New Delhi, 21/12: Top Congress leaders met here on Thursday to discuss the party’s plans on seat-sharing with I.N.D.I.A bloc partners and strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as well as assess the reasons for its defeat in assembly elections in three States. The discussions took place at a meeting of the Congress Working…
Poonch, 21/12: At least three soldiers were killed and an equal number were injured after terrorists ambushed two army vehicles passing through Dera Ki Gali in border Rajouri-Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday. Reports said the army had been conducting an operation in and around Dera Ki Gali, also known as DKG area,…
New Delhi, 21/12: Rio Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik on Thursday announced her retirement from the sport, protesting against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh loyalist Sanjay Singh winning the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) election for the top job, here. chief Brij Bhushan became the new WFI president with his panel winning 13 of the 15…
UP, 21/12: Sanjay Singh on Thursday became the new President of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) with his panel comfortably winning most of the posts in the delayed polls as outgoing chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh gained indirect control over the sports body. Sanjay, who is a Brij Bhushan loyalist and UP Wrestling Association…
New Delhi,21/12: The CISF is poised to assume responsibility for the security of the Parliament building from the Delhi Police following a survey of the complex by its experts, officials said on Thursday. Once the survey, conducted on the instructions of the Ministry of Home Affairs, is complete, a report will be submitted, initiating the…
UP, 21/12: Confident of his loyalist Sanjay Singh’s victory in the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections on Thursday, outgoing president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh urged the new office bearers to create a ‘conducive sports environment and compensate for any losses. UP Wrestling Association vice-president Sanjay Singh, who is a close associate of Brij Bhushan,…
Madras, 21/12: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader K Ponmudy has been sentenced to three-year imprisonment in a Disproportionate Assets (DA) case filed in 2011. Justice G Jayachandran of the Madras High Court has also imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh each on the minister and his wife. The sentence has, however, been suspended for…
New Delhi, 21/12: Responding to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said they were “politically motivated” and should be withdrawn. The ED had issued fresh summons to Kejriwal asking him to appear before its investigators on December 21 in a money laundering case linked to the case irregularities in the now-scrapped…
Mumbai, 20/12: The intersection of the entertainment industry and politics has been a longstanding phenomenon, with several celebrities trying their fortune in the politics. The latest one to take the political plunge is none other than the ‘Queen’ of Bollywood Kangana Ranaut. The Bollywood star is set to launch her political career by contesting elections…
Patna, 20/12: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav and his father Lalu Prasad, the RJD supremo, in connection with the ‘land for jobs’ money laundering case, officials said on Wednesday, a day after they attended the fourth meeting of I.N.D.I.A bloc. Tejashwi has been asked to appear before investigators…
