Bengaluru, 1/7: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday said there is no discussion on leadership change and stressed on strengthening the hands of CM Siddaramaiah and the party’s government in the state. Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress President, asked party leaders and legislators not to speak to the press on…
Kolkata, 1/7: The authorities of South Calcutta Law College have expelled three accused in the alleged gang-rape of a 24-year-old student from the institute, an official said on Tuesday. Prime accused Monojit Mishra, who was a contractual employee at the college, was among those expelled from the institute. Mishra, along with co-accused Zaib Ahmed and…
Bengaluru, 1/7: The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) on Tuesday morning ordered the suspension of a senior IPS officer in Bengaluru to be set aside. The development was confirmed to DH by Dhanush Menon, the counsel on record for Inspector General of Police (IGP) Vikash Kumar Vikash, who the Karnataka government suspended following the stampede in…
Bengaluru, 1/7: AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka, Randeep Singh Surjewala continued his series of meetings with the state’s ruling party legislators for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. As part of the first phase of his one-on-one meetings with the MLAs for three days, Surjewala is today slated to meet about 20 legislators from…
Sangareddy, 1/7: The toll in the explosion at the Sigachi Industries’ pharma plant in Pashamylaram has rose to 34, a senior police official said on Tuesday. Several bodies have been found under the debris while removing it. As many as 31 bodies have been extricated from the debris while three died in hospital while undergoing…
Hyderabad, 30/6: Upset over the possible appointment of Ramchander Rao as BJP’s Telangana President, the party’s firebrand MLA Raja Singh on Monday wrote to Union Minister G Kishan Reddy saying that he is resigning from the primary membership of the saffron party. Reddy is presently the state chief and the party high command is likely…
New Delhi,30/6: Star cricketer M S Dhoni is close to trademarking his on field name “Captain Cool” for sports and entertainment services, as reported by Bar and Bench. According to the Trade Marks Registry portal, the application’s status is ‘accepted and advertised’. It was published in the official trademark journal on June 16. The application…
Bengaluru, 30/6: AICC General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka, Randeep Singh Surjewala, began meetings with party legislators here amid signs of “disgruntlement” and speculation about a leadership change within the ruling party. According to party sources, as part of his three-day visit, Surjewala is likely to hold mostly one-on-one meetings with legislators. On Monday, he was…
Bhubaneswar, 30/6:As Odisha grieves for the loss of lives during the Rath Yatra stampede, a viral video of a police officer instructing his team to ‘break their (protesters) legs’ has enraged social media users. Congress members were arranging a protest outside of the residence of Odisha Chief Minister, Mohan Charan Majhi, about the lives lost…
New Delhi,30/6: Bilateral trade agreement between India and the US seems unlikely to be signed by the July 8 deadline, which marks the end of President Donald Trump’s 90-day suspension of the so-called “liberation day” tariffs, creating renewed uncertainty for exporters. According to sources, agricultural goods remain the key sticky issue. The US has been…
