- India
HC junks PIL seeking ban on promotion of online gaming apps by SRK, Dhoni and others
Indore: The Madhya Pradesh High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking a ban on the promotion of online gaming apps by Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and cricketers M…
- India
IPS officer who probed Ishrat Jahan encounter dismissed; HC stays order till Sept 19
New Delhi: Satish Chandra Verma, a senior IPS officer who had assisted the CBI in its investigation into the alleged fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan in Gujarat, was dismissed from the…
- India
Bihar min’s reported outbursts on corruption embarrasses Nitish govt
Patna: The Nitish Kumar government in Bihar was left embarrassed on Tuesday over the reported candid admission of rampant corruption by the state’s Minister for Agriculture Sudhakar Singh. Singh, whose remarks at…
- India
Payment of government employee’s retirement dues ensured: NHRC
New Delhi: The NHRC on Tuesday said it has ensured payment of retirement dues of a government employee who was “deprived of his legitimate pension arrears” for more than three years, thereby…
- Hyderabad
Centre orders preliminary enquiry into Secunderabad e-bike showroom fire
New Delhi: The Road Transport and Highways Ministry has ordered a preliminary enquiry into the fire incident at an electric bike showroom in the Secunderabad area of Hyderabad, a senior government official…
- India
NCPCR asks EC to take action against Rahul, Cong for ‘misusing’ children in Bharat Jodo Yatra
New Delhi: The apex child rights body NCPCR has asked the Election Commission to initiate necessary action and inquiry into a complaint against the Congress and Rahul Gandhi for allegedly “misusing children…
- Telangana
DMK mouthpiece targets Governors with Tamilisai-TRS clash episode
Chennai: The ruling DMK has launched a tirade against Governors confronting states on welfare initiatives and legislations and warned such persons would meet a similar fate as did Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan, the…
- Bangalore
Karnataka CM assures time-bound completion of stormwater drain work
Bengaluru: In the backdrop of recent rains and deluge in Bengaluru, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday assured the government will ensure time-bound completion of the stormwater drain work that is…
- Kolkata
Kolkata: Pitched battles between BJP workers, police; PCR van torched
Howrah: Roads around the 19th century iconic Howrah Station resembled a battleground on Tuesday with brickbats aimed at police personnel flying thick and fast, and drenched protesters hit by water cannons limping…
- India
Gyanvapi mosque committee consults senior lawyers to challenge lower court’s order
Varanasi: The Anjuman Intezamia Committee here is consulting senior lawyers to challenge in the Allahabad HC the local court’s decision of rejecting its plea questioning the maintainability of the Gyanvapi mosque-Shringar Gauri…
- India
Dynastic rule seems better than present `autocracy’ in country, says Sena
Mumbai: The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Tuesday said dynastic rule would seem preferable to the present “autocracy” in the country, as it praised Rahul Gandhi’s `Bharat Jodo Yatra’. The BJP should…
- Kashmir
PDP’s self-rule formula can resolve J&K issue: Mehbooba
Jammu: Accusing the BJP of turning Jammu and Kashmir into a prison, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said her party’s self-rule formula has the potential to resolve the…
- India
Mehbooba dejected by Varanasi Court’s decision in Gyanvapi case
Jammu: The Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday called the Varanasi Court’s decision in the Gyanvapi mosque case a clear violation of the Places of Worship Act and fulfils the…
- India
Chidambaram takes jibe at FM Sitharaman on rise in retail inflation
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday attacked Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over retail inflation rising to 7 per cent, saying if she doesn’t see “red” even now, it can…
- India
‘Dream sellers’ won’t win in Gujarat: Amit Shah’s swipe at Kejriwal
Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday took a veiled swipe at Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and said the people who “sell dreams” will never win in Gujarat, where…
