- India
Kejriwal’s wife launches WhatsApp campaign to garner support for AAP leader
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita launched a WhatsApp campaign on Friday, urging people to support her husband, who is in the ED’s custody in an excise policy-linked money-laundering…
- India
Congress gets fresh IT notice of Rs 1,700 cr, say party insiders
New Delhi: The Income Tax department has served a fresh notice of Rs 1,700 crore to the Congress for discrepancies in tax returns for previous years, dealing another blow to the cash-strapped…
- India
District poll panels fix varied menu, ceiling for LS polls expenditure
New Delhi: Candidates in Punjab’s Jalandhar can spend Rs 15 for a cup of tea and the same price for a samosa they offer to people during public meetings and campaign trails…
- Politics
Congress bats for women reservation in government jobs
New Delhi: The Congress will reserve 50 per cent of government jobs for women if it is voted to power, former party chief Rahul Gandhi said on Friday, asserting that powerful women…
- India
Mayawati demands probe into death of Mukhtar Ansari
Lucknow: BSP president Mayawati on Friday demanded a high-level inquiry into the death of gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, saying the truth of the case needs to come before the public. Ansari, 63, died…
- India
ED wants AAP’s LS poll strategy details from Kejriwal’s phone: Atishi
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate is working as BJP’s political weapon and it wants to get details of AAP’s Lok Sabha election strategy by accessing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s phone, senior…
- India
AFSPA extended in four districts of Assam
Guwahati: The Assam government has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 in four districts for six months from April 1. The state government’s political department issued a notification, stating that…
- India
PM Modi recalls profound sacrifice of Jesus Christ on Good Friday
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi remembered the “profound sacrifice” of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, saying it teaches people compassion and forgiveness. He said on X, “Today, on Good Friday, we…
- Telangana
Phone-tapping case: Former DCP, police officer interrogated
Hyderabad: A former DCP of the Commissioner’s Task Force, a wing of Hyderabad Police, and another police official were questioned by the police in connection with a case of phone tapping and…
- India
Arunachal Pradesh will remain integral part of India: MEA
New Delhi: India on Thursday said Beijing may “repeat its baseless claims” as many times as it wants but that is not going to change New Delhi’s position that Arunachal Pradesh “was,…
- India
Mukhtar Ansari: A career in crime and politics
Lucknow: Mukhtar Ansari straddled the worlds of crime and politics in Uttar Pradesh. The gangster-politician was booked in 65 criminal cases ranging from murder to extortion and was elected an MLA five…
- India
Congress kept Ram Temple issue hanging to divide Hindus & Muslims: MP CM
Khajuraho: The construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya was kept hanging by the Congress to divide Hindus and Muslims on religious lines, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said on Thursday.…
- India
Embassy in close touch with Indians onboard cargo ship in US, local authorities: MEA
New Delhi: There are 20 Indians onboard the cargo ship which hit a bridge in Baltimore in the US a few days ago and the Indian Embassy is in close touch with…
- News
Bombay HC upholds Rs 3 crore compensation for domestic violence
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court upheld a trial court judgment in a domestic violence case in which a man was ordered to pay Rs 3 crore compensation and Rs 1.5 lakh monthly…