PUNE: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday said this Lok Sabha election is not about family relations but a battle between Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Ajit Pawar’s wife Sunetra, the NCP’s candidate from the Baramati Lok Sabha constituency in Pune district, officially launched her campaign by offering prayers […]
NEW DELHI: AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Saturday assailed the BJP, alleging that it took Rs 60 crore from an accused in the “so-called” liquor scam case but the Enforcement Directorate took no action in the matter. At a press conference here, Singh said Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including Delhi Chief Minister […]
NEW DELHI: A35-year-old woman was killed, and seven others, including three children, are missing after a boat they were travelling in capsized in Odisha’s Jharsuguda, police said on Saturday. According to officials, more than 50 people were on the boat when the incident took place in the Mahanadi River on Friday. The body of a […]
KOLKATA: A 10-member team of the CBI on Saturday visited Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district to probe alleged crimes against women and land-grabbing, an official said. One part of the team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) visited houses of the victims in Sundarikhali area of Sandeshkhali and spoke to them […]
MYSURU: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday claimed that there is a strong anti-incumbency against the Narendra Modi government. Calling the JD(S) a “communal party”, for having an alliance with BJP in Karnataka, he suggested it is better for its leadership to dissolve the outfit. “This time, whether it is in Karnataka or in the […]
AMROHA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday labeled the opposition INDIA bloc “anti-Sanatan” and accused its leaders of insulting Lord Krishna. “I went to Dwarka and went down into the sea and worshiped Lord Krishna. But the prince of Congress said there is nothing worth worshiping under the sea. These people are rejecting our thousands […]
NEW DELHI: The Congress accused the BJP on Friday of indulging in “corrupt practices” by “brazenly violating” the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) and electoral laws, while urging the Election Commission (EC) to take immediate action. A delegation of Congress leaders, led by party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi, met EC officials and handed over a memorandum […]
HYDERABAD: Criticising the Congress for becoming ‘outdated’ and losing its relevance in the country’s political spectrum, Defence Minister Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said BJP does politics for the sake of the nation building and not merely for coming to power. Addressing a party gathering before Union Minister Kishan Reddy filed his nomination for Lok […]
NEW DELHI: The University Grants Commission (UGC) has notified all centra, state and private universities no longer need to take prior approval from the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE). As per the latest notification, universities do not require prior approval/ recommendation/ NOC from AICTE for offering Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Postgraduate diploma programmes under […]
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that the manufacturer of the electronic voting machines does not know which button is going to be allotted to which political party or which machine is going to be allotted to which state or constituency. Answering queries on the working of the […]