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Modi confidante Ananda Bose appointed Bengal governor
Former bureaucrat CV Ananda Bose has been appointed Governor of West Bengal. In a statement, the office of President Droupadi Murmu confirmed Bose’s appointment. “The President of India is pleased to appoint Dr CV Ananda Bose as regular Governor of West Bengal. The appointment will take effect from the...
CBI books Rotomac directors for Rs 750 cr bank fraud
The CBI has booked Kanpur-based Rotomac Global and its directors for Rs 750.54 crore for alleged fraud in Indian Overseas Bank, officials said. The company, which was in the business of writing instruments, has a total outstanding of Rs 2,919 crore against a consortium of seven banks led by Bank...
Row over Kamal Nath’s temple-shaped cake with Hanuman
A cake has landed Congress chief and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath in a political controversy. A video showed him cutting the four-tier, temple-shaped cake that had a saffron flag and an image of lord Hanuman on top. Now, Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh...
Missile that hit Poland likely ‘misfired’ by Ukraine
Western leaders moved to calm fears of a dangerous escalation in Russia’s war in Ukraine Wednesday, saying a missile blast in Poland was likely an accident, while Kyiv pushed back hard at the idea its anti-aircraft fire was to blame. Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky pointed the finger at Russia,...
Modi calls for ceasefire, diplomacy in Ukraine war at G20
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a return to the path of ceasefire and diplomacy in Ukraine, saying the members of the G20 should show “concrete and collective resolve” to ensure peace and security in the world. “Over the past century, the Second World War wreaked havoc in the...
Tejashwi praises Nitin Gadkari as model minister
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and staunch BJP critic Tejashwi Yadav heaped praise on union minister Nitin Gadkari at an event in Bihar. He said Bihar would greatly benefit if more union ministers were “progressive and positive” like him. “I have no doubt that Mr Gadkari in his department does...
Chief Justice decries ‘colonial mindset’ in judiciary
Newly sworn-in Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday asked Supreme Court and High Court judges to shun the “colonial mindset” and the “culture of subordination” while dealing with district court judges, saying the country needs to move towards a “more modern and equal judiciary”. Speaking at his...
Rahul Gandhi to take yatra break to campaign in Gujarat
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will be campaigning in Gujarat on November 22. He will visit Gujarat during a break from Congress party’s ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra. Elections are scheduled to be held in Gujarat in two phases, on December 1 and 5. Votes will be counted on December 8....
ED says Rs 100 cr bribes paid In Delhi liquor scam
Bribes worth Rs 100 crore were paid for favours involving the now-scrapped Delhi liquor sales policy, in which Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is an accused, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed on Thursday. They also claimed to have found that over three dozen VIPs, including Mr Sisodia, allegedly changed...
Meet warns against information manipulation in India
European parliamentarians and officials have cautioned against the capacity of social media users in India to manipulate the digital information environment for political and ideological propaganda. At a briefing moderated by Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Marketa Gregorova streamed online on Tuesday, experts warned that digitalisation in India...
Nitish renews call for all-India caste census after SC verdict
A day after the Supreme Court backed the Centre’s 10 per cent quota for the poor or EWS (Economically Weaker Sections) in jobs and education, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar called for a nationwide caste census while his Tamil Nadu counterpart MK Stalin’s party said his government would challenge...
Karnataka court orders blocking of Cong Twitter account
A Bengaluru court has ordered the temporary blocking of the Congress’s Twitter handle after a music firm filed a copyright case against the party for playing song from the movie KGF-2 at the Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi. M Naveen Kumar, who manages MRT music,...
Supreme Court upholds 10% economic reservation
The Supreme Court today upheld the 10 per cent reservation in all colleges and government jobs for the poorer sections of India’s so-called “upper castes”. Two judges — CJI UU Lalit and Justice S Ravindra Bhat – of the 5 in the bench, dissented. Reservation structured singularly on economic...
Kharge takes swipe at PM over bridge collapse
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday wondered whether the ‘charm’ of Prime Minister Narendra Modi led to the Morbi bridge collapse in Gujarat. Launching an attack on PM Modi on his maiden visit to Bengaluru after becoming the party president, the 80-year-old Congress veteran charged the Prime Minister with...
Telangana Cong loss may be watershed moment for party
Although the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) scooped a win in the Munugode by-election after a fierce neck-and-neck battle with the BJP, the real story from the bypoll was that of the Congress. In a state that was once a major source of its electoral strength, powering its two...
Tirupati temple richer than India’s biggest firms
Tirupati’s world famous Lord Venkateswara temple’s net worth of over Rs 2.5 lakh crore (about $30 billion) is more than the market capitalisation of IT services firm Wipro, food and beverage company Nestle and state-owned oil giants ONGC and IOC. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, keeper of the temple dedicated to...
Rishi Sunak speaks of pride at being UK’s first Hindu PM
The UK’s first Indian-origin Prime Minister, who is also an observant Hindu, believes the landmark says something important about the state of diversity in Britain, according to an interview published on Saturday. The 42-year-old Sunak also revealed that he refused to step aside for ex-PM Boris Johnson in last...
Vande Mataram, Jana Gana Mana on same level: Centre
The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that the national anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ “stand on the same level” and citizens should show equal respect to both. While unlike the national anthem there are no penal provisions or official instructions about singing...
