Kolkata, 8/5: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday ordered an immediate ban on the screening of the controversial film The Kerala Story to avoid “any incident of hatred and violence”, a senior official said here. Action will be taken against any theatre found showing the film, the official said. Earlier in…
New Delhi, 8/5:The Centre on Monday defended in the Supreme Court the third extension of service granted to Enforcement Directorate chief Sanjay Kumar Mishra, asserting it was due to a peer review being conducted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) this year and said he will retire this November. The Centre on Monday…
Meghalaya, 7/5: The People’s Democratic Front (PDF), along with its two MLAs, has merged with the ruling National People’s Party in Meghalaya, increasing its tally to 28 in the 60-member assembly. The merger came a few days ahead of the May 10 Sohiong Assembly bypoll. All rank and file of the PDF, led by…
New Delhi, 7/5:Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the voters of Manipur are feeling “grossly betrayed” just a year after putting the BJP in power and called for the imposition of President’s rule in the state that has witnessed violent clashes. Violent clashes had broken out in Manipur last week between tribals and…
Mumbai, 6/5: A common minimum programme of the Opposition will be prepared ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar said on Saturday. He will play a role in bringing opposition parties together, Pawar said in his hometown Baramati in Pune district a day after he withdrew his decision to…
Bangalore, 6/5: AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi will address an election campaign rally at Kolnad in Mulki on May 7, said MLC Manjunath Bhandary. She will arrive at 1 pm and address the party workers. More than 50,000 party workers from Mangalore City North, Moodbidri, and Kaup assembly constituencies are likely to take part in…
Bhopal, 4/5: A 26-year-old man from Madhya Pradesh’s Betul district has been arrested for allegedly killing a woman who apparently was extracting money from him and trying to dissuade him from marrying another woman through blackmail, an official said on Thursday. The body of Simran Sheikh (26) was found in a pool of blood on…
UP, 3/5: A UP Police constable, currently posted in Pilibhit, and his elder brother, posted as cop in Shamli district, have been booked for allegedly gangraping a 26-year-old woman after keeping her in confinement for daysThe woman, a resident of Shamli, came in contact with the 30-year-old cop, Imran Mirza, via Facebook in March 2021….
New Delhi, 1/5: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be on a four-day visit to South Korea starting Tuesday to attend Asian Development Bank’s annual meeting. Besides attending the 56th Annual General Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) here, she will address investors and hold bilateral meetings. Her packed…
Bangalore, 30/5: Enforcement agencies made seizures totalling over Rs 305 crore in poll-bound Karnataka since the model code of conduct came into force on March 29, the Election Commission said on Sunday. The total seizures (Rs 305.43 crore) include cash (Rs 110 crore), liquor (Rs 74 crore), gold and silver (Rs 81 crore), freebies (Rs…
