EC notice to BJP, Congress chiefs over complaints against PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi

New Delhi, 25/4: : In a first, the Election Commission on Thursday issued a notice to BJP president JP Nadda seeking his “comments” on complaints against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for indulging in “hate speech” in Rajasthan during the Lok Sabha campaign. Similarly, it also sent a separate notice to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for…

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CBI registers first case in Sandeshkhali land grab, sexual assault allegations: Officials

Kolkata, 25/4: CBI on Thursday registered first case in Sandeshkhali land grab and sexual assault allegations, PTI stated quoting officials. Recently, a 10-member team of the CBI on April 20 visited Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district to probe alleged crimes against women and land-grabbing, an official said.

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Vote bank-hungry Congress wants to implement quota on basis of religion, impose inheritance tax: Modi

Ambikapur (Chhattisgarh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit out at the Congress, saying the ‘vote bank-hungry’ party wanted to implement reservation on the basis of religion. Addressing a Lok Sabha poll rally in Ambikapur, the headquarters of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh, he also alleged that the Congress wanted to impose inheritance tax in the…

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Two soldiers injured in ongoing encounter in Kashmir’s Bandipora

Bandipora, 24/4: Two Army personnel were injured in an ongoing encounter with terrorists in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday. Reports said the encounter started when a joint team of the army and the J&K police launched a cordon-and-search operation in the Renji forest area of Chintibandi village in Bandipora, after receiving input of a…

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Priyanka Gandhi responds to PM Modi’s ‘steal mangalsutra’ jibe: My mother’s mangalsutra was sacrificed for country

Bengaluru,24/4: In a fierce retort to Prime Minister Narendra Modi who accused her party of going after women’s jewellery, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday said her mother’s mangalsutra was “sacrificed” for the nation. Priyanka chose the Bangalore South constituency, where her party has fielded Sowmya Reddy against BJP’s Tejasvi Surya, to respond to…

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Ex-Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren moves SC over HC not pronouncing verdict on his plea challenging ED’s arrest

Ranchi, 24/4: Former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren on Wednesday moved the Supreme Court saying the High Court is not pronouncing a verdict on his plea challenging the arrest by the Enforcement Directorate, PTI reported. Soren told the top court that the HC had reserved its verdict on February 28 on his plea against the arrest…

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