NEW DELHI: A political rift erupted within the INDIA bloc on Tuesday after Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP John Brittas questioned leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi’s absence from Parliament during the Winter Session and criticised Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi’s participation post-session in “chai pe charcha” with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Speaking to ANI, Brittas took…
NEW DELHI: Bringing a long-running financial and criminal dispute to an end, the Supreme Court of India has disposed of the Sandesara matter after recording complete compliance with its earlier directions on deposit of funds and settlement with lender banks.The petitioners informed the Court that they had complied with the November 19 order by depositing…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Imran Masood on Tuesday said that Priyanka Gandhi will “deliver a decisive treatment” to Bangladesh if she becomes the Prime Minister.Refuting the charges from the BJP targeting Priyanka Gandhi for allegedly not speaking out strongly enough against violence against minorities in Bangladesh, Masood said that Wayanad MP spoke out the strongly…
NEW DELHI: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Tuesday held a protest outside the Bangladesh high commission to condemn the mob lynching of Dipu Chandra Das, a Hindu worker in Bangladesh. Visuals showed protesters breaking barricades and clashing with police.Security was beefed up around the commission in the national capital following the protest call by the…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Tuesday framed charges of criminal conspiracy against Congress MP Karti Chidambaram and other accused in the Chinese visa ‘scam’ case.The next hearing in the matter has been scheduled for January 16.The case is being heard at Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court, which also framed charges against Karti Chidambaram’s close aide…
NEW DELHI: Govt on Monday said the extension for IndiGo to wet lease aircraft (take on hire with operating crew) from Turkey only will next March “with a sunset clause that no further extension will be given”. Post Operation Sindoor, India had withdrawn security clearance for Turkish ground handling company Celebi & it had to…
CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress president Amrinder Singh Raja Warring on Monday alleged the ruling AAP in Punjab “abused power and manipulated the poll process” to win the recent zila parishad and panchayat samiti election, and claimed that even then it failed to put up an impressive show.He said while the AAP claims to have won 220…
NEW DELHI: All India Imam Association president Maulana Sajid Rashidi on Monday criticised RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s remarks on India being a Hindu Rashtra, saying the idea went against the Constitution and the country’s democratic character. Responding to Bhagwat’s statement that India is a Hindu Rashtra and that the Constitution’s preamble reflects this., Rashidi said,…
Ties between India and Bangladesh have hit another roadblock after the killing of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi in Dhaka sparked anti-India protests. Hadi, a prominent figure in last year’s July uprising in Bangladesh, was killed amid rising political tensions, triggering widespread unrest. Bangladesh government suspended visa services in India following protests outside Bangladeshi missions….
RAIPUR: Chaitanya, son of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, received Rs 200 crore to Rs 250 crore as his share from an alleged liquor scam in the state, the Anti-Corruption Bureau/Economic Offence Wing (ACB/EOW) has claimed in its chargesheet.The state police’s ACB/EOW, in its seventh supplementary chargesheet in the multi-crore liquor scam filed before…