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"Judiciary Under Threat": Chief Justice Denies Sex Harassment Allegation

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi today strongly denied allegations of sexual harassment and said the independence of the judiciary is "under threat" and it "cannot be made a scapegoat". A special bench of the Supreme Court today called an emergency hearing after a former employee at the top court
Fielding Pragya a reply to those who called Hindu civilisation 'terrorist': Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the fielding of Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the Malegaon blasts case, as the BJP candidate from Bhopal was a symbolic answer to all those who labeled the rich Hindu civilization as “terrorist” and asserted that “this symbol will prove costly for the Congr
Bar Sadhvi from polls, trial still on: Malegaon victim’s father to court
A day after the BJP announced the candidature of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur for the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat, the father of one of the six persons killed in the 2008 Malegaon blast moved the special NIA court in Mumbai Thursday, urging it to bar Thakur, a key accused in the case, from contesting the el
Hemant Karkare died because of my curse: Pragya Singh Thakur

Malegaon blast accused and Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency's BJP candidate Pragya Singh Thakur on Friday said former Anti-Terrorist Squad chief Hemant Karkare died in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks as she had cursed him for treating her “very badly” while she was in custody in the 2008 Malegaon blast
West Bengal SHOCKER! Hindus blocked from voting in village in Raiganj constituency; voter IDs snatched

Kolkata: In a sensational newsbreak from Raiganj in West Bengal, Times Now has learned that voters in the constituency are being discriminated against on religious lines as voting progressed in the second phase of Lok Sabha Elections on Thursday. Hindu voters at a village in the constituency have
Two naxals involved in BJP MLA's killing gunned down in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada
Raipur: Two Naxals, allegedly involved in the killing of a BJP MLA and four security personnel, were gunned down in a fierce encounter with police on Thursday in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, officials said. Another rebel was injured in the skirmish that took place around 5.30 am at a forest
Rains, lightning hit Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat; 32 killed

Ahmedabad/Bhopal/Jaipur: Unseasonal rain, dust storm and lightning hit several parts of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat overnight, leaving 35 people dead and many others injured, officials said on Wednesday. Madhya Pradesh reported 15 casualties in rain-related incidents. 10 people each wer
Rs.1.48 cr seized from T.T.V. Dhinakaran's party functionary's premises in Tamil Nadu

The Income Tax Department’s Investigations Wing on Wednesday seized ₹1.48 crore as accounted cash, even as police opened fire in the air to prevent miscreants from stealing the money. The seizure came as the department concluded searches at Andipatti, Theni. B. Murali Kumar, Director General I
SC issues notice on plea seeking entry of Muslim women in mosques

The Supreme Court Tuesday issued a notice to the Centre, National Commission for Women, Central Waqf Council and All India Muslim Personal Law Board after a Pune-based couple sought permission for Muslim women to enter mosques and offer prayers. The petition by Yasmeen Zuber Ahmad Peerzade and he
TikTok Ban: Government Asks Apple and Google to Take Down TikTok From App Stores

India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has reportedly asked Google and Apple to remove the Chinese video sharing application TikTok from their app stores. This development comes just a day after the Supreme Court had rejected TikTok’s plea to stay a Madras High Court order from A
Shashi Tharoor injured after fall from balance scale at Kerala temple, gets 11 stitches after head injury

Thiruvananthapuram: Congress MP and candidate from the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency, Shashi Tharoor, cancelled his election rally here on Monday after he was injured while making a Thulabharam offering at a temple. The incident occurred at the Gandhari Amman Kovil temple in Thampanoo
Election Commission issues 72-hour gag order for Yogi Adityanath, 48 hrs for Mayawati

The Election Commission on Monday finally acted against hate speeches in the run up to the national election and barred Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from campaigning for 72 hours and Mayawati, for 48 hours starting tomorrow morning. The commission’s orders came hours after the Sup
TRS polling agent arrested for clicking photo inside EVM strong room in Telangana

A local Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader Nayakapu Venkatesh was on Saturday arrested for unauthorisedly clicking a picture inside an EVM strong room in Telangana's Bogaram area. A case has been registered against him and he would be sent to judicial remand. Malkajgiri:Telangana Rashtra S
"Did you vote for me?": Gujarat Minister to women facing water woes

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat water supply minister Kunvarji Bavaliya was caught on camera Saturday telling a group of women who complained about drinking water woes in their village that they should have voted for him. After the video, shot on mobile camera, went viral, the minister said the question came
Hyderabad professor held for demanding bribe from students

Hyderabad: Sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday apprehended a professor of the state-run Osmania Medical College here for allegedly demanding a bribe from students to pass them in the examination. Based on a complaint lodged by students, a case was registered and on Thursday, s
Fellow BJP MP Hema Malini hits out at Maneka Gandhi over 'vote for me or else…' remark on Muslims

BJP MP Hema Malini lashed out at Union Minister Maneka Gandhi over her recent comment on Muslim voters. “On triple talaq issue many minority community women support us but even if they don't, and who did not. This kind of feeling doesn't come to me. Everybody is different,” the veteran actor-turn
Congress accuses Smriti Irani of ‘falsifying’ educational records

The Congress on Friday called Union Minister and BJP candidate from the Amethi Lok Sabha seat Smriti Irani a “serial liar”, and said that she should be disqualified from contesting the polls. The party alleged that she had falsified records of her educational qualification and submitted contradictor
Will commit suicide before PM Modi if Citizenship Bill is implemented, says BJP candidate; demands amendment

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from the Shillong parliamentary seat Sanbor Shullai said that he will commit suicide before PM Narendra Modi but will not let Citizenship (Amendment) Bill to be implemented in Meghalaya and other northeastern states and added that the Bill needs to be amen