New Delhi, 23/8: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday informed a Delhi court it has obtained sanction to prosecute Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak in a corruption case related to the alleged excise scam.The submission was made before Special Judge Kaveri Baweja, who posted the matter for hearing on…
Bhubaneswar: Phiringia police arrested a person on charges of killing his father with a hammer after the latter reprimanded him for his drinking habits and coming home late at night. The deceased has been identified as Dakena Digal while the accused son is Suraj Digal. Both Dakena and Suraj are residents of Lamapada village under…
Kolkata, 20/5:On a day when her nephew has been called in for questioning by the CBI, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tweeted that the centre’s “agency-raj” has made her task of running the state challenging. She ostensibly took to the social media site, on the occasion of the anniversary of her party…
Mumbai, 6/4: The rupee pared initial losses and settled 2 paise lower at 81.92 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday after the RBI decided to keep the key benchmark policy rate at 6.5 per cent. Forex traders said the Indian rupee witnessed volatility after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) surprised the…
Imphal, 3/8: The Kuki-Zo community will hold a burial service for 35 people who died in the ethnic strife in Manipur at Lamka town in Churachandpur district on Thursday (August 3), a tribal organisation said. The Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum (ITLF) is organising the burial programme at the Tuibong peace ground. …
New Delhi, 24/3:The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to accord urgent hearing on the pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict which dismissed the petitions seeking permission to wear hijab inside the classroom and stated that the headscarf is not a part of the essential religious practice in Islam. A bench comprising Chief…
New Delhi,24/1: Strong earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi and the neighbouring region on Tuesday afternoon.As per National Seismological Centre, the tremors were felt as an earthquake of 5.8 magnitude jolted Nepal. The quake was at a depth of 10 km and was about 63 km to the northwest of Nepal’s Jumla district,…
New Delhi, 16/7: In the wake of an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Delhi’s Hindu Sena outfit conducted a ‘special hawan’ for the well-being and long life of the former US President. According to ANI, the priests performed a Mahamrityunjay Japa Havan Yagya, which involves 1.25 lakh chants of the sacred Mahamrityunjay mantra, at the…
Chandigarh, 13/12: Congress’s Punjab unit president Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday said he will never become a “show piece” to win elections and will never lie to the people of the state to come to power. Sidhu, who came into politics from cricket, said that he has never asked for any post in his life…
Bangalore, 22/5: Block Education Officer L Jayappa issued an order suspending teacher Shantamurthy M G of Kanubenahalli of the taluk for posting a defamatory post against the government on his Facebook account in Karnataka. While Siddaramaiah was taking the oath of office, teacher Shantamurthy posted on his Facebook account that during the S…
