The BJP-led Mahayuti and the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) are locked in a close contest in the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation, with vote counting for the 81-member civic body underway since 10 am on FridayAs of 1 pm, the Mahayuti was leading in 25 seats, while the MVA was ahead in 21 wards.Within the Mahayuti…
NEW DELHI: Jharkhand high court on Friday stayed the police investigation against ED officers on the basis of an FIR registered in the Airport police station by a former Jharkhand government employee, Santosh Kumar.While hearing a writ petition filed by the ED, the court observed that the recent police raid on the agency’s Ranchi office…
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday slammed Pakistan at UN for misusing the platform and driving its “divisive agenda” after Islamabad’s envoy raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in the General Assembly.Permanent Mission of India to the UN Eldos Mathew Punnoose accused Pakistan of spreading baseless allegations and falsehoods and portray a picture that is…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed Allahabad high court judge Yashwant Verma’s plea challenging Lok Sabha speaker’s decision to appoint a committee for his impeachment.This comes after Verma moved the top court following Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla’s announced that a three-member panel has been constituted to investigate allegations against him.The members of…
European Council President António Luís Santos da Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit India for the 16th India-EU summit on January 27 and also participate in the Republic Day parade as chief guests a day earlier, said the government in an official announcement. The summit will be the culmination of…
A coalition of multisectoral experts from a range of global institutions has lent its weight to petitioners in the stray dog case being heard in Supreme Court. The coalition warned that authorities’ proposals to remove and mass-shelter India’s free-living community dogs could undermine public health, go beyond the law, destabilise urban ecosystems and impose enormous…
Opposition alleged the ‘rat’ explanation was a cover for the scam as paddy worth Rs 30 crore has either rotted, gone missing or been written off RAIPUR: ‘Rats’ have become Chhattisgarh’s newest political flashpoint after managers at paddy procurement centres blamed rodents, among other reasons, for paddy worth crores of rupees going missing or rotting.In…
PM Modi said India has been voicing the interests of Global South countries at international platforms NEW DELHI: Democratic spirit runs in India’s veins and is underpinned by its values, PM Narendra Modi said Thursday, asserting that the country had belied post-Independence apprehensions about its future as it turned its diversity into strength and showed…
SURAT/BHIWANDI: The menace of banned Chinese manja cast a deadly shadow over the kite-flying season, killing nine people in Gujarat, while a fireman in Maharashtra and a 33-year-old man in Vadodara were electrocuted in kite-linked accidents.In Surat, a motorbike carrying a couple and their daughter plunged about 60ft from Chandrashekhar Azad flyover. Sources said Rehan…
Rourkela: Tension erupted in a market in Odisha’s Sundargarh town on Thursday following a clash between two communities.In the ensuing stone pelting, at least 12 people, including a policeman, were injured. The administration has imposed prohibitory orders across Sundargarh. Internet services were suspended for 24 hours, starting 6pm.Schools and colleges were declared closed on Friday….