NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea filed against the Madras high court‘s decision to dismiss a petition that sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Karur stampede during actor-politician Vijay’s rally.A bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai has listed the matter to…
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar during a meeting with ‘Jeevika Didis’ (Image credits: PTI) PATNA: Freebies, especially welfare schemes that take the form of cash incentives, are now virtually the norm in elections. Little surprise then chief minister Nitish Kumar has deployed them in Bihar, hoping it will blunt both anti-incumbency and opposition criticism on…
Parvathaneni Harish (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: During the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) debate, India flayed Pakistan over its “delusional tirade” over Kashmir and highlighted the 1971 “systematic genocide” campaign that sanctioned a mass rape of 40,000 women by the Pakistani army.Parvathaneni Harish, Permanent Representative of India to the UN, said India was “unfortunately fated…
Prashant Kishor (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: As Bihar gears up for assembly elections across 243 seats, political strategist-turned-leader Prashant Kishor has confirmed that he will contest the polls, with his political startup Jan Suraaj set to unveil its list of candidates on October 9 — a list he says will be “full of surprises.”The announcement…
Bihar polls will test opposition’s resilience at national level NEW DELHI: The battle royal of 2024 put the opposition back in the opposition benches. But only just, with the unmistakable message from the power play being that after a decade of reeling from Modi-led BJP‘s cycle of victories, the anti-BJP bloc was robustly ascendant.Over a…
DOHA: India has sought information from Boeing regarding the automatic deployment of the emergency Ram Air Turbine (RAT) system on an Air India Dreamliner during its final approach to Birmingham last week – seconds before landing at 400ft. The US aerospace major has also been asked to provide preventive measures to avoid a recurrence. Boeing…
File photo: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah BENGALURU: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah’s remarks that social reformer Basavanna conceived Lingayat as a separate religion have reignited an old controversy within Congress and triggered a war of words between ministers MB Patil and Eshwar Khandre, both Lingayats. Siddaramaiah had in 2017 sought a separate religion status for Lingayats, a move…
BHOPAL: Decomposed carcass of a tiger was found in the Panpatha buffer zone of the Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve (BTR) in Madhya Pradesh recently in a suspected case of poaching, forest officials said, adding that a deputy ranger and a forest guard have been suspended.The carcass, estimated to be around 10 days old, was found on…
2 police officers brave flames to rescue patients JAIPUR: Two brave cops went beyond their regular duties to evacuate critically ill patients from the raging flames at SMS Hospital’s Institute of Traumatology and Orthopaedic Medicine late Sunday.Constables Hari Mohan and Lalit Sharma, posted with SMS Hospital PS, were at the facility for a routine medical…
BJP MP & MLA assaulted during flood tour JALPAIGURI/SILIGURI: A group of around 50 villagers assaulted BJP MP from Malda North, Khagen Murmu, and BJP MLA from Siliguri, Sankar Ghosh, and ransacked their cars on Monday at Bamandanga in Jalpaiguri’s Nagrakata, where the legislators had gone to inspect flood-hit areas. The attack left Murmu bleeding…
