Brajarajnagar 3/6: In a major development, Biju Janata Dal candidate Alaka Mohanty won the Brajarajnagar byelection in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district by a huge margin. According to reports, Mohanty secured nearly 65000 votes more than her nearest rival- Congress’ Kishore Patel. BJP candidate Radharani Panda was placed in the 3rd position. After the completion…
New Delhi, 3/6:The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea alleging illegal construction and excavation at Shree Jagannath temple in Puri by the Odisha government. The top court also deprecated the practice of filing PILs for publicity or personal interests and criticised the petitioners for wasting the court’s precious time. A bench of…
Gyanvapi, 3/6:RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said the Gyanvapi dispute involves some issues of faith and the court’s decision on it should be accepted by all, but also there was no need to find a `Shivling’ in every mosque and start a new dispute every day. Addressing the concluding ceremony of the…
Thiruvananthapuram,2/6:A bench of the Kerala High Court on Thursday orally remarked that the offence of rape should be made gender neutral while considering a matrimonial dispute moved by a divorced couple over custody of their child. This observation was made by Justice Muhamed Mustaque. “Section 376 is not a gender-neutral provision. If…
Bangalore, 2/6:Authorities in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka on Thursday suspended 6 students for wearing hijab in spite of a series of warnings. In another instance, 12 students were sent back for wearing hijab while attending classes. Six students of the Uppinangadi Government Pre University College have been suspended for repeatedly violating…
Chandigarh, 2/6:On January 13, 2022, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) launched a mobile number on which it asked the people of Punjab to give their feedback on its chief ministerial candidate. This “janata chunegi apna CM” drive helped the AAP declare singer turned politician Bhagwant Mann as its chief ministerial face for the Punjab Assembly…
New Delhi, 2/6: Congress president Sonia Gandhi has tested positive for Covid-19, party leader Randeep Surjewala said on Thursday. “She has developed mild fever and some symptoms. She has isolated herself and has been given requisite medical attention. As of today, her date of appearance before ED on June 8 stands as it…
Ahmedabad, 2/6: Once a fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Congress leader Hardik Patel, who is set to join the ruling BJP in Gujarat on Thursday, posted a tweet in the morning saying he would work as a “soldier” of PM Modi and start a “new chapter”. Patel is set to join the…
New Delhi, 2/6: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday defended AAP members against corruption and requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to arrest all of them at once and conduct the probe. Stating that they are not afraid of being arrested, Kejriwal said, “I request PM Modi to put all the ministers and MLAs…
Mumbai, 2/6:Preliminary findings of the post-mortem conducted on renowned Bollywood singer Krishnakumar Kunnath, who passed away following a live concert in Kolkata, have ruled out any foul play and indicated that he died due to a cardiac arrest, a senior police officer said on Wednesday. The report also said that the singer, popularly…
