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BSP to fight UP, Uttarakhand polls alone
The Bahujan Samaj Party will fight the upcoming Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand elections alone, party chief Mayawati said on Sunday amid reports of tie-ups. Mayawati’s clarification comes amid reports of BSP, former UP Cabinet Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar-led Suheldeo Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and Hyderabad-based All India Majlis-eIttehadul Muslimeen...
Modi asks people to overcome vaccination hesitancy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today encouraged people to overcome vaccine hesitancy, underlining that even his nonagenarian mother has taken anti-Covid shots as he urged people not to believe in rumours relating to the vaccine. “I urge you all – trust science. Trust our scientists. So many people have...
Delta-Plus tested first Rajasthan woman was vaccinated
The first case of the Delta-plus variant of coronavirus in Rajasthan has been found in Bikaner. The sample of a woman who was tested positive for coronavirus was sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune on May 30 for genome sequencing and her test report came on...
SIDBI scheme for MSMEs hit by Covid-19
In a bid to provide liquidity boost to COVID-19-hit small and medium scale industries, India’s principal financial institution for MSMEs – Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has unveiled a revamped version of its liquidity scheme. SIDBI will work to provide liquidity support by urgent infusion of funds...
BJP appoints new chiefs for Assam, Manipur units
The BJP on Saturday named Bhabesh Kalita and Sharda Devi as presidents of its Assam and Manipur units respectively. The appointments were made by BJP national president JP Nadda and come into immediate effect, party general secretary Arun Singh said in a statement. Kalita, who is a sitting MLA...
Sachin Waze tells ED he collected Rs 4.7 cr from bar owners
Suspended Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze has told the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that he “collected” Rs 4.70 crore in cash from the city’s bar owners and “handed it over” to the personal assistant of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, the central probe agency said today. The agency also...
Ex-minister calls Maneka Gandhi a ‘lousy woman’
Former Bharatiya Janata Party minister and senior MLA Ajay Vishnoi here on Saturday called ex-union minister Maneka Gandhi a ‘lousy woman’. “The other day, the manner in which Maneka Gandhi spoke to veterinary expert Dr Vikas Sharma, it did not prove that Jabalpur medical college is inferior, it proved...
Fadnavis says BJP will restore OBC reservations
Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said his party will restore reservation for OBCs in local bodies if given power, and if not, he will retire from politics. Addressing BJP workers during a protest held at Variety Square chowk as part of the party’s ‘chakka jam’ (block the...
Opposition alliance incomplete without Congress: Raut
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said that work is on to bring all opposition parties together at the national level, and this alliance will be incomplete without the Congress. He said that the Congress will play an important role in the alliance that aims to provide a...
Anil Deshmukh’s aides arrested for money laundering
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two aides of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in a money laundering case against the politician related to a Rs 100 crore bribery charges, officials said on Saturday. They said Mr Deshmukh’s personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde have...
George Floyd’s murderer cop sentenced to 22 years in jail
Former policeman Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison on Friday for the murder of African American George Floyd, the killing that sparked America’s biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades. The white, 45-year-old Chauvin gave his “condolences” to the Floyd family in a...
First statehood, then polls, says Omar Abdullah
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and Vice-President of National Conference parties on Saturday said that mainstream politicians of the region reject the “delimitation, election and then statehood” sequence of events as proposed by the Commission. “We want delimitation, statehood and then the election. If you want to hold...
Mehbooba says she will not contest polls until Article 370 restored
A day after a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti stressed today that before elections, the government needs to reach out to people and restore their shattered confidence. She also declared she would not contest polls until Article 370 was...
Kumaraswamy says Karnataka will reject national parties
JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy on Friday said that like other South Indian states, Karnataka too will reject the national parties during the 2023 assembly polls and choose a regional party, as people don’t want the administration here to be run by high commands sitting in Delhi. The former...
ED raids ex-Maharashtra minister Deshmukh’s home
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted a search operation at the house of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, who is facing allegations of corruption and misconduct. The raids took place at Mr Deshmukh’s home in Nagpur, officials said. The senior NCP leader had quit his post after former Mumbai Police...
Akhilesh blames Yogi govt for big jump in unemployment
The Samajwadi Party chief and former chief minister of the state Akhilesh Yadav has blamed the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state for unemployment and warned that with the economic slowdown the situation might become worse in the coming days. The Samajwadi Party chief has also alleged that...
Indian businessman only passenger on Air India flight to Dubai
An Indian businessman based in the UAE had a once-in-a-lifetime experience when he got the chance to travel on an Air India flight as the only passenger, certainly feeling like a “Maharaja” (King). SP Singh Oberoi, who holds a 10-year golden visa of UAE, flew from Amritsar in Punjab...
Shabana Azmi cheated by alcohol delivery ‘platform’
Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Thursday said she was cheated by scammers who pretended to be from an alcohol delivery platform. In a tweet, the 70-year-old actor claimed that she was conned by ‘Living Liquidz’ after she placed an order at the platform but didn’t receive it. “BEWARE I...
