Goa Police on Saturday detained a suspected peddler who allegedly supplied drugs to the two accused arrested in the BJP leader Sonali Phogat murder case, a senior officer said.Dattaprasad Gaonkar was detained from Anjuna after the accused duo “confessed” in their statement that they had procured drugs from him, the officer said. Another man who […]
Justice UU Lalit, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court, was on Saturday sworn-in as the 49th Chief Justice of India. President Draupadi Murmu administered the oath of office to Justice Lalit at a brief ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan at 10.30 am. The swearing-in ceremony was attended by Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar, Prime Minister […]
Jharkhand Governor Ramesh Bais is likely to send the order of disqualification of Chief Minister Hemant Soren as an MLA to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday, Raj Bhavan sources said.Members of the state’s ruling coalition will gather for the third round of meeting in the morning at the chief minister’s residence in […]
Things came to a head in the Congress on Friday with veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad calling it quits after tearing into Congress president Sonia Gandhi for letting the party go adrift and applying UPA’s remote control model to the Congress.In a five-page letter to Sonia, Azad, 73, resigned from all posts including primary membership of […]
The Supreme Court on Friday referred the matter linked to freebies – amid political debate on the issue – to a three-judge bench. There can be no denying that in an electoral democracy, “the true power lies with the electorate and the electorate judges the parties and candidates,” the top court said, news agency ANI […]
Two associates of BJP leader from Haryana Sonali Phogat were questioned overnight by Goa Police in connection with her alleged murder, an official said on Friday.Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Wasi, whose names figure as accused in the FIR for murder, had been detained but not arrested yet, he added. On Thursday, Deputy Superintendent of Police […]
A report into security lapses during prime minister Narendra Modi’s rally in Punjab’s Ferozepur in January has said that the then district senior superintendent of police, Hardeep Bhans, ‘failed to discharge (his) duty and augment route though sufficient time and forces were available with him’, the Supreme Court said Thursday morning. The top court also […]
The government did not cooperate with the investigation into the Pegasus spyware cases, the panel report said. The Supreme Court on Thursday began hearing the Pegasus spyware cases as Chief Justice NV Ramana went through the report of the panel comprising three parts. “Some part of the Pegasus panel report is confidential and may also […]
The newly-formed ‘Mahagathbandhan’ government in Bihar on Wednesday comfortably won the motion of confidence amid a walkout staged by MLAs of the BJP — which has been stripped of power as a result of the recent political upheaval in the state.Deputy Speaker Maheshwar Hazari ordered a headcount upon a request by Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday inaugurated a 2,600-bed private hospital here that is equipped with cutting-edge technology, including a centralised fully-automated laboratory, in what will be a major boost to health-care infrastructure in the National Capital Region (NCR). Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya and Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar were also present on the occasion. […]