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Rahul’s interview paid news, take action against him: BJP to EC
The BJP Friday approached the Election Commission demanding action against the Congress and its president Rahul Gandhi for his interview published in an English daily on Thursday, claiming it is a “shining example” of paid news. A delegation including Union ministers J P Nadda, Mukhtar Abbas Naqv
Army hands over soldier accused in Bulandshahr violence to UP Police
An army soldier who is accused of killing a police inspector in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr was handed over by his unit of the Rashtriya Rifles to the UP Police on Saturday for further investigation. Jeetendra Malik alias Jeetu Fauji was handed over by his unit based in Kashmir to the team invest
Lawyer fined Rs 50k for filing PIL against Arun Jaitley
The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a PIL raising allegations against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley of plundering the capital reserve of the Reserve Bank of India. The apex court also imposed a penalty of Rs 50,000 on advocate M L Sharma, who had filed the public interest litigation. The
'It was an accident': CM Yogi Adityanath finally speaks on cop's murder in Bulandshahr
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday finally broke his silence on the death of police inspector Subodh Kumar Singh during the mob violence in Bulandshahr after four days. He described it as an accident. Singh was shot in the head on Monday. The mob, which according to
Christian Michel’s lawyer is Youth Congress leader, red-faced party throws him out

Moments after the Congress went on the offensive against the BJP, accusing it of weaving a “web of lies” in the AgustaWestland case, the party was left red-faced when a lawyer from its youth wing appeared in the CBI court for Christian Michel James, the alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600-crore choppe
"You tolerated fight since July, why urgent move": Top Court on CBI chief

NEW DELHI: The government and the Chief Vigilance Commission today confronted questions in the Supreme Court over the sudden, overnight order to send the CBI's top two Alok Verma and Rakesh Asthana on leave after "tolerating" their fight since July. Yesterday, the government's lawyer, KK Venugopa
I won’t fight 2019 Lok Sabha poll: Uma Bharti
Union Minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday said she won’t contest the next Lok Sabha election. The senior BJP leader’s announcement came days after her Cabinet colleague Sushma Swaraj said she would not contest the poll too. Ms. Bharti said she will instead concentrate on the issues of Ram temple in
Under Doval ‘guidance’, AgustaWestland middleman Christian Michel extradited to India

Hours after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj discussed the extradition of Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland chopper deal, with her counterpart in the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Michel was extradited to India Tuesday night, th
Bulandshahr: Cop who probed Akhlaq lynching case among 2 dead in violence over cow slaughter

A police inspector, who had probed the Akhlaq lynching case initially, and a youth died of gunshot injuries on Monday as a rampaging mob protesting alleged illegal cow slaughter torched a police post here and clashed with cops, officials said. Additional Director General (Meerut zone) Prashant Ku
Farmer gets Rs. 1,064 for 750 kg of onion, sends money to PM in protest
MUMBAI: An onion-grower from Maharashtra who had to sell his produce for little over Rs. 1 per kg has sent his earnings to the Prime Minister to mark his protest. Sanjay Sathe, resident of Niphad tehsil in Nashik district, was among the handful of 'progressive farmers' selected by the Union agric
Owaisi schools Yogi Adityanath on history, says ‘No one can force me to flee my father’s country’
Hyderabad: "India is my father's country. Nobody can force me flee." This was AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi’s response to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's comment that if BJP comes to power in the Telangana, Owaisi will have to flee. "It is my religious belief that Prophet Adam w
Supreme Court was not moving in right path under former CJI Dipak Misra: Justice Kurian Joseph

After demitting office as Supreme Court judge, Justice Kurian Joseph, who was one of the four judges to go public against the functioning of then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, said that the top court was not going in the right direction under Misra, reports ANI. On January 12, Justices J Ch
India to buy supersonic missiles in Rs 3000 crore arms spending
New Delhi: India will buy locally-manufactured BrahMos supersonic missiles as a part of its Rs 3,000 crore ($431 million) defence-spending plan. A panel chaired by defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman also approved buying armoured recovery vehicles, or ARVs, for its battle tanks, according to a st
Opposition leaders unite on farmers’ platform, promise to make their voices heard

New Delhi: As the 2019 Lok Sabha elections approach, opposition leaders on Friday united to lend their support to the farmer agitation in Delhi. Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Nationalist Congress party chief Sharad Pawar, Loktantrik Janata Dal’s Sharad Yadav,
Pune woman says husband infected her with HIV Virus through saline

PUNE: A 27-year-old woman has lodged a police complaint alleging that her doctor husband administered her an HIV-infected saline a year ago. According to the police, the woman claimed that her husband, a homoeopathic doctor, and his parents were harassing her for dowry since the couple got marrie
"Will identify them, throw them out": Amit Shah on illegal immigrants
RAJASTHAN: As Rajasthan is just a week from voting for a new government, BJP's national president Amit Shah went all out in his attack on the Congress, which is hoping to snatch the state from the BJP on the back of anti-incumbency sentiment, during a rally in Rajasthan today. Mr Shah targeted Ra
Asaduddin Owaisi’s AIMIM to move court for Muslim quota as Maratha reservation opens Pandora's box
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government’s decision to award 16 per cent reservation to Marathas has led to demands of quota from other communities. On Friday, Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) said it would move court demanding quota for Muslims in education and governm
ACP jumps to his death from Delhi Police headquarters building

A senior Delhi police officer died on Thursday after allegedly jumping from the police headquarters building at Central Delhi’s ITO area. Prem Ballabh Kumar, a 55-year-old ACP rank official, jumped to his death on Thursday morning at around 10am. “Preliminary enquiry has revealed that the ACP