New Delhi, 12/7:The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended till further orders the interim bail of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case lodged against him in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly outraging religious sentiments. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna was told by Additional Solicitor General SV…
UK, 12/7:The new UK prime minister to replace the outgoing Boris Johnson will be announced on September 5, the ruling Conservative party said Monday, with 11 hopefuls currently vying for the job. The leadership contest was triggered last week when Johnson, 58, was forced to step down after a frenzy of more than 50 resignations…
New Delhi, 12/7:The rupee on Tuesday opened at a historic low, down 13 paise to 79.58 against US dollar in early trade as strong American currency overseas and losses in domestic equities weighed on investor sentiments. Besides, persistent foreign fund outflows and elevated crude oil prices kept the pressure on the local unit, forex traders…
Chennai, 11/7: The ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu stands to electorally gain to a significant extent and the BJP, though now on the fringes, could aspire to get more electoral space in the wake of churning in the AIADMK. Although a huge chunk of party workers and office-bearers are apparently with the dominant leader Edappadi…
New Delhi, 11/7:Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been asked to appear before the Enforcement Directorate in the National Herald case on July 21. Sonia was issued the second summons on June 23 but she had sought exemption, as she was “strictly advised to rest at home following her hospitalisation on account of Covid-19 and a…
UP, 11/7:A court here sent Alt News Co-founder Mohammad Zubair to 14-day judicial custody in connection with a case lodged against him for allegedly promoting enmity. Zubair was produced in the court of the Mohammadi additional chief judicial magistrate through video conferencing, Assistant Prosecuting Officer Avadhesh Yadav said. The prosecution had sought…
Goa, 11/7:Hopes have been reignited in AAP and Trinamool Congress as they saw an opportunity in Congress’s adversity in Goa, where both are working hard to push the main Opposition party to the corners to usurp one of the pole positions in the coastal state. Both parties were critical of the Congress after…
Chennai: The AIADMK General Council meet on Monday expelled rival leader O Panneerselvam from the party’s primary membership and his post of treasurer but the defiant leader said his rival Edappady K Palaniswami has no right to show him the door and rather announced the ‘expulsion’ of the latter from the party. Amid a big…
New Delhi, 11/7:The Supreme Court on Monday pronounced a four-month sentence against fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya in a contempt case, according to PTI. In 2017, the top court had held Mallya guilty of contempt of court for withholding information from the court about transferring $40 million to his children in violation of the court’s order….
Goa, 11/7: Amid speculation that some Congress MLAs may cross over to the ruling BJP in Goa, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday alleged that it is not democracy, but “money power” of the saffron party. He was speaking to reporters in Pune after offering his prayers to Lord Vitthal in the…
