Political buzz after Praful Patel meets Sharad Pawar at Mumbai hospital NEW DELHI: NCP leader Praful Patel on Thursday visited Nationalist Congress Party (SP) chief Sharad Pawar at Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital and enquired about his health. Patel said the veteran politician was stable and expected to return home in a day or two after…
CHENNAI: Around a decade and a half before Los Angeles elected her as its first Indian-origin mayor, Kerala-born Tamil Nithya Raman sat with residents of a south Chennai suburb to map the notorious traffic snarls that would routinely disrupt their lives.On Thursday, WhatsApp groups in Nanganallur were buzzing with messages claiming the face riding the…
‘Rahul’s offer to debate still stands’: Tharoor challenges BJP amid SIR row NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Friday backed Rahul Gandhi‘s offer to debate the government’s allegations in Parliament, saying the House should reconvene as it has not yet been prorogued.“Parliament has not yet been prorogued, so let it reconvene. If Parliament reconvenes,…
NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force has handed over 39.5 acres of land housing its sports complex at Race Course Air Force Station on Lok Kalyan Marg to Land and Development Office (L&DO). The prime land parcel located close to PM’s residence has sporting facilities, such as a golf course, swimming pool and restaurants.People aware of…
NEW DELHI: BJP netas accused the opposition of plotting unrest after Times Now Navbharat aired its undercover sting, “Operation Regime Change”, while Congress demanded concrete evidence.BJP spokesman Gaurav Bhatia said the sting exposed alleged attempts at “regime change”. He accused the opposition of preferring anarchy to democratic transfer of power. Citing alleged remarks by some…
Security forces Thursday launched a massive cordon and search operation in Manipur‘s Noney, a day after three militants were killed in a gunfight between rival Naga outfits. Over 500 personnel from Manipur Police, CRPF’s CoBRA unit and Assam Rifles began the operation in Nungba and Kekru Naga areas. Elsewhere in state, thousands of Nagas rallied…
Office-bearers from 12 states skipped eventNEW DELHI: Indian Youth Congress has suspended over 300 office-bearers from the organisation for not showing up for the ‘Chalo Delhi’ rally of INDIA bloc Sunday – a significant step to drive home the message that the outfit is serious about mass mobilisation in future.IYC sources said organisational office-bearers from…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Thursday ruled that the constitutional mandate of producing an arrestee before a magistrate within 24 hours starts the moment one is detained for interrogation and not from the time when formal arrest is made by an investigating agency, since the liberty of a person is curtailed when one is detained.Noting that…
Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Zone, Sujit Kumar speaks during a press conference, in Srinagar Valley recruitment stopped this year: Police chiefSRINAGAR: Kashmir has just one active local terrorist and recruitment in the valley completely stopped this year, while security forces were tracking a handful of foreign terrorists believed to be assisting him, J&K…
SRINAGAR: Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah will hold a meeting with the dissident legislators of National Conference (NC) on Friday and listen to their demands, party sources said, adding that he will try to redress the grievances of the MLAs.The meeting comes in the wake of an open revolt that has shaken the…
