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Bypolls: BJP bags 4 seats, AAP suffers jolt in Sangrur
New Delhi: The BJP on Sunday bagged one Lok Sabha and three assembly seats, while the Aam Aadmi Party suffered a setback in Punjab’s Sangrur as results came in for the bypolls…
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Live: Counting of votes in three Lok Sabha, seven Assembly seats
Lucknow: Counting of votes is going on in three Lok Sabha and seven Assembly seats began at 8 am on Sunday amid tight security arrangements. The three Lok Sabha constituencies are Azamgarh…
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‘I am not a criminal’: Teesta Setalvad while being taken into Ahmedabad court
Activist Teesta Setalvad shouted ‘I am not a criminal’ as she was taken into the magistrate’s court by the Gujarat Anti-terrorism Squad (ATS) on Sunday. The ATS produced her in court after…
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Have power to register, want authority to de-register parties: EC to Law Min
New Delhi: Amid an ongoing cleanup exercise to identify unrecognised parties involved in corrupt practices, the Election Commission has made a renewed push to get powers to de-register political parties. The election…
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Mann ki Baat: PM Modi hails Telangana’s mountaineer Poorna Malavath
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lavished praise on Telangana-based mountaineer Poorna Malavath for completing the ‘Seven Summits Challenge’. In her latest achievement, Poorna climbed Mt Denali (6,190 mt), the…
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Unfortunate that some are politicising Urdu’s inclusion in TSPSC exams: Mahmood Ali
Hyderabad: Telangana home minister Mahmood Ali said on Saturday that examinations for the Telangana State Public Service Commission (TSPSC) group-1 jobs can be written in Urdu, and young people who are proficient…
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I have a big bruise on my hand: Detained activist Teesta Setalvad
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Anti-terrorism Squad (ATS) is scheduled to produce Teesta Setalvad before the magistrate’s court today as the medical checkup of Teesta Setalvad was done on Sunday at Civil Hospital in…
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Yogi Adityanath’s chopper makes emergency landing in Varanasi
Varanasi: A helicopter carrying Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had to make an emergency landing at the police lines here, minutes after take-off. Sources said that the chopper was brought back…
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Gujarat ATS hands over Teesta Setalvad to Ahmedabad crime branch
Ahmedabad: A day after detaining social activist Teesta Setalvad in Mumbai, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) handed her over to the Ahmedabad crime branch early on Sunday in connection with a fresh case…
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‘How long will they hide in Guwahati, have to return to Chowpatty’ Raut to rebel MLAs
Mumbai: Amid twists and turns in the political drama of Maharashtra, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday took a potshot on the Eknath Shinde-led faction of rebel MLAs and asked how…
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Families of Indian students who fled Ukraine pressurise govt
New Delhi: Indian students who returned home from Ukraine about three months ago, will sit on a hunger strike along with their parents at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on Sunday so that the Prime…
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UGC-NET exam to be held in July, August 2022
New Delhi: The dates for the conduct of the University Grants Commission (UGC)-National Eligibility Test (NET) have been rolled out for July and August this year, informed an official on Saturday. UGC-NET…
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Gujarat police politicising SC judgment: Congress leader
New Delhi: Congress leader and senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi said on Saturday that the Gujarat police is politicising the Supreme Court judgment which upheld a Special Investigation Teams (SIT) clean chit…
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Prophet row: Nupur Sharma doesn’t turn up before Mumbai cops to record statement
Mumbai: Suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma failed to appear before Mumbai police on Saturday to record her statement in the case registered against her for making allegedly objectionable remarks against Prophet Mohammad…
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Amnesty India condemns detention of human rights activist Teesta Setalvad
Amnesty India on Saturday condemned the detention of human rights activist Teesta Setalvad and raised questions over the highandedness of Indian authorities. In its official tweet it said that the activist’s detention…
