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Mayawati joins Akhilesh in questioning UP terror arrests
After Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, BSP supremo Mayawati also raised questions on Monday on the Uttar Pradesh police’s claim of arresting two Al Qaeda-linked terrorists in the state capital, saying such an action ahead of assembly polls leads to doubts in the minds of people. If the UP...
Monsoon session of Parliament from next week
ad_1] The monsoon session of Parliament is set to begin on July 19 and continue till August 13 with a total of 19 days of business. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday reviewed the preparation ahead of the start of the monsoon session. The last three sessions were...
Rajinikanth confirms ‘no politics’ decision, dissolves party
Months after opting out of politics citing health worries, superstar Rajinikanth today stressed that he did not plan to change his mind and dissolved his outfit Rajini Makkal Mandram, effectively closing that chapter. “I have no plans of entering politics in future,” said Rajinikanth, 70, after meeting with...
Assam ‘encounter spree’: 20 shootings in 40 days
A Delhi-based advocate’s complaint has landed the Assam Police on the National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) radar over what he said was an “encounter spree” that began after Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s government took charge two months ago. Since June 1, more than 20 instances of encounters either...
Staff evacuated from India’s Kandahar consulate
Around 50 diplomats, and other staff members at the Kandahar consulate in Afghanistan have been evacuated by India in view of the Taliban fighters rapidly seizing control of a number of key areas in the region triggering security concerns, say sources. On Tuesday, the Indian embassy in Kabul said...
NIA probes terror funding across J&K
The National Investigation Agency is conducting multiple raids across Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a terror funding case. Officials of the premier investigation agency said that the search operations are taking place in connection with a case regarding the online radicalisation in the Indian subcontinent that was filed...
Modi, Shah credit Yogi’s policies For UP local poll win
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday credited Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s policies for the BJP’s win in Uttar Pradesh’s local elections. “In UP’s ‘block pramukh‘ elections, the BJP has emerged victorious. The big win is due to Yogi Adityanath government’s policies. All workers of the party deserve to be...
BJP claims ‘historic victory’ in violence-marred UP local polls
Sticks, stones, guns and bombs tarred local polls in Uttar Pradesh, where political developments have assumed heightened significance ahead of the all-important state elections early next year, as the ruling BJP claimed a “historic victory” on Saturday. Counting of votes for the 476 posts of block panchayat chiefs...
Assam to bring law against cheating for marriage
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said the state government will soon bring a law to check the menace of men marrying women by concealing their religious identity and other information and added that it will be “equal for Hindus and Muslims”. Stating that even a Hindu...
Amit Shah says ministry to empower cooperatives
The government is determined to make cooperatives and all cooperative institutions more empowered, Union minister Amit Shah, who met some leading figures of the country’s cooperative sector on Saturday, said. The meeting came three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi reallocated the portfolios of his ministers in which Shah...
