Violence in Manipur needs to be stopped immediately: Rahul

Kozhikode (Kerala): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said the continuing violence in the northeastern state of Manipur is disturbing and needs to be stopped immediately. The MP from Wayanad said the violence in the state was a direct result of a particular type of politics of division, hatred and anger. “So, it is important […]

NCP will not go with BJP though some well-wishers trying to persuade me: Sharad Pawar

Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar on Sunday said his party will not go with the BJP though some “well-wishers” are trying to persuade him. Addressing reporters at Sangola in Solapur district of Maharashtra, Pawar said any association with BJP doesn’t fit into NCP’s political policy. “As the national president of the NCP, I […]

Dalits, OBCs and tribals getting due respect now: PM Modi

Dalits, OBCs and tribals getting due respect now: PM Modi

Sagar (MP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Dalits, OBCs and tribals are getting due respect from his government whereas previous rulers neglected these sections and remembered them only during elections. He also alleged the previous governments failed to provide water to the poor whereas Dalit bastis, underprivileged localities, and tribal areas are now […]

‘Someone is complicit’: SC on Atiq Ahmad’s killing

‘Someone is complicit’: SC on Atiq Ahmad’s killing

Seeks status report from UP on 183 ‘police encounters’ New Delhi: The Supreme Court has pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government over the killing of former Lok Sabha member Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf in police custody in Prayagraj on April 15, observing “someone is complicit”. It has also sought a status report from […]

Delhi services bill becomes a law after President’s assent

New Delhi: The Delhi services bill that entails the creation of an authority for the transfer and posting of Group-A officers in the national capital and gives the central government primacy over such appointments has received presidential assent. In a notification, the Ministry of Law and Justice said that President Droupadi Murmu has given her […]

Manipur: SC says mobs use sexual violence to send message of subordination, state bound to stop this

Manipur: SC says mobs use sexual violence to send message of subordination, state bound to stop this

New Delhi: Expressing anguish over the manner in which women were subjected to grave atrocities in Manipur, the Supreme Court has said that mobs use sexual violence to send a message of subordination to the other community and the state is bound to stop this. The court also asked the three-member committee of retired judges […]

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 […]