In a new twist to Dera follower Pradeep Sharma’s murder in Kotkapura, Sidhu Moosewala murder accused Canada –based gangster Goldy Brar has claimed responsibility for the murder.Punjab police official say they can neither deny nor confirm the claim at this juncture. Goldy Brar is hiding in Canada and is a close aide of Lawrence Bishnoi. […]
There are 2.49 lakh voters aged above 100 in India, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said on Wednesday.Besides, 1.8 crore voters are over 80 years of age, Kumar said after flagging off a bicycle rally in Maharashtra’s Pune city on Wednesday to create an awareness about voter registration as part of the national-level launch of […]
A special court has ordered to proceed with the matter of framing charges against three Uttar Pradesh policemen who initially handled the rape case against BJP ex-MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in 2017 for failing to record allegations of the minor victim against the leader, officials said.The court recently rejected the petition of Kunwar Bahadur Singh, […]
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the constitutional validity of 10 per cent quota for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) in government jobs and educational institutes.By a majority of 3:2 a five-judge Constitution Bench upheld the validity of the 103rd constitutional amendment under which the EWS quota was provided. The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the […]
Shyam Saran Negi, the first voter of independent India passed away on Saturday at the age of 106 at his native place in Kinnaur. He had cast his vote for the 34th time on November 2 for the Himachal assembly polls. Deputy Commissioner, Kinnaur Abid Hussain said Negi would be cremated with full honours at […]
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a review petition filed by Pakistani national Mohammad Arif, a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant, against a 2014 Supreme Court order upholding the death sentence awarded to him in the December 2000 Red Fort attack case.Arif was arrested along with wife Rehmana Yousuf Farooqui four days after the attack. He was convicted […]
Former Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president and senior Akali leader Bibi Jagir Kaur has been suspended from the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). Senior SAD leader Sikander Singh Maluka informed about the development at a press conference. The decision regarding Bibi’s suspension was taken by the party’s disciplinary committee.Recently, SAD leaders Dr Daljit Singh Cheema […]
Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed her shock and pain at the bridge collapse incident in Gujarat’s Morbi that claimed over 130 lives. She said she would not indulge in “politics” over the issue as “people’s lives were more important”. Banerjee, who was speaking to reporters at the Kolkata […]
The Supreme Court on Monday said it is unfortunate that the practice of the “two-finger test” to examine rape survivors is still prevalent in society, and asked the Centre and the states to ensure it is not conducted. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Hima Kohli overturned the decision of the Jharkhand High Court […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the tragedy-struck Morbi in Gujarat on Tuesday to take stock of the mishap that has so far killed 134 people, and counting.A Gujarat CMO statement said PM Modi will visit Morbi on the afternoon of November 1. The PM earlier on Monday morning said he had never felt the […]