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Twitter India chief quizzed in Congress toolkit case
Manish Maheshwari, Managing Director of Twitter in India, was questioned by the Delhi Police Special Cell in Bengaluru on May 31 in connection with the alleged ‘Congress toolkit’ case, sources said. This was a week after Delhi Police teams went to Twitter’s offices in Delhi and Gurgaon after serving...
Mumbai raid in connection with Ambani bomb scare
The NIA on Thursday morning raided the home of former Mumbai Police ‘encounter specialist’ Pradeep Sharma in connection with the Mukesh Ambani bomb scare investigation. A team from the central agency and armed CRPF (central reserve police force) personnel arrived at Sharma’s home in Mumbai’s Andheri at 5 am...
Amit Shah meeting with MPs not about Cabinet expansion: Sources
BJP sources say home minister Amit Shah’s meeting with groups of BJP MPs has nothing to do with cabinet expansion, but part of an ongoing feedback exercise on the work of the government, Covid situation and other issues. The speculations started in view of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meetings...
BJP MLAs skip Suvendu meeting, signalling more ‘ghar wapasis’
IPA Webdesk A number of BJP MLAs stayed away opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari’s meeting with Governor Jagdeep Dhankar to apprise him of “several inappropriate incidents happening in Bengal and discuss other important matters”, further adding to speculation about more reverse migration to the TMC. But with 24 of the...
BJP to launch national drive to promote vaccination
Faced with all-round criticism that the Modi government was ill-prepared to meet the second wave of Covid, BJP is starting the second phase of a countrywide voluntary service to promote vaccination and help people affected with the disease. The programme was initiated last month by BJP chief JP Nadda...
National Award-winning actor Sanchari Vijay dies after accident
Kannada actor Sanchari Vijay, who met with an accident on June 12, was declared brain dead on Monday. He was 38. He had been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Apollo Hospital in Bengaluru, where he was being treated. The actor’s family has decided to donate...
Ayodhya Ram Temple Trust accused of land scam
The Ram Mandir Trust set up by the Centre last year has been accused of pulling off an illicit land deal, in which two real estate dealers allegedly purchased a property for Rs 2 crore and selling to the Trust for Rs 18.5 crore within minutes of the...
All Delhi shops, restaurants reopen
Shops, malls and restaurants in Delhi will open all seven days from today as Covid numbers in the national capital drop to a three-month low. But Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said this will be on trial basis for a week and strict action will be taken if the...
Kapil Sibal reiterates call for complete overhaul of Congress
Congress veteran Kapil Sibal has repeated his call for a meaningful overhaul of the party at all levels of the organisation to show it is no longer in a state of inertia and to present itself as a viable political alternative to the BJP. Sibal, who was among the...
5% GST To continue on Covid vaccines
IPA Webdesk The GST Council, which met in Delhi on Saturday, decided to reduce the tax on medicines, some hospital equipment and other items needed in the fight against COVID-19. No tax will be charged for medicines like Tocilizumab and Amphotericin B, used for treating Black Fungus, an opportunistic...
