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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote to former Indian batter Mithali Raj to congratulate her on a glorious career in international cricket spanning two decades. Test and ODI captain of the Indian women’s national cricket team, Mithali Raj, announced her retirement from international cricket on June 8. “Mithali Raj Ji, A few weeks ago, […]

Ahmedabad: An alleged gram panchayat notification bearing the name of the Sarpanch directing shopkeepers and residents not to buy anything from Muslim vendors is doing the rounds at a village in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district. The notification says if anyone is seen buying goods from Muslim vendors, he or she would be fined Rs 5,100, and […]

Kolkata: Kolkata Police, on Saturday, issued lockout notice against suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma, whose controversial comments about Prophet Muhammad had created nationwide stir and tension last month. A senior official of the city police informed that they were forced to issue the lookout notice as Sharma did not turn up after she was sent […]

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to field Karnataka Governor Thwarchand Gehlot for the post of Vice-President, according to highly placed sources. Gehlot hails from Madhya Pradesh and is a senior leader who held many positions in Modi government. He hails from Scheduled Castes. Another probable candidate for the post from BJP […]

Hyderabad: The Opposition parties’ Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha declared that the Presidential election was not a fight between two individuals, but a battle of ideologies. He said the Presidential elections were being held under extraordinary circumstances and the fight will continue even after the polls, notwithstanding the results. Addressing the gathering of TRS Ministers, MPs […]

Hyderabad: The BJP, which is holding its two-day National Executive meeting in Hyderabad starting today, is expected to mull over two proposals which include the political as well as economic agenda of the party. Under the political agenda, the party is likely to hold discussions over their presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu and the recently formed […]

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of killing democracy and the federal system. Addressing a meeting organised by the TRS party, Rao said, “You (Modi) are killing democracy and federal system every day, you are bringing down the government which doesn’t listen to you and oppressing voice […]

New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to take over the probe into the brutal killing of Maharashtra’s Amravati-based shop owner Umesh Kolhe on June 21, after he wrote a post in support of Nupur Sharma on Facebook. Home Minister’s Office (HMO) made the announcement through its Twitter […]

Bengaluru: Karnataka police have lodged a case against father and son for blackmailing a married woman with her private video in Mysuru, police said on Saturday. The police have launched a hunt for the accused father and son after the woman approached Hebbal police in Mysuru city. Hebbal Layout residents Govindaraju and his son Pramod […]

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V. Ramana said the political party in power believes that every governmental action is entitled to judicial endorsement, and the opposition expects the judiciary to advance their political positions. However, it is only the judiciary that is answerable to the Constitution. The CJI was speaking at a felicitation […]

Bangkok: Two Indian women were arrested at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on charges of smuggling after 109 live animals were found in their luggage, media reports said. The wild animals were discovered following an x-ray of two suitcases of the women travelling to Chennai, CNN reported citing Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. […]

Raipur: Chhattisgarh is probably the only state in the country where the Congress and especially its Chief Minister have become a big challenge for the BJP. Here the BJP is not competing with the Congress as much as with Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. This situation is likely to continue till next year’s assembly elections. There […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday alleged that one of the main accused in the brutal killing of a tailor in Udaipur is a “BJP member” and asked whether the Centre had moved quickly to transfer the case to the NIA due to this reason. Addressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters here, party’s […]

New Delhi: A Jabalpur-bound SpiceJet flight returned to the Delhi airport on Saturday morning after passengers claimed smoke in the plane. After the recent fire incident, now smoke : – @FlySpiceJet Q400 aircraft VT-SUR, SG-2962 operating Delhi-Jabalpur saw smoke from washroom while at 5000 feet. – Fire alarm blared. May Day declared. – Landed back […]

New Delhi: Southwest monsoon has covered the entire country as it brought seasonal rains to Gujarat and Rajasthan, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday. “Southwest monsoon has covered the entire country on Saturday, six days before the normal date of July 8,” the weather office said. The southwest monsoon had its onset over […]

New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair will be produced before the Patiala Court in Delhi today in a case for allegedly hurting religious sentiments, through a social media post. Zubair was brought out of the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of Delhi Police Special Cell in Dwarka earlier today. On Thursday, he […]

New Delhi: Delhi Police on Friday said that the suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma has already joined the investigation and they have recorded her statement on June 18 for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. The Delhi Police’s statement came hours after the Supreme Court slammed her for controversial comments and held her responsible for whatever communal […]

Thiruvananthapuram: Due to financial difficulties, five members of a family in Kerala committed suicide. Manikuttan, his wife, their two children and his aunt were found dead in their home near Attingal area, located on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram. Manikuttan was found hanging in his room, while the other four were believed to have consumed poison. Friends […]

New Delhi: India logged 17,092 new coronavirus infections, raising the tally to 4,34,86,326, while the active cases have increased to 1,09,568, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. The death toll has climbed to 5,25,168 with 29 new fatalities, data updated by the ministry at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise 0.25 per cent […]

Kolkata: Ahead of the presidential election, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Droupadi Murmu’s chances of winning the election are better because of developments in Maharashtra. “Now we know Droupadi Murmu’s chances are better because of developments in Maharashtra. We’ll go by what opposition parties say,” […]

Mumbai: Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has extended his best wishes to BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis for being sworn in as the deputy chief minister of the state, further praising him for accepting the junior slot in the government following the order of the party high command despite him being a two-time chief minister. […]

Mumbai: Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Friday removed Eknath Shinde who revolted against him and succeeded him as the new Maharashtra Chief Minister from the post of Shiv Sena leader. Shinde has been removed for indulging in “anti-party activities”, said a Shiv Sena statement. The political crisis in Maharashtra was created by a revolt […]

Jammu: More than 11,000 pilgrims have performed this year’s Amarnath Yatra so far, as another batch of 6,113 worshippers on Saturday moved from the Bhagwati Nagar base camp in Jammu towards the valley. “Over 11,000 yatris had darshan inside the holy cave shrine so far, while 23,214 others have moved towards the valley since the […]

New Delhi: After long deliberations and discussions with the Karnataka leaders in Delhi, the Congress party is all set to move with the collective efforts to win the upcoming Karnataka assembly polls. Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar and Congress legislative party leader and former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah held meetings along with other leaders with the […]