AAP demands CBI probe into ‘Operation Lotus', slams Modi govt
Aug 31, 2022, at 07:21 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Wednesday slammed the central government for allegedly running an ‘Operation Lotus’ across the country aimed at toppling state governments held by non-BJP opposition parties.
409 crimes committed against children everyday: NCRB 2021 data reveals
Aug 31, 2022, at 06:49 pm
New Delhi:A quick analysis of the NCRB report 2021 by CRY – Child Rights and You reveals that 1,49,404 cases of crimes against children were recorded last year, which meant that every hour 17 crimes have been committed against children – translating to a whopping 409 numbers of crimes being committed every day against children in the country.
Fresh CBI raids on TMC leader Anubrata Mondal's close aides in West Bengal
Aug 31, 2022, at 06:26 pm
Bolpur/UNI: The CBI probing the cross-border cattle smuggling scam on Wednesday launched fresh raids on some close aides, including a TMC councillor, of arrested TMC strongman Anubrata Mandal in West Bengal's Birbhum district, official sources confirmed.
Suspended Jharkhand BJP leader Seema Patra arrested for allegedly abusing house help
Aug 31, 2022, at 05:10 pm
Ranchi/IBNS: Now-suspended Jharkhand Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Seema Patra was Wednesday arrested for allegedly abusing house help, media reports said.
Karnataka HC allows Ganesh festival in Eidgah Maidan snubbing Muslim body's plea
Aug 31, 2022, at 04:35 pm
Bengaluru/IBNS: The Karnataka High Court has allowed Ganesh Chaturthi at Eidgah Maidan here rejecting a fresh petition filed against the holding of the two-day Hindu festival, media reports said.
Forensic investigation should be mandatory in all crimes: Amit Shah
Aug 31, 2022, at 05:56 am
New Delhi/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that forensic investigation should be made mandatory in all crimes involving punishment of more than 6 years in Delhi to increase the conviction rate.
Nitish Kumar's JD(U) to withdraw support from BJP-led govt in Manipur
Aug 31, 2022, at 05:15 am
Guwahati/IBNS: Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United) is likely to withdraw support from the BJP-led government in Manipur, media reports said.
Karnataka HC hears petition to stop Ganesh festival in Hubballi after SC order on Idgah Maidan
Aug 31, 2022, at 04:03 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: The Karnataka High Court is hearing a petition to stop Ganesh Chaturthi rituals on a second Wakf property in Hubballi Tuesday night after the Supreme Court ordered status quo regarding Idgah land in Chamrajpet.
Ghulam Nabi Azad meets Congress 'G-23' leaders on why he quit party 'without telling'
Aug 31, 2022, at 03:36 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the Congress on Friday, Tuesday met with three leaders of the party who were part of the "G-23" or group of dissenters - Anand Sharma, Prithviraj Chavan and Bhupinder Hooda to discuss his reason of leaving the party.
No Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at Bengaluru's Idgah Maidan after Supreme court order
Aug 31, 2022, at 02:45 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Bengaluru's Idgah Maidan will not host Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations this year after an order of "status quo" by the Supreme Court Tuesday based on a petition filed by the Karnataka Waqf Board.
Aug 31, 2022, at 01:50 am
Thiruvananthapuram/UNI: Kerala Assembly Tuesday passed the Kerala Lok Ayukta (Amendment) Bill in the midst of opposition protests and sloganeering alleging that it was a 'black day' in the history of the State Assembly.
Elon Musk files new notice to end Twitter deal
Aug 31, 2022, at 01:24 am
Washington/UNI: Elon Musk’s legal team has filed another notice to Twitter to terminate his acquisition deal, citing the micro-blogging company's ex-security chief’s allegations as additional reasoning, according to documents disclosed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Tuesday.
Political greed will bring ED govt's downfall: NCP State Chief Spokesperson
Aug 31, 2022, at 12:55 am
Mumbai/UNI: NCP State Chief Spokesperson Mahesh Cheche on Tuesday warned Chief Minister Eknath Shinde that his Eknath-Devendra government will soon be 'runout'.
Aug 31, 2022, at 12:52 am
Bengaluru: Incessant rainfall over the last few days in several parts of Karnataka, including the country's IT hub Bengaluru, has brought life in these areas to a standstill with waterlogged streets, and communication woes, schools and colleges remaining shut.
Delhi-NCR most accident prone in India
Aug 31, 2022, at 12:38 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) is one of the most accident prone cities in the country with the highest number of accidents.
Jammu and Kashmir: 2 LeT militants gunned down in ongoing Shopian encounter
Aug 30, 2022, at 11:59 pm
Srinagar: Security forces gunned down two Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) militants in an ongoing encounter that erupted in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Tuesday, officials said.
Congress' Internal politics forced their senior leaders to quit the party: Ashish Sood
Aug 30, 2022, at 11:50 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: BJP Senior leader and co-incharge of Jammu and Kashmir Ashish Sood Tuesday said the senior leadership of the Congress party had failed to manage their "internal" party affairs, which has forced their leaders to leave the party in this way.
Anna Hazare reminds Arvind Kejriwal 'power too intoxicates'
Aug 30, 2022, at 11:33 pm
Mumbai: Social reformer and anti-graft crusader Anna Hazare on Tuesday penned a scathing letter to his one-time 'mentee' and now Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on the city's excise policy row cautioning him not to get "drunk with power".
Immediately ban Chinese loan apps: Cong to Central Govt.
Aug 30, 2022, at 11:27 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Congress on Tuesday raised questions on Centre’s silence on the Chinese fraud loan apps which according to reports have so far killed 52 people and siphoned off Rs 500 crore through Hawala.
Three youths arrested for raping a minor girl in Assam’s Karimganj
Aug 30, 2022, at 10:36 pm
Guwahati: Police of Assam’s Karimganj district arrested three persons on charges of alleged abduction and gangrape of a minor girl in the bordering district Indo-Bangladesh border.
Nothing found in bank locker: Manish Sisodia in Assembly
Aug 30, 2022, at 10:19 pm
New Delhi: A few hours after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted a search at his Punjab National Bank locker at Ghaziabad, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia slammed the BJP-ruled Centre for the vindictive politics.
Jammu and Kashmir: Students among 11 injured in Kathua
Aug 30, 2022, at 09:41 pm
Jammu: As many as 11 persons including nine students were injured on Tuesday when an auto in which they were travelling met with an accident in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.
PM Narendra Modi to visit Karnataka, Kerala on Sept 1-2
Aug 30, 2022, at 08:26 pm
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi will visit Karnataka and Kerala on Sept 1-2.
CBI searches Manish Sisodia’s bank locker
Aug 30, 2022, at 07:36 pm
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday conducted search of a Punjab National Bank locker belonging to Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
Delhi's twin towers of corruption 'education & liquor': BJP slams AAP
Aug 30, 2022, at 06:30 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Launching a scathing attack on the AAP government Tuesday over alleged corruption in the construction of classrooms in Delhi, the BJP said the capital city's "twin towers of corruption" are "education and liquor".
UP: New state BJP chief Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary resigns from Yogi cabinet
Aug 30, 2022, at 06:09 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Newly appointed president of Uttar Pradesh unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, has resigned from Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's cabinet where he was serving as the Panchayati Raj Minister.
ED summons Mamata's nephew Abhishek Banerjee in coal scam case
Aug 30, 2022, at 05:27 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Tuesday issued fresh summons to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew and Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, a day after the two accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of political vendetta.
Delhi most unsafe for women, NCRB data shows
Aug 30, 2022, at 05:00 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A latest report by the National Crime Records Bureau or NCRB has revealed the national capital Delhi is most unsafe for women, media reports said.
Actor KRK arrested in Mumbai over his controversial tweets
Aug 30, 2022, at 03:51 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Controversial actor-producer Kamal Rashid Khan or KRK was Tuesday arrested by Mumbai Police over his two-year-old tweets that had triggered a row, media reports said.
India has sent over 40,000 mt of wheat to Afghanistan so far
Aug 30, 2022, at 03:35 pm
Islamabad: India has informed the UN Security Council that New Delhi has dispatched over 40,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan so far.