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BJP seeks treason charges against Sidhu aides
A day after Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh slammed advisers to PCC chief Navjot Singh Sidhu over their remarks on Kashmir and Pakistan, the BJP upped the ante seeking ‘treason’ charges against the two. The demand came at a time when Sidhu reportedly summoned the advisers, Malwinder Singh...
Congress raps Chouhan govt over bad roads
As the local civic agencies have been filling potholes on the roads of state capital Bhopal after directives from Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Congress party has intensified attacks on the state government over poor condition of the roads. One of the Congress MLAs and former minister PC Sharma...
363 MPs, MLAs face criminal cases, says poll rights group
A total of 363 MPs and MLAs face criminal charges that, in case of conviction, will lead to their disqualification under the Representation of People Act, poll rights group Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said. Thirty-nine ministers at the Centre and in states have also declared criminal offences that...
NIA says Elgar Parishad accused wanted to wage war against nation
Mumbai: The NIA in its draft charges submitted before a special court in Mumbai in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case has claimed the accused wanted to establish their own government and “wage a war against the nation”. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) submitted the draft earlier this month and...
Sidhu summons aides as Amarinder issues warning
Chandigarh: Controversial comments by Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Sidhu’s advisers threaten to shatter his fragile truce with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who has publicly told them off for “atrocious and ill-conceived comments” on sensitive national issues. After the Chief Minister’s warning, Navjot Sidhu summoned both his advisers, Malwinder Singh...
Taliban says fighters heading for holdout Afghan valley
Dubai: The Taliban said on Sunday that “hundreds” of its fighters were heading to the Panjshir Valley, one of the few parts of Afghanistan not yet controlled by the group. Since the Taliban overran Afghanistan, flickers of resistance have begun to emerge with some ex-government troops gathering in the...
Infighting sees Chhattisgarh Rajiv Bhavan inaugurated twice
In Chhattisgarh Congress, factionalism continues to prevail. The ribbon-cutting of Rajiv Bhawan was done twice in Sarguja. Health Minister TS Singh Dev inaugurated the Bhawan first, then food Minister Amarjit Singh Bhagat inaugurated again. TS Singh Deo said that it used to happen during Ajit Jogi’s tenure. These days...
Aligarh airport may be named after Kalyan Singh
Aligarh: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid his last respects to former chief minister Kalyan Singh on Sunday and said people were paying tributes to him from the airport to the city. Speaking to reporters in Aligarh, Yogi Adityanath said, “Today, we have brought the remains of Kalyan...
BJP flag over national flag triggers row
New Delhi: A photograph of the tribute ceremony to former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh is rapidly becoming the eye of the storm on social media. Kalyan Singh — the BJP veteran under whose watch the Babri Masjid was demolished — died yesterday at the age of 89....
Infosys CEO summoned to Delhi on tax site glitches
New Delhi: The finance ministry has summoned Infosys chief Salil Parekh tomorrow to explain the continuing glitches in the new income tax e-filing portal. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had expressed concern over the issue in June. Mr Parekh and senior executive Praveen Rao were asked to work on...
Deve Gowda rues Rajya Sabha incidents
Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda on Sunday rued the unruly scenes in the Rajya Sabha and wastage of the recently concluded Parliament session without any debates on issues affecting people, saying he had not seen anything like it in his 30 years as a parliamentarian. After the...
Amarinder warns Sidhu advisors over ‘anti-national’ remarks
Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Sunday came down heavily on two of Congress’s state unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu’s advisors for making “atrocious and ill-conceived” remarks on “sensitive national issues like Kashmir and Pakistan”. Moreover, he asked the advisors to “stick to giving advice to Punjab Congress...
Mehbooba’s reference to Afghanistan sparks row
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday asked the Centre to take a lesson out of Afghanistan where the Taliban seized power and made the US flee, and urged the government to hold dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir and return its special status which was revoked in 2019. Mehbooba’s...
Delhi dy CM accuses PM for directing fake FIRs
New Delhi: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has shared the names of 15 people with Delhi Police, CBI and Enforcement Directorate and asked them to “conduct raids and file fake FIRs” against those on the list and “ruin them before the...
Tamil Nadu schools to open next month for class 9+
Chennai: Schools in Tamil Nadu from Class 9 onwards can reopen from September 1st, the state government said on Saturday as it announced more relaxations in COVID-19 curbs while extending some restrictions till September 9. Under the new set of relaxations, theatres have been given the go-ahead to open...
Official Taliban websites go offline
Taliban websites that delivered the victorious insurgents official messages to Afghans and the world at large in five languages went offline abruptly Friday, indicating an effort to try to squelch them. It is not immediately clear, though, why the sites in the Pashto, Urdu, Arabic, English and Dari languages...
Heavy Delhi downpour creates waterlogged roads, traffic jams
New Delhi: Heavy rain in Delhi and neighbouring areas on Saturday brought down the temperature but led to traffic jams and flooding in parts of the city. As per India Meteorological Department (IMD), Delhi will witness “generally cloudy sky with moderate rain/thundershowers” today. “Delhi (Safdargunj) reported 73.2 mm...
Tejashwi Yadav’s latest shot at estranged brother
Patna: In the renewed tussle between Bihar politician Lalu Yadav’s sons Tejashwi and Tej Pratap, the former has taken on his elder sibling, according to sources, with a punchline not without a tinge of irony: “Our parents have taught us to respect elders”. Sources have told NDTV that amid...
