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Violence in Tripura as BJP workers set CPI(M) offices on fire
Major violence broke out today and late Tuesday in several places such as Sonamura, Udaipur and Bishalgarh in Tripura. According to the Left party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers ransacked their party offices in several places in Udaipur and Bishalgarh. BJP, on the other hand, has accused that attack...
VK Sasikala’s Rs 100-cr properties seized in corruption case
Chennai/ New Delhi: Eleven properties owned by expelled AIADMK leader VK Sasikala have been seized by the Income Tax Department, sources said today. The properties – spread across 24 acres in Payanoor village of Tamil Nadu – were reportedly brought between 1991 and 1996 when Jayalalithaa was the Chief...
TN Assembly passes resolution for CAA repeal
The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution urging the Centre to repeal the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 to “protect and ensure unity and communal harmony and uphold the secular principles” enshrined in the Constitution. The Centre should also fully give up its initiatives related to preparation of...
CIA chief, Ajit Doval meeting amid Taliban government formation
New Delhi: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval met with US spymaster William Burns in Delhi on Tuesday. The meeting took place on a day when the Taliban announced the names of people who would run Afghanistan, including a man on the UN sanctions list being named as Prime Minister....
Mamata nephew claims 25 BJP MLAs in touch to defect
Ever since Mamata Banerjee stormed back to power on May 2, defectors are making a beeline to return to the Trinamool Congress. After the recently held assembly polls in West Bengal, four BJP MLAs have defected to the TMC. Mukul Roy was the first to return (from BJP) in...
Tripura royal to lead Northeast alliance against BJP
Guwahati: A new political initiative was today launched in the northeast aimed at taking on the BJP’s might in the region. The grouping, the first two constituents of which are The Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (Tipra) and the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), is yet to be named. Tipra...
No Congress candidate against Mamata in Bhawanipur
The Congress has decided not to field a candidate against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who will face a bypoll in Bhawanipur on September 30. Votes for the bypoll will be counted on October 3. Bengal Congress president Adhir Chowdhury said, “The high command has informed us that...
Congress promises law against lynching in UP
The Congress will prepare a proposal for bringing a law against mob lynching and send it to the President if voted to power in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, the party said Monday. National chairman of Congress’ Minorities Department, Imran Pratapgarhi, said the party resolved to set up...
Delhi BJP promises free pilgrimages to Hindus
Ahead of the MCD polls early next year, the Delhi BJP has promised to send people in the city to Hindu pilgrim sites. Delhi BJP general secretary (organisation) Siddhartha had said on Sunday that party workers in each mandal (ward) would arrange free pilgrimages every month. While making the...
No graft probe by police without ‘authorisation’
New Delhi: The Centre has issued standard operating procedures (SOPs) for police officers to seek mandatory prior approval before conducting any investigation against allegedly corrupt public servants, according to a Personnel Ministry order. An amendment carried out in the over 30-year-old Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988 in July...
MLA says BJP erred in inducting TMC leaders before polls
With four BJP MLAs returning to the Trinamool Congress in four months, the saffron party’s Cooch Behar South legislator Nikhil Ranjan Dey on Monday said the top leadership had erred by inducting TMC leaders into the BJP before the assembly polls in West Bengal. The party would have fared...
Hindus, Muslims share same ancestry, says RSS chief
Mumbai: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Monday said Hindus and Muslims share the same ancestry and every Indian citizen is a “Hindu”. Speaking at an event here organised by Pune-based Global Strategic Policy Foundation, he said “sane” Muslim leaders should stand firmly against fundamentalists. “The word...
PM reviews Afghan situation with Rajnath, Amit Shah, Ajit Doval
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval at his residence this afternoon to discuss the ongoing situation in Afghanistan. The meeting comes on the heels of the Taliban claims of total control over Afghanistan with...
Rebellion brewing in Punjab AAP over CM face
There are signs of muted rebellion brewing between the Aam Aadmi Party’s central leadership and the party’s Punjab unit President Bhagwant Mann over the Chief Ministerial candidate for the upcoming assembly polls in the state. AAP has so far been cautious of naming Mann as the chief minister candidate...
Ex-UP Governor Qureshi booked for sedition over Yogi remark
Lucknow: Former Uttar Pradesh Governor Aziz Qureshi was on Sunday booked for sedition by Uttar Pradesh Police for his alleged derogatory remarks against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his government in the state. The case was registered in the Civil Line police station of UP’s Rampur district. Qureshi was...
Mukesh Ambani races towards $100 billion club
Mukesh Ambani added $3.7 billion to his net worth on Friday as shares of his flagship company surged after the tycoon doubled down on his clean-energy goals. Asia’s wealthiest person is now worth $92.6 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The tycoon is closing in on L’Oreal’s Francoise...
Row over Javed Akhtar’s comparison of Taliban with RSS
Javed Akhtar’s statement comparing Taliban and RSS mindsets is wrong, said Saamana in its editorial on Monday, supporting the lyricist over his voice against fundamentalism. But the ‘mild’ editorial has drawn the ire of the once-ally-now-foe BJP. “Why are you going around in circles when you admit that he...
Taliban claims ‘complete capture’ of Panjshir Valley
Kabul: The Taliban said Monday they had captured the last pocket of resistance in Afghanistan, the Panjshir Valley, as the top US diplomat flies to Qatar to try and handle the aftermath of the chaotic American withdrawal. Following their lightning-fast rout of Afghanistan’s army last month — and celebrations...
