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Aryan Khan regular user of drugs, court told
Mumbai: Aryan Khan is a regular consumer of drugs, the NCB told a Mumbai court Thursday as the star son’s bail hearing resumed this morning. The NCB, or Narcotics Control Bureau, told the court “evidence shows” the Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son frequently took banned substances, and had been...
Enquiry officer to probe Bengal ex-chief secretary conduct
Kolkata: Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari Wednesday said the Centre has appointed an enquiry officer to probe charges against former West Bengal chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, who was showcaused by the Modi government for skipping a cyclone review meeting with the prime minister in May. The BJP leader said...
Aryan Khan moved to common cell after testing Covid negative
Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan has been shifted to a common cell after testing negative for COVID-19, the superintendent at Mumbai’s Arthur Road Jail where he is lodged following his arrest in drug seizure case, said on Thursday. Along with him, five other men who were arrested in the...
Congress team meets President over UP farmers’ killing
New Delhi: Sack the Union Minister whose son is accused of mowing down protesting farmers in Uttar Pradesh, a Rahul Gandhi-led Congress delegation urged President Ram Nath Kovind, who, in turn, has said he will speak to the government over the issue. Union Minister of State for Home Ajay...
Akhilesh Yadav rules out pact with BSP, Cong
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, who started his campaign with the Vijay Rath Yatra from Kanpur on October 12, spoke to CNN News18 at the Hamirpur Circuit House about his “big” agenda for poll-bound Uttar Pradesh. Reminiscing about his experience in alliance politics, the former chief minister asserted that...
DMK set to sweep Tamil Nadu local polls
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK is set to sweep rural local body elections in nine newly constituted districts that were created for administrative convenience and following public demand. The DMK has won 45 of 153 district panchayat ward member seats and is leading in most of the rest. It...
FM in Boston, denies reports of coal crisis
Boston: Amid reports of the ongoing coal shortage in the country, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stressed that there is no shortage and termed these as absolutely baseless, saying India is a power surplus country. Sitharaman said that Power Minister R K Singh went on record just two days ago...
Piped cooking gas, CNG rates hiked
New Delhi: Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL) has announced a hike in prices of compressed natural gas (CNG) and piped natural gas (PNG) in Delhi and neighbouring cities of Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, and others. The new rates will be come into effect from 6 am on October 13,...
Sidhu to meet senior leaders as ‘resignation’ fate hangs in balance
As tension continues to simmer between Navjot Singh Sidhu and Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, the Punjab Congress Chief is slated to meet AICC general Secretary K C Venugopal and state party in charge Harish Rawat on Thursday. Rawat took to social media to inform about the meeting citing discussions on...
Domestic flights can operate at full capacity from Monday
New Delhi: Domestic airlines now can operate passenger flights without capacity restrictions, the Civil Aviation Ministry said Tuesday. The new order comes into effect from Monday, October 18. Airlines and airport operators must, however, the ministry said, “ensure guidelines to contain the spread of COVID-19 are strictly adhered...
IT raid at consultancy firm hired by DK Shivakumar
Bengaluru: Days after raids on close associates of former chief minister BS Yediyurappa, Income Tax officials on Tuesday raided an image and political consultancy firm in Bengaluru that counts Karnataka Congress president DK Shivakumar as a client. The firm, DesignBoxed, has been handling Shivakumar’s strategy and image for the...
Modi blames ‘selective approach’ to poor HR reputation
New Delhi: A “selective” approach to human rights dents the country’s image, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday, as he lashed out at “some” who viewed human rights “with an eye on political gains and loss” and were therefore harming the practice of such rights and democracy. “Some people...
Rajasthan recalls controversial child marriage law
Jaipur: A controversial law in Rajasthan seen to validate/legitimise child marriages by asking parents to register them has been withdrawn by the state’s Congress government after a huge uproar. The Rajasthan Compulsory Registrations of Marriage (Amendment) Bill 2021, passed last month in the Rajasthan assembly but yet to be...
Kejriwal says situation very critical in entire country
New Delhi: Two days after a Delhi minister warned of a power blackout if the coal supply to power plants in the national capital didn’t improve, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said the power situation is “very critical” in the entire country. “The situation is very critical in the...
Minister justifies high fuel prices citing free jabs
Tinsukia (Assam): Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Rameswar Teli has compared the rising price of petrol with that of packaged mineral water and said that the price of such water is more. He also said that taxes on petroleum products funded free COVID-19 vaccines...
BJP reviews possible Lakhimpur impact on polls
New Delhi: The BJP held a four-hour meeting in Delhi to discuss the assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh due next year. The key question at the meet, sources said, was likely to be the possible fallout of last week’s events in Lakhimpur Kheri, where four farmers were run over...
Family ties at crossroads as Akhilesh, Shivpal launch yatras
The family feud that started in the Samajwadi Party before the 2017 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections between Akhilesh Yadav and his uncle Shivpal Yadav does not seem to be coming to an end with the next edition of the polls around the corner. The two will be embarking on...
Priyanka leads ‘silent protest’ demanding removal of Union minister
Congress leaders led by party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra staged a silent protest here on Monday demanding the dismissal of Union minister Ajay Mishra in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. The minister’s son Ashish was arrested on Saturday by the Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with the...
