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Crucial polls in 3 LS, 29 assembly seats in 11 states today
By-elections to three Lok Sabha are taking place today, along with 29 assembly seats across 11 states. The seats where Lok Sabha bye-elections will be held are Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Mandi in Himachal Pradesh and Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh. Of the 29 assembly constituencies going to the bypolls, five...
6 suspended BSP MLAs to join Samajwadi Party today
Six rebel MLAs of the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will officially join the Samajwadi Party on Saturday in the presence of party chief Akhilesh Yadav at SP headquarters in Lucknow. The rebel BSP MLAs were already been suspended by Mayawati after they sided with SP during the Rajya...
Pegasus can be sold only to govts, says Israeli envoy
New Delhi: Companies like NSO can’t sell their products to non-governmental actors, newly-appointed Israeli Ambassador to India Naor Gilon said today, while terming as an “internal thing” for New Delhi the row over spyware Pegasus. His comments at a press conference came following questions over allegations of unauthorised...
Shaktikanta reappointed RBI Governor for another term
Shaktikanta Das has been reappointed as governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for another term of three years. The decision was approved by the appointments committee of the cabinet late on Thursday. The re-appointment will be effective from December 10, 2021 when Das’ current term ends as RBI...
Aryan Khan gets bail after 3 weeks
New Delhi: Aryan Khan, the son of superstar Shah Rukh Khan, has been granted bail three weeks after his arrest in the drugs-on-cruise case. He will spend at least two more nights in prison as his team can apply for his release only after the Bombay High Court’s...
Rajinikanth in hospital, staff Says ‘routine check-up’
Chennai: Megastar Rajinikanth was admitted at a hospital in Chennai on Thursday evening when he went in for a routine check-up. “I am told sir has gone for a routine check-up and he would return soon,” Riaz K Ahmed, who handles the superstar’s PR, told NDTV. The Kauvery...
Facebook changes name to Meta
Facebook Inc is now called Meta, the company said on Thursday, in a rebrand that focuses on investing in the “metaverse,” a shared virtual environment that it bets will be the successor to the mobile internet. The name change comes as the world’s largest social media company battles criticisms...
Modi has attacked India with Pegasus, says Rahul
New Delhi: Congress’s Rahul Gandhi welcomed the Supreme Court’s order to form a committee to look into the Pegasus spyware row, saying the opposition’s stand on the issue is “vindicated” since the judges have flagged the same concerns. “We protested, but no reply. We stopped Parliament, but we still...
India sends a missile message to China with Agni-V
New Delhi: India on Wednesday successfully test-fired the Agni-5, a surface-to-surface ballistic missile that can accurately strike targets up to 5,000 km away, in what is being seen as a strong message to China. Agni-5, which broadly falls into the category of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile or ICBM,...
Delhi cops stop group headed to Singhu brutal killing site
New Delhi: To prevent any situation that may spark unrest at the farmers’ agitation site in Singhu, Delhi Police on Wednesday stopped a group of protesters headed that way to demand compensation for the murder of Lakhbir Singh, whose mutilated body was found in the area earlier this month....
Congressional Diwali celebration is a hit
Washington: Hindu-American culture has enriched the United States and the world, US lawmakers said during the annual Diwali celebrations at the Congress. “We have come a long way as a community where someone can easily say today as I do, that I am a proud Hindu-American, that I am...
All eyes on Mamata’s Goa visit, Rahul coming on 30th
Amid bitter relations between Congress and TMC, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is beginning her election campaign for Goa on Thursday while Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will start his campaign in the state from October 30. Relations between Congress and TMC have turned sour, even though the two...
Waqar Younis apologises for remark after Dubai match
Former Pakistan pacer Waqar Younis on Wednesday issued an apology after making a controversial remark while speaking to a TV network in Pakistan. Younis had made the comment after Pakistan’s 10-wicket win over India in their T20 World Cup opener in Dubai on Sunday. The comment, which many found objectionable, had invited...
SC forms independent panel to probe Pegasus snooping
New Delhi: The Supreme Court handed down the Modi government a serious drubbing by ordering the constitution of an independent expert committee to look into the allegations of widespread and targeted surveillance of politicians, journalists, activist etc using the Pegasus spyware. The committee will be supervised by its retired judge...
‘Where are jobs’ chant greets Nitish Kumar
Patna: Loud protests by youths over unemployment greeted Bihar Chief Minister today at a rally in the run up to the October 30 bypoll at Tarapur Assembly segment. While the Chief Minister accused Opposition parties of engineering the protests, rival Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) criticised him for “losing his mind”...
Congr members seek change to ‘teetotaller rule’
Congress’ rule of being a teetotaller and using khadi triggered a discussion in the AICC meeting on Tuesday, where a majority agreed that there should be an amendment to reflect the evolving times. The party’s old-time rules left some red faces at the meeting. According to a report in...
Lalu back in action as he pushes for RJD revival
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is back in Bihar politics after recuperating from his illness in New Delhi following release from jail on bail in fodder scam related cases in April this year. Lalu has already geared up for the upcoming bypolls to two seats in the state and...
Amarinder announces party, no name yet
Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said he was ready to float his political outfit but had not decided on the name and symbol yet as he presented his roadmap for the future while also clarifying on his meetings with Home Minister Amit Shah which...
