UK, 8/7:Former British finance minister Rishi Sunak will pitch himself as a “serious candidate for a serious time” for the leadership race, arguing he is the only candidate with integrity, the Times reported on Friday. Sunak, who resigned this week in protest at Johnson’s leadership, will argue that he can salvage the Conservative Party’s…
New Delhi, 8/7: The Supreme Court on Friday granted five-day interim bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in connection with an FIR lodged in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh for allegedly outraging religious sentiments. A vacation bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshari issued notice on Zubair’s plea and listed it…
Mumbai, 8/7: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on July 11, a fresh plea of the Uddhav Thackeray led faction challenging appointment of Eknath Shinde as chief minister of Maharashtra. A vacation bench of Justices Indira Banerjee and JK Maheshwari said it will be listed before an appropriate bench on July 11. …
Tokyo, 8/7:Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been shot, a government spokesman said Friday, as local media reported the ex-premier was showing no vital signs. “Former prime minister Abe was shot at around 11:30 am,” in the country’s western region of Nara, chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters. “One man, believed to…
UK, 7/7: Even before Boris Johnson stepped out of 10 Downing Street on Thursday to deliver his resignation speech as Conservative Party leader, triggering a leadership race for a new British prime minister, the runners and riders had been lining up to compete for the top job. Indian-origin Suella Braverman, currently the Attorney…
Patna, 7/7:A young academician in Bihar is hogging limelight for having sought to return a sum of over Rs 20 lakh that he had earned towards salary and other emoluments in the last two years and nine months. Lalan Kumar, 33, who teaches Hindi literature at a college under the Baba Saheb Bhim…
New Delhi, 7/7: A court here awarded two-year imprisonment to Bollywood actor and Congress leader Raj Babbar in a case involving the assault of a polling officer. Babbar was convicted for voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from performing his duty and three other offences. The court also imposed a fine of Rs…
Bangalore, 7/7: An FIR has been filed at the Kolar town police station for offensive remarks on Quran. Zameer Aamad, president of Anjuman-e-Islamia in Kolar, has filed the complaint against Hindu Jagarana Vedike leader Keshava Murthi and others.
UK, 7/7: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to resign on Thursday, with his office saying he will make a statement to the country. “Boris Johnson will resign as Conservative Party leader today,” BBC Political Editor Chris Mason said on Twitter. Johnson had been hanging onto power despite the resignation of…
New Delhi, 7/7:A new sub-lineage BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in countries like India and the World Health Organisation is following this, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “On Covid-19, globally reported cases have increased nearly 30 per cent over the past two weeks. Four out of six of the…
