Unlawful...
US dares Russia on Ukraine, dismisses pullback
The United States said Thursday that Russia is on the verge of unleashing a massive military attack against Ukraine, dismissing Moscow’s claim to be pulling forces back, as artillery fire hit a Ukrainian kindergarten. In a dramatic, previously unscheduled speech to the United Nations in New York, US Secretary...
Pragya Thakur says hijab won’t be tolerated
Amid growing outrage over Muslim students in Karnataka being denied permission to wear hijabs, controversial BJP MP Pragya Thakur – out on bail as a key accused in the Malegaon blasts terror case – warned women against wearing one in public at all, saying “it will not be tolerated”....
Modi attacks Channi, Priyanka over ‘UP, Bihar ke Bhaiye’ remark
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today attacked Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi over his “UP, Bihar ke bhaiye” comment and even targeted Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, saying the “family from Delhi was clapping”. “What the Congress Chief Minister said here, on which the family from Delhi was clapping,...
Modi calls KCR on birthday despite his scathing attack
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao this morning to wish him on his birthday. Mr Rao, or KCR, thanked the PM and “nothing else was discussed”, sources in the Chief Minister’s Office told NDTV. This is their first interaction after KCR skipped meeting or...
Uddhav invites Telangana CM for Sunday lunch
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has been invited to lunch by his Maharashtra counterpart Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday (February 20), his office said today. Mr Rao’s office said he had told Uddhav Thackeray: “You are doing good work. Keep it up. Hum aapke saath hain (we are with...
Modi, Shah, Mamata, others pay tribute to Bappi Lahiri
Legendary musician Bappi Lahiri died Tuesday night following multiple health issues. He was 69. He died at the CritiCare Hospital in Juhu, Mumbai due to obstructive sleep apnea shortly before midnight, said a doctor. Lahiri was known for popularising disco music in India in the 80s and 90s. He composed songs...
Rahul accuses Kejriwal of being soft to terrorists
Raising the pitch ahead of Sunday’s Punjab elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched a stinging attack on Aam Aadmi Party boss and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday, seemingly accusing the rival of being soft on terrorists and untrustworthy on national security. “Whatever happens, a leader of Congress...
Ex-minister Ashwani Kumar quits Cong citing ‘dignity’
Former Union Minister Ashwani Kumar today quit the Congress, his party of more than four decades, calling it a decision that was “consistent with my dignity”. Ashwani Kumar was Law Minister in the Manmohan Singh-led Congress government between 2009 and 2014. In his resignation letter to Congress president Sonia...
