Gujarat legislator Jignesh Mevani on Friday hit out at former Congress leader Hardik Patel for his ungraceful exit from the party, criticising him for bad-mouthing the Congress and its leaders. Mevani, who has been supporting the Congress, is expected to officially join the party before the 2022 Gujarat assembly elections. Patel, 28 years, quit the […]
A Supreme Court-appointed Justice Sirpurkar commission on Friday said the police encounter of the accused in the 2019 sensational gang rape and murder of a woman in Hyderabad was a fake one. The three-member panel, led by an ex-judge of the top court, said three of the four rape and murder accused, killed in the […]
Soon after searches linked to Lalu Prasad Yadav were launched by the CBI across at least 16 locations on Friday, his party colleague slammed the central probe agency over the action. “This is an attempt to muzzle a strong voice. CBI’s direction and actions are completely biased,” RJD leader Alok Mehta was quoted as saying […]
India’s daily tally of Covid-19 declined slightly on Friday as 2,259 new infections were recorded in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases in the country since the onset of the pandemic in 2020 has now climbed to 4,31,31,822, according to the health ministry’s dashboard. In the last 24 hours, 20 Covid patients […]
Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan was released from the Sitapur district jail in Uttar Pradesh on Friday morning, a day after the Supreme Court granted him interim bail in a cheating case relating to Kotwali police station in Rampur. Azam Khan was lodged in jail for over two years in connection with several cases, […]
A day after the Supreme Court granted her bail, a special CBI court on Thursday allowed former media executive Indrani Mukerjea to be released on a personal bond of ₹2 lakh but she is likely to come out of jail only on Friday. Special CBI judge VC Barde ordered Indrani’s release from Byculla jail on […]
Nikhat Zareen landed a gold medal as the Indian boxer defeated Jutamas Jitpong of Thailand 5-0 in the 52kg (flyweight) final of the Women’s World Boxing Championships. Living up to the expectations, Nikhat thrashed Jitpong without breaking much sweat, with judges scoring the bout 30-27, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27, 29-28 in the Indian’s favour. This is […]
The construction work of Shri Ram Temple (Ram Mandir) — a three-storey temple with Garbh Griha and five Mandadapas — is proceeding as per schedule in Ayodhya.Nripendra Misra, former Principal Secretary to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and now Chairman of Shri Ram Temple Construction Committee, in a conversation with IANS, confirmed that the first phase […]
A Delhi court on Thursday convicted Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik in terror funding case after he pleaded guilty. The court also directed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to assess his financial situation in order to determine the amount of fine to be imposed. The court will hear the arguments on the quantum of sentence on May 25. […]
Vishal Singh, who was appointed special court commissioner by a Varanasi judge, on Thursday submitted his survey report of the Gyanvapi complex, people familiar with the development said. This is the second report received by civil judge (senior division) Ravi Kumar Diwakar who ordered the survey on a plea that claimed the existence of idols […]