The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the services of sacked 10,323 Tripura government teachers by two more years, as appealed for by the state government, an official said. “A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi responding to the state government appeal, extended the services of the 10,323 government teachers for two more years. It […]
Accusing the BJP of attacking Constitutional institutions, National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah said on Thursday that “democracy is in danger” as he met NCP leader Sharad Pawar and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu. “Democracy is in danger. People are in danger,” he told the media, as he announced that he along with Naidu […]
Rahul Gandhi is “confused”, and the Congress under him is “defused”, the BJP said on Thursday amid reports that the party was witnessing intense infighting over ticket distribution for the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls. “Rahul is a confused President and under a confused President, the Congress is defused. The kind of infighting within the […]
Revenue collection under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime crossed the Rs 1 lakh crore mark in October, a marked increase from Rs 94,442 crore in September, the government announced on Thursday. The total GST revenue collected in October (for September) stood at Rs 1,00,710 crore, it said. The only other time the GST […]
Security forces shot dead two militants on Thursday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district, triggering widespread street protests in Badgam and Pulwama districts, police said. The militants were killed in Bugoo village in Arizal area after the security forces started a cordon and search operation following a tip off. “The militants fired […]
A journalist of a Ranchi-based Hindi daily who had been facing threats was beaten to death in Jharkhand’s Chatra district, authorities said on Tuesday. Chandan Tiwary, who worked for the “Aaj”, was abducted on Monday night from Pathhalgada, police said. According to police officials, Tiwary was found in the Balthar forest on Tuesday in a […]
A nine-day-old baby died after being bitten by rats in the ICU of a government-run hospital in Bihars Darbhanga district, the family said on Tuesday. However, the hospital authorities refuted it and the district administration assured the family of a probe into the matter. The newborn was ill and admitted to the Neo-natal Intensive Care […]
Taking a lead over other parties in the state, the Punjab unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday announced the names of five candidates for the Lok Sabha elections likely to be held in April-May next year. The AAP has retained two outgoing MPs, Bhagwant Mann (Sangrur) and Sadhu Singh (Faridkot). The names […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the questioning of a complainant in a bribery case relating to CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana. Hyderabad-based businessman Satish Sana Babu had claimed that he paid Rs 2 crore for being dropped from a case relating to meat exporter Moin Qureshi, which is at the centre […]
A cameraman of Doordarshan TV and two police personnel were killed in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Tuesday. A Doordarshan crew was moving with a security patrol for a story when they were ambushed in Aranpur area, Deputy Inspector General of Police P. Sundar Raj told the media here. “Two police personnel […]