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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...
PM calls for early delimitation in J&K
The meeting with political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir was an important step towards development and progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, urging them to get on board with the process of redrawing assembly constituencies known as delimitation. “Our priority is to strengthen grassroots democracy in J&K....
Cousin ‘purifies’ Devi Lal statue unveiled by deputy CM
Two days after Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala unveiled an 18-feet tall statue of Devi Lal at the Chaudhary Devi Lal university in Sirsa, his cousin brother Karan Chautala on Wednesday washed it with holy Ganga water for “purification”, saying those who had unveiled it had “misused” the...
Maha Cong chief says front sans Cong will only help BJP
Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Wednesday said any attempt to form an ‘anti-BJP front’ without his party will indirectly help the BJP. Talking to reporters at Faizpur in Jalgaon district, he also said elections were three years away and COVID-19 management was the priority of his party. Amid...
Karnataka Cong leaders fight over CM face
Factionalism in the Congress Karnataka unit on the issue of its Chief Ministerial face for the 2023 assembly polls, has come out in the open, with party state chief D K Shivakumar saying legislature leader Siddaramaiah will look into such open statements by some MLAs and the latter maintaining...
Rahul asked to appear before Gujarat court today in defamation case
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is expected to appear before a magistrate’s court here in Gujarat today to record his final statement in a criminal defamation suit filed by a Gujarat MLA over the former’s remark on the “Modi surname”. A week back, Chief Judicial Magistrate of Surat A N...
Rs 9,371 crore fugitive assets transferred to banks
Assets totalling Rs 9,371 crore belonging to fugitive businessmen Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi have been transferred to state-run banks to realise the losses on account of the fraud committed against them. “ED not only attached/seized assets worth of ₹18,170.02 crore (80.45% of the total loss to banks) in...
Akhilesh says BJP will lose in UP as people want change
IPA Webdesk The BJP will lose next year’s Uttar Pradesh election as people want change, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav said today. In an exclusive interview, he also said his party would contest elections in alliance with like-minded smaller parties instead of major parties. “My experience with big parties...
Chidambaram tears into Modi govt’s vaccination policy
Hoard on Sunday, vaccinate on Monday and go back limping on Tuesday is how Congress leader P Chidambaram today explained the working order behind the centre’s “record” vaccinations in a day, in what was a three-step deconstruction and a searing takedown of the centre’s vaccination policy. Vaccination figures across...
Over 40 Delta Plus cases reported in India
There are over 40 cases in the country of the new Delta Plus strain, which has been tagged as a “Variant of Concern” by the government. Yesterday, the government sent a warning to three states, Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh, on Delta Plus cases found there. Sources say that...
