- India
Sonia-Irani row: Opposition alleges Cong chief heckled by BJP leader
New Delhi: A bitter face-off between Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Union minister Smriti Irani in the Lok Sabha chamber on Thursday escalated the already raging row over Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury…
- India
Partha Chatterjee suspended from TMC after being sacked from cabinet
Kolkata: Arrested TMC leader Partha Chatterjee will remain suspended from the party till the investigation into a school recruitment scam is underway, the party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Thursday.…
- India
Delhi: Ragpicker kills rickshaw puller for not sharing chapati
New Delhi: A ragpicker was arrested for killing a rickshaw puller in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh area after the victim refused to give him an extra chapati, police said on Thursday. The…
- World
Boris Johnson loyalist accuses Rishi Sunak of a ‘ruthless coup’
London: One of outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s key loyalists and supporter of Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as his successor on Thursday accused Rishi Sunak of leading a “ruthless coup” against…
- India
Those aged above 17 can now register in advance to become voters: EC
New Delhi: In an effort to ensure greater participation of youth in polls, the Election Commission has decided that those above 17 years of age can now apply in advance to register…
- India
Insulting, sexist: NCW, 12 state commissions on minister’s ‘rashtrapatni’ comment
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women and 12 state commissions for women on Thursday criticised Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury for calling President Droupadi Murmu ‘rashtrapatni’ and said the remark is…
- India
Shiv Sena seeks disqualification of 12 rebel Lok Sabha MPs
New Delhi: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday met Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and sought disqualification of 12 rebel members of the Eknath Shinde faction of the party in the…
- India
NCP slams Modi govt over failing to create jobs; cites DoPT data
Mumbai: The Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra on Thursday slammed the Union government for failing to generate the promised two crore jobs per year. The Centre’s Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT)…
- India
Will apologise to Prez, not pakhandis: Adhir Chowdhury
New Delhi: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, in the soup for the ‘rashtrapatni’ remark which he claimed was a “slip of the tongue”, on Thursday said he will apologize to President Droupadi…
- India
No objection to women’s nude photos, but actor’s pictures are debated: Maliwal
New Delhi: Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliwal on Thursday said no one objects to nude photos of women being circulated on a daily basis but an actor choosing to pose…
- India
Karnataka: Two Muslim men arrested in BJP worker’s murder case
Mangaluru: Karnataka police on Thursday arrested two persons from Dakshina Kannada district in connection with the murder of BJP youth wing leader Praveen Nettar. The arrested accused have been identified as Zakir…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: BJP slams CM Jagan for statement on Polavaram
Amaravati: BJP slammed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy for his statement that the Centre is yet to release funds to the state for the Relief and Rehabilitation package…
- India
Nagaland: Hundreds join solidarity walk for unity and peace
Kohima: Hundreds of Nagas from different states Assam, Arunachal, Manipur and Nagaland on Thursday joined the Global Naga Forum (GNF) organised two-day Naga Solidarity Walk, on the theme One People, One Destiny.…
- Telangana
Telangana: TRS plans to celebrate 75 years of Independence in grand way
Hyderabad: The TRS-led state government has decided to organise various events celebrating the 75 years of Independence on a grand scale. The events would be held, involving people in a big way, in…
- India
WBSSC scam: TMC leaders demand sacking of Partha Chatterjee
Kolkata: West Bengal’s industry minister Partha Chatterjee, arrested in the SSC scam, should be removed immediately from his post and expelled from the Trinamool Congress, TMC’s state general secretary Kunal Ghosh demanded on…
