Bangalore, 17/4: In a huge setback for BJP, former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar on Monday joined the Congress at the KPCC headquarters in Bengaluru. This comes a day after Shettar tendered his resignation as MLA after the BJP leadership made it clear that he would not be fielded from the Hubballi Dharwad Central segment…
Chennai, 17/4: The Tamil Nadu government and Hockey India on Monday announced that the coveted Men’s Hockey Asian Champions Trophy 2023 will be held in Chennai from August 3 to August 12, which will serve as a precursor to the Hangzhou Asian Games in September. As many as 16 teams from Asian countries will participate…
UP, 17/4: The Uttar Pradesh Police has formed a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in Prayagraj, a senior official said on Monday. Citing a statement issued by Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police R K Vishwakarma, Special Director General of Police…
Mumbai, 17/4: A day after 11 persons died of heat stroke and over 600 others reached dispensaries and hospitals for help, the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi has questioned the logic of the Eknath Shinde-Devendra Fadnavis government to hold the Maharashtra Bhushan awards ceremony under the scorching sun around noon. Two of those currently admitted are…
Kolkata, 17/4:Trinamool Congress MLA Jiban Krishna Saha was on Monday morning taken from his residence at Burwan in Murshidabad district by slueths from the CBI in connection with investigation into the school- jobs-for-graft scam case, an official said. Saha, an MLA from Burwan constituency, was being questioned by CBI officers since April 14…
Chennai, 16/4: Branding his party as the “true protector of minorities”, AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday sought to differentiate between ideology and alliance, insisting his organisation would never deviate from its principles. Addressing a party-sponsored iftar event here, he said AIADMK supported minorities with “true love”. “Our ideology is different, alliance…
Kolkata, 16/4: The rivalry between two players in the Indian domestic circuit came to the fore at the IPL stage here on Sunday, with Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain Nitish Rana and Mumbai Indians’ Hrithik Shokeen engaging in a war of words in the first innings. The incident happened in the ninth over of…
Bangalore, 16/4: BJP National General Secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh said that the BJP will make more than the expected progress in the Assembly election. “We have to wait and watch the same,” he said after visiting the election office of Mangalore City North assembly constituency in Kavoor. He refused to react to a query…
Sudan, 16/4: In the shootout between the paramilitary forces and the armed forces in Sudan, a man from Kerala died. The deceased is Albert Augustine of Alakkode in Kannur district of Kerala. He was an ex-serviceman and was working in Khartoum in Sudan for the past few years as a supervisor in Dal…
New Delhi, 16/4: BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra on Sunday said investigation agencies such as CBI, ED work on the basis of facts, not emotions. Patra was replying to queries by reporters on CBI summons to Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in the excise policy scam case on…
