UP, 17/4: The Uttar Pradesh Police has formed a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the killing of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf in Prayagraj, a senior official said on Monday. Citing a statement issued by Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police R K Vishwakarma, Special Director General of Police…
Kolkata, 17/4:Trinamool Congress MLA Jiban Krishna Saha was on Monday morning taken from his residence at Burwan in Murshidabad district by slueths from the CBI in connection with investigation into the school- jobs-for-graft scam case, an official said. Saha, an MLA from Burwan constituency, was being questioned by CBI officers since April 14…
Chennai, 16/4: Branding his party as the “true protector of minorities”, AIADMK General Secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Sunday sought to differentiate between ideology and alliance, insisting his organisation would never deviate from its principles. Addressing a party-sponsored iftar event here, he said AIADMK supported minorities with “true love”. “Our ideology is different, alliance…
Kolkata, 16/4: The rivalry between two players in the Indian domestic circuit came to the fore at the IPL stage here on Sunday, with Kolkata Knight Riders’ captain Nitish Rana and Mumbai Indians’ Hrithik Shokeen engaging in a war of words in the first innings. The incident happened in the ninth over of…
Bangalore, 16/4: BJP National General Secretary (organisation) B L Santhosh said that the BJP will make more than the expected progress in the Assembly election. “We have to wait and watch the same,” he said after visiting the election office of Mangalore City North assembly constituency in Kavoor. He refused to react to a query…
Sudan, 16/4: In the shootout between the paramilitary forces and the armed forces in Sudan, a man from Kerala died. The deceased is Albert Augustine of Alakkode in Kannur district of Kerala. He was an ex-serviceman and was working in Khartoum in Sudan for the past few years as a supervisor in Dal…
New Delhi, 16/4: BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra on Sunday said investigation agencies such as CBI, ED work on the basis of facts, not emotions. Patra was replying to queries by reporters on CBI summons to Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for questioning in the excise policy scam case on…
Mumbai, ,16/4: In a big development, Mumbai Indians on Sunday handed a debut to Arjun Tendulkar as stand-in skipper Suryakumar Yadav won the toss and elected to bowl against Kolkata Knight Riders in their Indian Premier League match on Sunday. MI’s regular skipper Rohit Sharma misses the game due to a stomach bug.
Chilka, 16/4: On Saturday, Union Minister of State for Textiles and Railways Darshana Jardosh visited Chilika Constituency under Puri Lok Sabha. She participated in an organisational programme under Lok Sabha Pravas Yojana. Along with the Union Minister, BJP National Spokesperson Dr. Sambit Patra , BJP State General Secretary Prithiviraj Harichandan and other BJP leaders…
UP, 16/4: Opposition leaders on Saturday questioned the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh and demanded that the state government be dismissed after gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead in Prayagraj. The “cold-blooded” killings are the “height of anarchy” in Uttar Pradesh, BSP MP Danish Ali claimed. Samajwadi Party…
