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BJP turns heat on TMC over attack on sadhus
A group of seers being targeted by a mob in West Bengal has resulted in another showdown between the BJP and the ruling Trinamool Congress. Twelve people have been arrested in connection with the attack on seers after the videos of the incident went viral. Sources say the seers...
Israel to face Gaza genocide charges at World Court
Israel prepared to defend itself on Thursday at the top UN court against accusations of genocide in Gaza, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rebuffed for the first time calls by some right-wing ministers to permanently occupy the enclave. As Israel’s war in Gaza continued to rage, the International...
With no Ram Mandir invite yet, Uddhav to visit Nashik temple
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, who has so far not received an invitation for the Ayodhya Ram temple consecration ceremony on January 22, today said he and his party leaders will visit Kalaram temple in Nashik that day and perform a ‘maha aarti’ on the Godavari river bank....
Hasina likely to win 4th term as Bangladesh votes
Bangladesh is set to vote in its 12th general election today amid a boycott and strike by the main opposition party. There have also been incidents of arson, including at least five schools and a train being set ablaze. Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League party has been the...
Supreme Court relief for ED-arrested Tamil Nadu minister
Arrested Tamil Nadu minister V Senthil Balaji cannot be removed without the consent of the Chief Minister, the Supreme Court said and dismissed a request by a social activist for his removal. The Supreme Court’s judgment agreed with the Madras High Court’s verdict that said the Chief Minister can...
Kejriwal expects arrest any time, roads to Delhi home blocked
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal could be arrested today after a raid at his house, leaders of the ruling Aam Aadmi Party said hours after he refused to appear for questioning in the Delhi liquor policy case. Party sources also claimed that the roads leading to Mr Kejriwal’s residence...
Modi flags off 2 Amrit Bharat, 6 Vande Bharat trains in Ayodhya
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today flagged off two new Amrit Bharat trains and six new Vande Bharat trains from the redeveloped Ayodhya Dham Station. The new Amrit Bharat trains will run as Darbhanga-Ayodhya-Anand Vihar Terminal Amrit Bharat Express and Malda Town-Sir M Visvesvaraya Terminus (Bengaluru) Amrit Bharat Express. The...
Pralhad Joshi backs Bengaluru’s 60% Kannada rule
Union minister Pralhad Joshi said on Wednesday that while he does not agree with violence, he did agree with the demand that shop signages in Karnataka should be predominantly in the local language. Speaking to NDTV hours after pro-Kannada groups went on a rampage in state capital Bengaluru, the...
Israel sees blast near Delhi embassy as an attack
It is possible that the explosion near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi is an attack, Tel Aviv has said, putting out an advisory for Israelis living in India and particularly in New Delhi. The advisory asks Israelis to avoid visiting crowded places such as malls and markets, particularly areas...
Rahul Gandhi meets wrestlers amid award return spree
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today met the country’s prominent wrestlers, including Olympic bronze medallist Bajrang Poonia, at a gathering in Haryana’s Jhajjar district. The meeting comes amid several wrestlers returning their awards to protest the election results of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). Sanjay Singh, an aide of BJP...
Kharge tells Dhankhar suspension weaponised by ruling party
The ruling party has “weaponised” the suspension of MPs as a convenient tool to “undermine democracy, sabotage Parliamentary practices and throttle the Constitution”, Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge said in a letter to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar. In his reply to a letter written by Jagdeep Dhankhar, Mr...
Navy deploys 3 warships to counter Arabian Sea attacks
The Indian Navy’s explosive ordnance disposal team on Monday carried out a detailed inspection of merchant vessel MV Chem Pluto on its arrival at Mumbai harbour, two days after the ship was hit by a drone off India’s west coast in the Arabian Sea when it was on its...
France-grounded human trafficking plane lands in Mumbai
An Airbus A340 carrying 276 passengers, mostly Indians, landed in Mumbai early this morning, following a four-day detention in France over suspected human trafficking allegations. The aircraft landed in Mumbai shortly after 4 am. It had taken off from Vatry airport near Paris around 2.30 pm local time. French authorities...
DMK MP’s Bihari jibe may be INDIA Bloc’s new trouble
A video of DMK leader Dayanidhi Maran, which party sources claim is old, can spell trouble for the unity of INDIA bloc at a time when it is gearing up for the big Lok Sabha contest just a few months away. In a video, the authenticity of which NDTV...
Athletes welcome suspension of Wrestling Federation
Top athletes have welcomed the Sports Ministry’s move to suspend the newly elected management of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), but they also said the action came late. They said the Centre must have stepped in earlier and taken strong action against the WFI for violating the sports...
Consular access to Indians on grounded ‘trafficking’ plane
French police have taken two men into custody a day after grounding a Nicaragua-bound plane carrying over 300 Indian passengers over suspected “human trafficking”. Indian authorities have also reached the spot and are investigating the situation. France grounded a charter flight headed to Nicaragua carrying 303 Indian passengers on...
Suspensions: INDIA Bloc parties launch nationwide protest
INDIA Bloc member parties are staging street protests today against the suspension of a historic number of MPs from Parliament in an “undemocratic manner” during the Winter Session. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, former party president Rahul Gandhi and other members of the alliance were to address the protest at...
Rahul bid to pacify Nitish Kumar on INDIA Bloc PM face
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi reached out to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday evening, amid talk of yet more rifts in the INDIA bloc ahead of next year’s general election. Sources have told NDTV Gandhi could not speak to the Janata Dal (United) boss since he was in a...
