New Delhi, 17/2: During a discussion on the motion of confidence he moved in the Budget session of the assembly on Saturday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stated that the AAP is the primary challenger to the BJP and is facing attacks from all sides as a result. Asserting his confidence, Kejriwal declared that even…
Rajkot, 17/2: India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Friday withdrew from the ongoing third Test against England as he flew back to Chennai to attend to his ill mother. BCCI provided an update on the development but did not mention that the medical issue relates Ashwin’s mother. However, BCCI President Rajeev Shukla posted on X that…
Andhra, 17/2: The Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department (CID) has named former CM and TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu in a chargesheet filed in the alleged AP Fibernet Phase-1 Project ‘scam’ case before the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court in Amaravati.
Mumbai, 16/2:The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has extended the deadline for winding down operations of Paytm Payments Bank, an associate of One 97 Communications or Paytm, by 15 days to March 15, it said on Friday. The RBI, in a January order, had asked the Paytm unit to stop accepting any fresh deposits in…
Ranchi, 16/2: Basant Soren, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) supremo Shibu Soren’s youngest son, on Friday took oath as minister in the Champai Soren-led government in Jharkhand, along with seven others. Basant is also the younger brother of former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, who is in judicial custody in a money laundering case linked to…
Moscow, 16/2: Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is dead, the prison service of the Yamalo-Nenets region where he had been serving his sentence said on Friday. In a statement published on its website, the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District said that Navalny “felt unwell” after a walk on Friday, and “almost…
New Delhi, 16/2: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said he will seek vote of confidence in the Assembly on Friday The announcement came days after he alleged that the BJP tried to poach AAP MLAs and topple his government. I will bring the vote of confidence in Delhi Assembly today,” Kejriwal said in a post…
Kolkata, 16/2: A 35-year-old man from West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur was arrested after he allegedly killed his wife and was seen dancing with the severed head in a park of the district on Wednesday, according to a report by Indian Express. Police said that the man, who has been identified as Gautam Guchhait, is a…
New Delhi, 16/2: The Congress on Friday said Income Tax authorities had frozen its main bank accounts, impacting all political activity. However, the accounts were later de-frozen by the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal pending a further hearing next week. Party leader Vivek Tankha, who appeared before the tribunal against the order, said the party was…
New Delhi, 16/2: The Samyuktha Kisan Morcha (SKM) and central trade unions barring the BMS on Wednesday announced a ‘Bharat Bandh’ on February 16 to protest against Narendra Modi government’s “growing corporate, communal and authoritarian attack” on people. Traders and transporters have also appealed for support for the strike, which will also act as a…
