- India
Advani saved Modi’s Gujarat CM chair in 2002: Jairam Ramesh
Deoghar: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday alleged that BJP stalwart Lal Krishna Advani had saved Narendra Modi’s Gujarat CM chair in 2002. He claimed reporters at Mohanpur in Jharkhand’s Deoghar on…
- Andhra Pradesh
‘Only TTD’s spiritual programmes’ can catapult India as ‘Vishwa Guru’: Pontiffs
Tirupati: Transforming India into a ‘Vishwa Guru’ (world leader) will only be possible through the wide-ranging ‘Dharmic’ or spiritual programmes of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, claimed pontiffs on Saturday. The pontiffs and seers…
- India
I resigned as minister last Nov; will fight for OBCs till end: Chhagan Bhujbal
Ahmednagar: Maharashtra minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who has accused the state government of facilitating the backdoor entry of the Maratha community into the OBC quota, on Saturday disclosed that he had tendered his resignation…
- News
Maharashtra: Professor, 5 students held for play based on ‘Ramleela’ get bail
Pune: A professor and five students of Pune University were arrested for allegedly hurting religious sentiments by staging a play based on ‘Ramleela’ that reportedly had objectionable dialogues and scenes, police said on…
- India
Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is Bharat Todo Anyay Yatra: Nadda
Dharamsala: Terming Congress leader Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra as Bharat Todo Anyay Yatra, BJP national president J P Nadda on Saturday questioned the silence of the Congress leaders on the remarks…
- India
UP: SP members walk out from Legislative Council over BHU gang rape
Lucknow: Members of the Opposition Samajwadi Party walked out of the Legislative Council on Saturday, the second day of the budget session of the Uttar Pradesh Legislature, expressing dissatisfaction over the government’s response…
- India
Case against NIT professor in Kerala for ‘proud of Godse’ comment
Kozhikode: The Kerala police on Saturday registered a case against a woman professor of the National Institute of Technology-Calicut (NIT) for her Facebook comment “expressing pride” in Nathuram Godse for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi…
- India
Delhi excise ‘scam’: ED approaches court after Kejriwal skips summons for 5th time
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday filed a complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a court here for not appearing before it in a money laundering case linked to the…
- India
Democracy in dire straits: Congress on raids on Harsh Mander
New Delhi: The Congress alleged on Saturday that the CBI raids on activist Harsh Mander and his NGO proved that democracy was in dire straits and speaking for the marginalised was banned…
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Assam CMO refutes report alleging misuse of state govt funds
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has never gone for election campaigning on official expenses and every such cost was borne by the BJP, his office said on Saturday. The chief…
- India
‘SC must lay down policy…’: Sibal on rejection of Soren’s plea
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP and senior advocate Kapil Sibal said on Saturday that the Supreme Court ought to have heard the merits of the case of former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant…
- India
PM Modi unveils projects worth over Rs 68k crore in Odisha
Sambalpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, February 3, inaugurated and laid the foundation stones for projects worth over Rs 68,000 crore in Odisha. Besides inaugurating the 400-crore permanent campus of IIM, Sambalpur,…
- India
CAA will implemented at earliest, those opposing for ‘political reasons’: Union min
Kolkata: Union minister Shantanu Thakur on Saturday asserted that the CAA will be implemented “at the earliest” and that those opposing the legislation are doing so for political reasons. Thakur had last…
- Delhi
AAP MLAs ‘poaching’: Delhi police issue notice to Kejriwal for remarks on BJP
New Delhi: After a five-hour drama, Crime Branch officials of the Delhi Police on Saturday served a notice on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, asking him to reply within three days in…
- Andhra Pradesh
Vizag: Rajnath Singh commissions INS Sandhayak, warns pirates
Visakhapatnam: INS Sandhayak, the first of four Survey Vessel Large (SVL) ships, was commissioned into the Indian Navy on Saturday at the Naval Dockyard in Visakhapatnam, in the presence of Defence Minister…
