Chennai, 19/10: V K Sasikala has responded to allegations against her role in former Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, with the former CM’s close aide saying that she is ready to face inquiry. Finding fault with V K Sasikala and three others for not acting on advice of doctors, including the suggestion to…
New Delhi, 19/10: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday denied bail to Umar Khalid in the Delhi riots conspiracy case. “There is no merit in the bail appeal. Bail appeal is dismissed,” said a bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Rajnish Bhatnagar. Umar Khalid was arrested two years ago in a UAPA…
New Delhi, 17/10:Justice D Y Chandrachud was on Monday appointed the 50th Chief Justice of India, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said. He will take oath on November 9, a day after incumbent CJI Justice Uday Umesh Lalit demits office on attaining the age of 65. While Justice Lalit has a brief…
New Delhi, 17/10: Voting ended on Monday in the Congress presidential poll as senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor faced-off for the post of AICC chief. Over 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates form the electoral college to pick the party chief in a secret ballot. Voting began at 10 am…
UP, 16/10: Amid a series of pet dog attacks, the Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation has banned residents from keeping the Pitbull, Rottweiler and Dogo Argentino breeds as pets. The civic body issued a host of other guidelines on Saturday for pet-owners according to which they will have to get a licence for their dogs,…
UP, 16/10: A senior IAS officer in rain-hit Uttar Pradesh was caught rebuking people of a flood-affected village who complained about unavailability of food, saying that the government was not “running Zomato service”, even as the Yogi Adityanath-led establishment came under fire for poor flood management and for failing to take measures to provide succor…
New Delhi, 16/10: The CBI has summoned Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday for questioning in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the excise policy for the national capital, officials said. The federal probe agency has asked the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader to appear before it…
New Delhi, 15/10: Congress presidential candidate Shashi Tharoor on Saturday slammed BJP’s IT department head Amit Malviya over his dig at the AICC chief elections, saying “we are perfectly capable of resolving our own internal differences” and don’t need his involvement in the polls. Tharoor also took a swipe at the BJP and…
Bhubaneswar, ,15/10: Namaskar. In the year 2000, with the blessings of all of you I got an opportunity to serve mother Odisha. The post super cyclone situation and the fragile financial conditions then were biggest challenges for me. The state was running on overdraft. The Government was dependent on Reserve Bank of India for wage…
New Delhi, 15/10: The world’s diesel market is once again flashing signs of chaos, undermining the global economy with a fresh bout of inflationary pressure. Powering trucks, trains and ships that drive industry, the fuel is commanding huge buy-it-now premiums in Europe. Beset by worker strikes over pay at French oil refineries that…
