New Delhi, 26/8: In a jolt to the Congress, senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday quit the party, accusing the leadership of propping up “proxies” and trying to foist a non-serious leader at the helm in the last eight years, which had led to conceding space to the BJP and regional parties. …
New Delhi, 26/8: The Supreme Court on Friday posted the matter related to freebies for consideration before another three-judge bench. It directed the Centre to constitute an expert committee on matter and proposed to Centre to call an all-party meeting on the issue. The apex court said that there can be no denying that…
Ranchi, 26/8: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) on Thursday said that it will move the Supreme Court if Chief Minister Hemant Soren is disqualified as an MLA. The party, however, also asserted that there was no threat to the government as it has an absolute majority in the assembly. However, amid the rapidly…
Mumbai, 26/8: Twitter founder and former chief executive Jack Dorsey tweeted Thursday that he regrets the social media platform became a company. “The biggest issue and my biggest regret is that it became a company,” Dorsey tweeted in response to a question about whether Twitter turned out the way he had envisioned
Washington DC, 25/8: Former men’s world number one Novak Djokovic said he will not play in the US Open which begins on Monday as Covid protocols mean he cannot travel to the United States. It is the second Grand Slam the 35-year-old Serb will miss due to not being vaccinated as he was deported…
Ranchi, 25/7: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday alleged blatant misuse of constitutional authorities and public agencies after reports claimed that the Election Commission recommended his disqualification as an MLA in the mining lease case. No communication in this regard has been received by the Chief Minister’s Office from either the Election Commission…
New Delhi, 25/8: At least a dozen AAP MLAs have gone incommunicado ahead of a crucial meeting convened by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his residence on Thursday to discuss alleged poaching attempts by the BJP, sources in the party said. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 11 am.The sources said all…
New Delhi, 25/8:A Pakistani terrorist, who was captured in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, was paid Rs 30,000 by a colonel of Pakistan intelligence agency to attack the Indian Army post, officials said on Wednesday. Thirty-two-year-old Tabarak Hussain, a resident of Sabzkot village of Kotli in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), was arrested in Naushera…
New Delhi, 25/8:The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear a joint petition filed by former MP Subhashini Ali, journalist Revati Laul and Prof Roop Rekha Verma challenging the Gujarat government’s decision to grant remission to 11 convicts for killing 14 persons and sexually assaulting pregnant Bilkis Bano during the 2002 post-Godhra riots. A three-judge bench…
New Delhi, 24/8:The Reserve Bank on Wednesday lifted the restrictions on American Express Banking Corp and allowed onboarding of new domestic customers on its card network. The central bank had imposed curbs on American Express Banking Corp for being non-compliant with the directions on Storage of Payment System Data effective May 1, 2021….
