- India
Money laundering case: ED tells HC it won’t arrest Sameer Wankhede till March 1
Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that it will extend till March 1 its previous statement that it would not arrest Sameer Wankhede, the former zonal director…
- India
Jammu-Srinagar highway blocked for second day as landslides hit hard
Banihal/Jammu: The strategic Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained blocked for the second day on Tuesday following landslides at over a dozen places in Ramban district, traffic department officials said. The inclement weather is hampering…
- India
Nitish assures assembly of reducing school duration amid oppn protest
Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday assured the assembly that the existing eight-hour school duration from 9 am to 5 pm in government-run institutions will be reduced by two hours.…
- India
Calcutta HC division bench allows Suvendu to visit Sandeshkhali
Kolkata: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday, February 20, allowed Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari to visit Sandeshkhali village, which has been witnessing protests…
- India
Bihar: Tejashwi embarks on ‘Jan Vishwas Yatra’ in bid to win public trust
Patna: Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday launched a blistering attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the JD(U) president, whose latest volte-face robbed his party of power and stripped him…
- India
West Bengal: Brinda Karat stopped from going to Sandeshkhali
Kolkata: Senior CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat was on Tuesday stopped by police from going to the restive Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district. Karat said that she was told by a…
- India
Rahul Gandhi reaches Sultanpur court to appear in 2018 defamation case
Sultanpur: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reached a special court in Sultanpur on Tuesday to appear in a defamation case filed by a BJP leader for his remarks against Home Minister Amit Shah…
- India
Odisha: Class 10 boy hangs self hours before start of board examination
Bhubaneswar: A class 10 student died allegedly by suicide in Odisha’s Bolangir district hours before the commencement of the annual state board examination on Tuesday, police said. The incident took place at Viswatma…
- India
Legal guarantee for MSP will make farmers drivers of GDP growth, says Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Legal guarantee for MSP will not make Indian farmers a burden on the budget but ensure that they become drivers of GDP growth, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Tuesday…
- Kashmir
Azad draws ire for claiming Abdullahs were consulted for scrapping Art 370
Srinagar: The National Conference hit out at former Jammu and Kashmir chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday, February 19, for his comments that NC chief Farooq Abdullah and his son, Omar…
- World
Imran Khan to return as Pakistan PM, says senior party leader
Peshawar: Jailed former Pakistan leader Imran Khan will return to the post of prime minister again, his party’s senior member Faisal Javed claimed on Monday as allegations of massive rigging of the…
- India
Aadhaar cards being deactivated before LS polls: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday, February 19, claimed that Aadhaar cards of SC, ST and minority people of the state are being deactivated ahead of the Lok Sabha…
- Telangana
Telangana: Govt official held for taking bribe of Rs 84K
Hyderabad: An Executive Engineer attached to the Tribal Welfare Engineering department was allegedly caught red handed while taking bribe of Rs 84,000 at her office here on Monday, February 19, by Telangana’s Anti-Corruption…
- India
Sandeshkhali violence: SC refuses to hear plea for court-monitored probe
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, February 19, refused to entertain a PIL seeking a court-monitored CBI or SIT probe into the violence in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali village, saying the incidents cannot be…