NEW DELHI, MAR 26 : After the BJP dropped Varun Gandhi, sitting MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Pilibhit, from its Lok Sabha candidates’ list, Congress made an offer to him. Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday said that Varun Gandhi is “most welcome” to join the grand old party. Speaking to reporters, Adhir Chowdhury […]Continue Reading
LUCKNOW, MAR 26: Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari was admitted to a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district early Tuesday after he complained of abdominal pain. According to a medical bulletin issued by the Banda Medical College, Mukhtar’s condition is stable “Mukhtar Ansari was admitted there at 3.55 am with complaint of pain in the Continue Reading
LONDON, MAR 25: An Indian student died after being run over by a truck while cycling back to her apartment in London last week, according to a social media post by Niti Aayog former CEO Amitabh Kant. The 33-year-old Cheistha Kochhar was a PhD student at the London School of Economics, her father retired Lieutenant […]Continue Reading
UTTAR PRADESH, MAR 24 : A person was arrested and three were detained in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor on Sunday for harassing a Muslim family by forcibly applying colours on them. The police action came after a viral video showed some men forcefully applying colours and throwing water at a Muslim family who were passing through […]Continue Reading
GUWAHATI, MAR 24: An IIT-Guwahati student, who had allegedly pledged allegiance to ISIS and was on his way to join the terror group, was detained, police said. The student was nabbed in Hajo area near Guwahati on Saturday evening. His apprehension comes four days after ISIS India head Haris Farooqi alias Harish Ajmal Farukhi and […]Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAR 23 : The CBI on Saturday conducted searches on the premises of former TMC MP Mahua Moitra in multiple locations, including Kolkata, in connection with the alleged cash-for-query case, officials said. Teams of the central probe agency reached Moitra’s residence in Kolkata and other cities early on Saturday, informed about the search […]Continue Reading
By Akshya Rout Jajpur, Mar 20: The All India Congress Committee Member (AICC) Madhusmita Acharya Tuesday accused the ruling BJD of resorting to unethical practices contrary to its transparency slogan and demanded that the party should come out with details of funds it had collected through electoral bonds. Addressing a media conference here, Madhusmita Acharya […]Continue Reading
Uttar Pradesh, Mar 20 : A barber in Uttar Pradesh’s Budaun allegedly hacked two children to death living in the neighbourhood and critically injured another, the police said on Tuesday. The barber was later killed in an encounter by the police. The incident took place in the Baba Colony under the Mandi Samiti police station. […]Continue Reading
Maharashtra, Mar 19 : Speculation is rife within political circles regarding the potential entry of the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) into the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the run-up to the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. In a significant development, the MNS chief and his son, Amit Thackeray, met with Continue Reading
NEW DELHI, MAR 18 : Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy has gifted 15 lakh shares worth over Rs 240 crore to his four-month-old grandson Ekagrah Rohan Murty. Recent regulatory filings show that the 77-year-old transferred the shares, comprising 0.04 per cent of Infosys stake, to his grandson in an off-market transaction on Friday. Following the share […]Continue Reading
