Mehbooba Mufti (PTI image) JAMMU: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday favoured revival of sporting ties between India and Pakistan to normalise the tense situation in the aftermath of the recent events including the Pahalgam terror attack and the Operation Sindoor. She said the war clouds hanging over the region are not in favour of…
Nirmala Sitharaman (left), Rahul Gandhi (ANI) NEW DELHI: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his comments on late union minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley, calling them “irresponsible” and stating such remarks ultimately damage the Congress.Sitharaman responded to Gandhi’s comments made earlier in the day where he…
NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde on Saturday strongly defended former BJP MP Pragya Thakur after her controversial claim that she was tortured during the Malegaon blast probe, and accused the Congress-led UPA government of using the incident to frame prominent Hindutva leaders.Speaking in Thane, Shinde said: “Even in the blasts that happened…
NEW DELHI: As part of the Navy’s ongoing operational deployment to Southeast Asia with an eye firmly on China’s aggressive behaviour in the Indo-Pacific, three Indian warships have now reached the Philippines while another is exercising with the Singapore Navy.The deployments of stealth frigate INS Satpura for the bilateral “Simbex” exercise with the Singapore Navy…
Arvind Kejriwal (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Former Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal has criticised Delhi Police for unleashing a lathicharge on students and teachers protesting at Jantar Mantar against the alleged irregularities in the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) examination.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) said the BJP-led Modi government…
Prajwal Revanna (left), Sadhvi Pragya (ANI) A special court in Bengaluru sentenced ex-MP Prajwal Revanna to life imroisonment on Saturday, following his conviction for the rape of 47-year-old domestic worker. Talking to the media Sadhvi Pragya stated coercion into naming leaders. A special NIA court acquitted all seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case….
NEW DELHI: Suspended JD(S) leader and former MP Prajwal Revanna was sentenced to life imprisonment by a special court in Bengaluru on Saturday in connection with a rape case involving a 47-year-old woman. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on the 34-year-old, as reported by news agency PTI.Revanna, the grandson of…
BJP President BY Vijayendra (File Photo) BENGALURU: Karnataka BJP President BY Vijayendra on Saturday announced that the party will protest against the Congress party’s “anti-constitutional attitude” in Bengaluru on August 5, on the same day when Rahul Gandhi will be leading a protest against the alleged incidents of “votes theft”.He said his party members will…
Represenatative image (TOI) NEW DELHI: The election commission of India (ECI) on Saturday said that in the first 24 hours of publication of the draft electoral roll in Bihar, no political party has raised any objection over the addition and deletions of voters in the recently completed special intensive review.“From 1 August (3 PM) to…
NEW DELHI: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav kicked off a political storm on Saturday after publicly claiming that his name had vanished from Bihar’s voter list—despite holding a valid EPIC number. Displaying the “no records found” message on a large screen during a press conference, the former Deputy CM alleged a larger conspiracy by the Election…