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…
Bangalore, 28/4: Former JD(U) leader Ajay Alok, a regular on TV debates, joined the BJP on Friday in the presence of Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. Joining the BJP is like coming to a family, Alok said, vowing to contribute to the “Modi mission”. The country is today moving in the same direction…
New Delhi, 28/4: The CBI will on Friday question former Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik in connection with its probe into the alleged insurance “scam” in the Union Territory which came to light after his statement that he was offered bribes to clear related files, officials said. A CBI team arrived around 11.45…
Manipur, 28/4: An unruly mob vandalised and set on fire on Thursday night around 9 pm, the venue where Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh is scheduled to attend a programme the next day at New Lamka in Churachandpur district. Local police quickly swung into action and dispersed the mob but not before the venue…
Mumbai, 28/4:Nearly 10 years after actor-model Jiah Khan was found hanging in a flat in Mumbai, a special CBI court in Mumbai is set to deliver its verdict on Friday in the much-talked-about case – in which Bollywood actor Sooraj Pancholi stood as an accused. Sooraj (32), the son of actor-couple Aditya Pancholi and Zarina…
