Patna, 29/4: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday hinted that a meeting of opposition leaders may take place in Patna after the crucial Karnataka assembly polls were over as many would be busy electioneering The JD (U) supremo said issues related to forging opposition unity could be expected to be discussed at length at…
MP, 29/4: A man with past history of poaching has been nabbed from the core area of Madhya Pradesh’s Kuno National Park (KNP), which is home to cheetahs brought from Namibia and South Africa, an official said on Saturday. A gun has been recovered from the man, Alam Mongia. He had hidden the firearm by…
Ghazipur, 29/4: Ghazipur’s MP MLA court convicted jailed mafia Mukhtar Ansari in a gangster case and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 5 lakh.
New Delhi, 29/4: The Delhi Police will provide security to seven wrestlers, including a minor, who have come forward with allegations of sexual exploitation against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, said an official. The wrestlers have accused Singh of sexually exploiting women wrestlers not only in India but also during…
New Delhi, 29/4: : Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra met the wrestlers who have been on protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar today, backing their demand for action against the alleged sexual exploitation of women athletes. The wrestlers have been on a sit-in demanding the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan…
Mumbai, 29/4: Nationalist Congress Party leader Ajit Pawar on Friday expressed disapproval about Congress President M Mallikarjun Kharge’s `venomous snake’ jibe about PM Modi. Asked by reporters here about Kharge’s controversial comment, Pawar recalled how Yashwantrao Chavan, the first chief minister of Maharashtra, handled criticism with maturity. Addressing a campaign rally in poll-bound Karnataka, Kharge…
New Delhi, 28/4: The Supreme Court Friday granted bail to BJP leader Hardik Patel in a case lodged against him in connection with the violence during the Patidar stir in Gujarat in 2015 subject to his “diligent participation” in the investigation. A bench of Justice A S Bopanna and Justice Hima Kohli made its earlier…
New Delhi,28/4: Raising objection against AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge’s poisonous snake barb against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the BJP leader and former Union minister Basangouda Patil Yatnal has called Congress leader Sonia Gandhi ‘vishkanya’ (poisonous maiden). He was speaking while campaigning for the BJP candidate in Yalaburga of Koppal district on Thursday night. People have…
Chennai, 28/4: President Draupadi Murmu will kick-off the year-long centenary celebrations of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi here on June 5. Murmu will also inaugurate a government multi-super speciality hospital built at a cost of Rs 230 crore in Guindy in Chennai. Chief Minister M K Stalin met the President…
Mumbai, 28/4: According to reports, India’s government on Friday appointed Siddhartha Mohanty as the chairman of state-run Life Insurance Corp of India until June next year, and chief executive for at least a year after that, according to an official document seen by Reuters. Mr. Mohanty, who is one of the four managing directors at…
