Mumbai: Former Mumbai zonal director of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Sameer Wankhede, who was being probed for allegedly submitting a fake caste certificate for getting a government job, was given a clean chit by the caste scrutiny committee, an official said on Saturday. The order was issued by the Social Justice Department of the […]
Ghazipur (UP): The Ghazipur district administration in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday seized two plots of land, measuring 1.901 hectares and valued at over Rs 6 crore, that were purchased using illegal earnings of jailed former MLA and gangster Mukhtar Ansari, police said. According to the police, the plots — one measuring 0.394 hectare in Rajdepur […]
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday alleged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “dostvaad” has “completely ruined” the country’s economy and asked him to answer why his “friends” got tax exemptions and their loans worth crores waived. At a press conference, he alleged the Centre has written off loans worth Rs 10 lakh […]
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government on Friday introduced a bill in the state assembly to enhance the punishment and add a specific mention of mass conversion in an existing law that forbids change of religion through force or allurement. The Himachal Pradesh Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2022 is a more stringent version of The […]
Dehradun: Kumaon on Friday celebrated ‘Bagwal’ festival in which people hurl stones at each other in front of the Warahi Devi temple in Champawat district, injuring more than 200 persons. Thousands of people participated in the festival after a gap of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. About 230 people suffered injuries as some […]
Raipur: A suspected Naxalite carrying a reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head was killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Friday, a senior official said. The skirmish took place around 4 pm in a forest surrounding Etepal village under Katekalyan police station limits when a team of police’s […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday referred to a larger bench the question whether an accused can be tried separately under the Negotiable Instruments (NI) Act and the IPC for the same set of allegations, notwithstanding prior conviction or acquittal. The apex court also referred the issue whether the bar of section 300 (1) […]
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Thursday claimed Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has created a storm by severing ties with the BJP and this storm can pose a challenge to the saffron party in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls if it intensifies into a cyclone. An editorial in the Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ lavished praise on […]
Shimla: A no-confidence motion moved by the Congress and the CPI-M against the Jai Ram Thakur government in Himachal Pradesh was defeated by voice vote in the state Assembly on Thursday. The opposition MLAs walked out of the House during Chief Minister Thakur’s reply to the debate on the motion. The House witnessed a stormy […]
Patna: JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar on Wednesday took oath as Bihar chief minister for a record eighth time in a no-frills ceremony at Raj Bhavan, a day after snapping ties with the BJP-led NDA and joining hands with the RJD to form a Mahagathbandhan’ government. Kumar was sworn in besides RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav, who is […]