Sudarshan News Resident Editor arrested over misleading tweet: Police

Sudarshan News Resident Editor arrested over misleading tweet: Police

New Delhi: Sudarshan News Resident Editor, Mukesh Kumar, was arrested on Friday for allegedly posting misleading tweets against Gurugram Police Commissioner Kala Ramachandran, police said. An FIR was registered against Kumar on August 9 under Sections 153B, 401, 469, and 505 (1) (C) of the IPC and Section 66-C of the IT Act. A team […]

Congress left no stone unturned to disturb peace in Manipur for political gains: Thakur

New Delhi: Union minister and BJP leader Anurag Thakur on Friday alleged that the Congress left no stone unturned to disturb peace in Manipur for political mileage as Rahul Gandhi is feeling “like a fish out of water” and yearning for power. Thakur alleged that it was the Nehru-Gandhi family which sowed the seeds of […]

BJP lauds ‘pro-people’ bills introduced by Shah in LS

New Delhi: The BJP on Friday hailed the three bills introduced in Lok Sabha which seek to overhaul the criminal justice system, saying they remove the colonial legacy of the past and are pathbreaking and pro-people. Senior party leader and former law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told reporters that the changes prescribed by the proposed […]

SC grants two-month interim bail to Nawab Malik on medical grounds

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail for two months to former Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik on medical grounds in a money laundering case. Malik had moved the top court against the Bombay High Court’s July 13 order denying him bail on medical grounds in the case being probed by the Enforcement […]

Oppn attacks govt on Bill for selection of ECs, Cong says aimed at making EC ‘puppet’ in PM’s hands

Oppn attacks govt on Bill for selection of ECs, Cong says aimed at making EC ‘puppet’ in PM’s hands

New Delhi: Opposition parties on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a new Bill seeking to regulate the appointment of the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners, saying it is a “blatant attempt” at making the poll watchdog a “total puppet in the hands of the prime minister”. While the Aam […]

‘She doesn’t get angry over violence against Manipuri women, Bilkis Bano case’: DCW chief on Irani

‘She doesn’t get angry over violence against Manipuri women, Bilkis Bano case’: DCW chief on Irani

New Delhi: DCW chief Swati Maliwal slammed Union minister Smriti Irani for her lack of outrage over women being paraded naked in Manipur or over the release of Bilkis Bano’s rapists on Independence Day. Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Maliwal said Irani “does not get angry” against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh who […]

Sansad TV focussed on Rahul for less than 40% of time during LS speech: Cong

Sansad TV focussed on Rahul for less than 40% of time during LS speech: Cong

New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday alleged that Sansad TV focussed on its leader Rahul Gandhi for less than 40 per cent of the time he spoke in Lok Sabha on the no-confidence motion. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said Gandhi spoke for 37 minutes but was shown on Sansad TV camera for only 14 […]

Dynasty politics, corruption, appeasement must quit India: BJP

New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday commemorated the launch of the Quit India Movement by Mahatma Gandhi on this day in 1942 and called for riddance of dynasticism, corruption, and appeasement politics in an attack against the Congress and INDIA allies. Addressing a press conference at party headquarters here, BJP leader and former Union minister […]

The idea of India should not die: Mamata

Kolkata: Paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi on the anniversary of the Quit India movement launched by him, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the ideas of harmony and humanity must be upheld for a strong India. The TMC supremo said the idea of India should not die. “Today, on the anniversary of […]

India is varied, has multiple cultures like a rainbow: A R Rahman

Chennai: Like there are multiple colours in a rainbow, India has different cultures, languages and film industries and it’s time for the world to acknowledge it, says A R Rahman, the artiste whose music covers genres and geographies. Rahman, who has worked in the south, in the Hindi film industry as well as Hollywood, Broadway […]