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Rajasthan Mission 2023: Congress veers towards soft Hindutva to counter BJP
Jaipur: Facing allegations by the Opposition of following a policy of appeasement, the Congress government in Rajasthan seems to be changing its stand before the Assembly polls 2023. Some of its ministers…
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Mumbai: ED searches Sanjay Raut’s residence
Mumbai: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday conducted a search at Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut’s residence in Mumbai in connection with a money laundering case, an official said. The action follows multiple…
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Margaret Alva slams Maharashtra governor over his remarks on Mumbai
New Delhi: Opposition’s vice-presidential candidate Margaret Alva hit out at Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Saturday over his remarks that “Mumbai will have no money” if Gujaratis and Rajasthanis were to…
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Allahabad HC directs compensation for COVID-19 victims
Prayagraj: The Allahabad high court has said that if a person admitted to hospital due to Covid-19 dies during treatment, it should be considered a Covid death, even if the immediate cause…
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RBI may hike repo rate at monetary policy meeting next week
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) rate-setting committee is likely to hike 25-50 basis points in repo rate in the monetary policy meeting to be held between August 3-5, according to…
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Karnataka: Muslim committee announces compensation for kin of Mashood, Fazil
The Muslim Central Committee announced a compensation of Rs 30 lakhs to Fazil and Mashood’s families. The young men were murdered in different incidents recently in Dakshina Kannada. Ironically, Karnataka chief minister…
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Congress to walk to Rashtrapati Bhavan, gherao PM’s house on Aug 5
The Indian national congress announced a nationwide massive protest on August 5 against the rising prices of commodities, unemployment, and the Agnipath scheme in the county. In Delhi, the party MPs will…
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‘Go back JP Nadda’: Patna college students raise anti-BJP slogans
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President J P Nadda was welcomed by protesting students of the All India Students’ Association (AISA) in Patna on Saturday. The BJP head had gone to Patna college…
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Constructive dialogue with India has become difficult after 2019: Pak FM Bilawal
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that a constructive dialogue with India has become difficult after 2019, according to a media report on Saturday. Bilawal, who attended the SCO’s…
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CWG 2022: Sanket Sargar bags silver medal in weightlifting
Birmingham: Indian weightlifter Sanket Mahadev Sargar on Saturday won a silver medal in men’s 55kg category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The 21-year-old managed a total lift of 248kg (113kg in…
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2002 riots: Setalvad, Sreekumar denied bail for ‘fabricating documents’
Ahmedabad: A sessions court in Ahmedabad on Saturday denied bail to activist Teesta Setalvad and former DGP R B Sreekumar, arrested for allegedly fabricating documents to frame innocent people in 2002 riots…
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US House passes bill to ban assault weapons after 18 yrs
Washington: The US House of Representatives passed a bill to ban assault weapons with a narrow 217-213 vote, the first vote of its kind in 18 years amid the increase in gun violence…
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Bihar: BJP leaders raise objection to Urdu medium schools shutting down on Friday
Patna: Ideological fault-lines within the NDA in Bihar have once again come to the fore with a section of BJP leaders raising objections to Urdu medium schools in Muslim-dominated districts remaining shut…
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21 detained for questioning in Karnataka Muslim youth murder case
Dakshina Kannada, (Karnataka): Karnataka police said on Saturday that 21 persons have been detained for questioning in the the brutal murder case of a Muslim youth in Surathkal town of Dakshina Kannada…
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China’s Wuhan seafood market likely cause of COVID-19 outbreak: New studies
Washington: A set of compelling evidence has once again emerged that backs the claims that Wuhan’s Huanan seafood and wildlife market was at the centre of the Covid-19 outbreak that has so…
