New Delhi: The Nationalist Congress Party Wednesday took a dig at the BJP over Union minister Nitin Gadkari’s ouster from its parliamentary board, saying the party removed him from the panel due to his rising stature as an “astute politician”. “When your calibre and capabilities grow and you pose a challenge to the higher ups […]
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said nearly 60 per cent of all the vaccines used in the world are produced in India and over the decades, the country has made remarkable contribution to vaccinating the world. India today is double dosing every citizen and produced COVID-19 vaccines even during the lockdown period, […]
New Delhi: Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has recommended action against IAS officer Udit Prakash Rai for allegedly accepting Rs 50 lakh bribe to grant “undue favours” to an executive engineer in two corruption cases, LG office sources said on Wednesday. Rai is currently posted as a special secretary in the health and family […]
NEW DELHI: A dying declaration can be the sole basis for recording a conviction and a court is required to examine whether it is true and reliable, the Supreme Court Tuesday said. The top court also said that a court should also examine whether the dying declaration has been given when the deceased was physically […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would consider a joint request for mediation of low-cost airline SpiceJet and media baron Kalanithi Maran and his Kal Airways for amicably settling all pending disputes between them including the row over the share-transfer issue. A bench comprising Chief Justice N V Ramana and Justices J […]
New Delhi: More than Rs 30,000 crore has been sanctioned for projects aimed at cleaning Ganga and its tributaries, Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Tuesday. Emphasizing on the importance of limited water resources, Shekhawat said the very beginning of economic development is “our water resource and energy”. The graph of requirement of […]
Jamshedpur: Police arrested two persons and seized 70 ATM cards of different banks from their possession, an officer said here on Tuesday. The two persons both residents of Gaya district of Bihar were arrested from Deoghar district of Jharkhand, the officer said. Senior Superintendent of Police, East Singhbhum, Prabhat Kumar told a press conference here […]
Bengaluru: Amid controversy over excluding first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in the Karnataka government’s newspaper advertisement on freedom fighters, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday took a dig at the Congress and said he is proud of the RSS’ ideals and bowed his head to its patriotism. Clarifying that he and his government respects Nehru, […]
Jaipur: Miffed over alleged atrocities against Dalits, Congress MLA Pana Chand Meghwal on Monday sent his resignation to Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, saying he doesn’t have the right to remain a legislator if he can’t protect his community. This comes two days after the death of a nine-year-old Dalit boy who was allegedly beaten […]
Godhra: All the eleven convicts sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2002 post-Godhra Bilkis Bano gang rape case on Monday walked out of the Godhra sub-jail after the Gujarat government allowed their release under its remission policy, an official said. A special CBI court in Mumbai on January 21, 2008, sentenced the eleven accused to […]