Patna, 2/11: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday echoed the discontent within the I.N.D.I.A bloc against Congress, as he put the blame on its preoccupation with Assembly elections for the coalition’s inability to build on the momentum it gained in the the past few months. Nitish’s remarks were made at a CPI’s ‘Bhaajpa Hataao,…
New Delhi, 2/11: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions challenging the validity of the electoral bonds scheme for funding political parties. A five-judge constitution bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices Sanjiv Khanna, B R Gavai, J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra had on October 31…
Mizoram, 11/2: The BJP, which has just one legislator in the Mizoram Assembly, on Thursday said it hoped to form the next government in the northeastern state on its own. If the people of Mizoram give a fractured verdict, then the saffron party is ready to forge an alliance with either the ruling Mizo National…
New Delhi, 2/11:Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra, who is at the centre of a bribe-for-query row, appeared before the Ethics Committee of the lower house on Thursday. The Committee is probing BJP Lok Sabha member Nishikant Dubey’s bribe-for-query allegations against Moitra. Dubey has accused Moitra of asking questions, which were keyed in through…
New Delhi, 2/11: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will not appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday. He has been summoned in connection with the alleged Delhi excise liquor scam. Instead, Kejriwal will hold a road show, along with Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann, in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. Ahead of his slated appearance, Kejriwal had…
New Delhi,1/11: The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned selective anonymity in the 2018 Electoral Bonds scheme, introduced for political parties to receive contributions, saying the problem was that it was not open for the general public, but it is not so for SBI. Examining validity of the scheme, a five-judge bench led by CJI D…
Kashmir, 1/11: Three Army personnel were injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Wednesday, officials said. The soldiers were patrolling Phagwari Gali area in Mendhar sector when the landmine got activated, the officials said quoting preliminary information. The injured were evacuated to a nearby…
New Delhi, 1/11: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday said it has attached in London, Dubai and India assets worth Rs 503 crore of Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal, his family members and companies as part of a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged bank loan fraud. The attached properties include 17 residential flats, bungalows…
Subarnapur, 1/11: The combined efforts of faculty, researchers and scientist of P. G. Department of Zoology, Berhampur University, Odisha, and Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Odisha have let to the discovery of a new species of freshwater goby of the genus Awaous from Mahanadi River having a vibrant yellow coloured body…
Bangalore, 1/11: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday made a pitch for holding competitive exams for central government jobs in Kannada saying it is not possible to conduct them in Hindi or English alone. Addressing people at Kanteerava Stadium on the occasion of 68th Karnataka Rajyotsava, the Chief Minister said he would write to Prime…
