NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday granted journalist and YouTuber Abhisar Sharma four weeks’ protection from arrest in connection with an FIR filed by Assam Police. The case relates to a video Sharma uploaded on 8 August, criticising the Assam government’s alleged communal politics and questioning the allotment of 3,000 bighas of land in…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi unit chief Saurabh Bharadwaj on Thursday thanked his supporters and colleagues for standing by him during the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raid at his residence in connection with an alleged money laundering case.Also Read: AAP’s Saurabh Bharadwaj slams ED, alleges L-G conspired to frame him In a post on…
QRSAM: First Layer In IADWS The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Aug 23 successfully carried out the maiden flight-tests of the Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS). Held off the coast of Odisha, the test validated the country’s first fully indigenous multi-layered air defence shield.During the demonstration, IADWS engaged and destroyed three aerial…
LOP Rahul Gandhi and PM Narendra Modi NEW DELHI: Calling PM Narendra Modi pure like the holy water of the Ganga, BJP Wednesday hit out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for his denunciation of the “Gujarat model” and accused the Gandhi family of being the most corrupt and “chor parivar (family of thieves)” in the…
NEW DELHI: Swadeshi does not mean autarky or shutting ourselves off from the world. International trade must continue, but voluntarily and without pressure, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said, stressing that India’s economic engagement with the world should be rooted in self-reliance. His remarks, made during the Sangh’s centenary deliberations in Delhi, gain significance amid…
BHILWARA: Three relatives, including a mother-daughter duo and another woman, died while a six-year-old girl went missing after their car was swept away on a river bridge in Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh district early Wednesday. Police said Google Maps had led the vehicle with nine passengers to the bridge, which had been closed for three years, reports…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission sources said Wednesday the poll body had no legal authority to investigate the source or quantum of contributions received by a political party, be it a recognised national/state party or a registered unrecognised political party (RUPP).As per Section 29C of Representation of the People Act 1951, a political party must, on…
NEW DELHI: The sentiment for a boycott of the joint parliamentary committee (JPC) on the bill on dismissal of jailed ministers is growing, with Communist Party of India (CPI) on Tuesday saying that the parliamentary panels are a sham and serve no purpose under BJP govt. The CPI stance after boycott decision by four opposition…
Mallikarjun Kharge (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: Calling the 50% US tariffs on India a result of the failure of PM Modi’s diplomacy, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge Wednesday said a robust foreign policy needs substance and craft, but Modi had relied on superficial engagements of hugs and smiles. He said the tariffs will cause a jolt…
Rahul Gandhi during the Voter Adhikar Yatra, in Bihar. (AICC via PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday claimed that 10 anonymous parties in Gujarat received a massive donation of Rs 4,300 crore in five years, asking if the EC will probe where this money has come from and who is running…