Nine disqualified rebel Congress legislators in Uttarakhand will not be able to vote in the floor test by ousted chief minister Harish Rawat on Tuesday, with the Supreme Court giving no relief to them while issuing notice on plea. Issuing notice to Uttarakhand assembly speaker, a bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Shiva Kirti […]
Trinamool Congress member Saugata Roy on Friday made a veiled reference to Comptroller and Auditor General Shashi Kant Sharma, who had earlier worked in the defence ministry, vis-a-vis AgustaWestland chopper scam. “I want to ask whether you have questioned the DG, procurement,” Roy asked Defence Minister Manohor Parrikar during the discussion in the Lok Sabha […]
The fast-paced political developments in Nepal where Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s seven-month-old government was teetering on the brink of collapse till a day ago are believed to be the reason for the abrupt cancellation of Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari’s visit to India, sources said. Bhandari, Nepal’s first woman president, was to embark on […]
The Supreme Court on Friday cleared the decks for Uttarakhand’s ousted chief minister Harish Rawat to prove his majority in the assembly on Tuesday, but nine disqualified rebel Congress legislators won’t be allowed to vote. The top court said it would monitor the voting that is to take place at 11 a.m. and the entire […]
Jadavpur University was on the boil on Friday over the campus screening of Vivek Agnihotri’s film “Buddha In A Traffic Jam” that faced loud protests from a large section of students and led to clashes. Alleging that four of the organisers had molested female students, the left-leaning students affiliated to FETSU confined them inside the […]
Mumbai It was not the same day for Mumbai’s dabbawalas when they teamed up with KFC to announce the launch of the latter’s all-new 5-in-1 Meal Box. The fast food restaurant worked with dabbawalas to deliver the box during lunch hour . Carrying KFC 5-in-1 Meal boxes for the first time ever, the dabbawalas made […]
A tourist park is being developed near Imphal’s Marjing temple, considered the birthplace of polo, with Rs.12 crore set aside by the tourism department. Disclosing this to IANS Nongthombam Biren, the ruling Congress MLA of the Heingang constituency, said that the temple was the birthplace of polo which is now world famous. Biren said that […]
The second phase of Delhi’s odd-even traffic scheme aimed at battling pollution ended on Saturday evening with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal calling it a success even as there were concerns over environmental impact of fires, including at two landfill sites. The 15-day second phase scheme, which started on April 15, saw fewer traffic tickets compared […]
A seven-year-old girl was raped by unidentified people here, police said on Saturday. She was shifted to a Delhi hospital as her condition deteriorated. The minor lives in the shanties in an urban area under Sushant Lok police station. The girl, who lives with her parents, went missing from her house on Friday night. She […]
Amid tight security, over 78 percent of the around 1.24 crore electorate braved the sweltering heat to cast their votes for 53 constituencies in the fifth and penultimate phase of the West Bengal assembly polls on Saturday. Stray incidents of violence were reported. Since 7 a.m., when polling began, large queues of voters were seen […]