- India
BJP targets Deputy CM Shivakumar for his ‘saffronisation’ remarks on Karnataka Police
Bengaluru: The opposition BJP on Wednesday targeted the Congress government in Karnataka accusing it of “demoralising” the state police and took strong exception to Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar’s statement on…
- Business
Process of Rs 2000 notes withdrawal will be non-disruptive: RBI
New Delhi: Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said that RBI is monitoring the situation regularly with regard to the withdrawal of Rs 2,000 currency notes and expressed confidence that the entire exercise…
- Bangalore
Congress MLA U T Khader is new Speaker of Karnataka Assembly
Bengaluru: Former Minister and five-time Congress MLA U T Khader on Wednesday was unanimously elected as the new Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Khader (53) will be the first Muslim leader to serve as…
- Delhi
Sisodia withdraws interim bail pleas, says wife’s medical condition stable
New Delhi: Former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia Wednesday withdrew from the Delhi High Court his interim bail pleas in cases related to alleged irregularities in formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi…
- India
UP court overturns Azam Khan’s conviction in hate speech case
Rampur: In a relief to Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, an MP-MLA sessions court here on Wednesday overturned the three-year sentence awarded to him by a lower court in a 2019 hate speech…
- India
PM Modi raises concerns over attacks on Temples in Australia
Sydney: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday raised with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese India’s concerns over the recent incidents of attacks on temples in Australia and activities of pro-Khalistani elements in…
- India
Opposition parties likely to boycott new Parliament building inauguration
New Delhi: Amid demands from the opposition that the president and not the prime minister should inaugurate the new Parliament building, the leaders of several political parties have decided to boycott the…
- Mumbai
Kejriwal, Mann land in Mumbai; to meet Pawar, Thackeray
Mumbai: Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and his party comrade and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday evening. The Aam Aadmi Party leaders would…
- India
Rajasthan: 17-yr-old girl sold & married to 33-yr-old man, rescued
Jaipur: When 17-year-old Shyamli (name changed) from Cooch Behar, West Bengal, was promised by her family that she would only be engaged to someone but not married till she wished for it,…
- India
Meghalaya oppn party chief on hunger strike seeking review of unfair’ job reservation policy
Shillong: To put pressure on the Meghalaya government to review the 1972 reservation policy, opposition Voice of the People’s Party (VPP) chief Ardent Basaiawmoit started an indefinite hunger strike on Tuesday, claiming…
- India
Odisha: Farmers protest for not recieving PMFBY benefits
Berhampur: A large number of farmers protested in Odisha’s Ganjam district on Tuesday, claiming that they have not received assistance under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY). The farmers, from Kolathigaon,…
- India
Delhi govt expresses concern over ‘increasing’ atrocities against SC/ST community
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Tuesday expressed concern over “increasing” atrocities against members of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the national capital and a noticeable decrease in the conviction rate…
- India
Rahul takes truck ride from Delhi to Chandigarh, listens to ‘Mann Ki Baat’ of drivers
Chandigarh: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi travelled in a truck from Delhi to Chandigarh to listen to the problems faced by truck drivers, the party said on Tuesday. Gandhi undertook the journey Monday…
- India
IRP and suspended board of Go First files caveats before the SC
New Delhi: The Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) and the suspended board of Go First on Tuesday filed caveats before the Supreme Court to ensure that they must be heard over any petitions…
- Pakistan
Imran Khan suffers first major blow as close aide quits party, active politics
Islamabad: In the first major blow for Imran Khan, Shireen Mazari, a former minister and his close aide on Tuesday quit the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party and condemned the actions of the former…
