[ad_1] Panaji: The crime branch of Goa police has summoned two sisters against whom a case has been registered for allegedly spreading religious hatred against the majority community through their posts on Instagram, an official said on Tuesday. The police had last week registered a suo moto case against two Instagram accounts over posts that … Read more
[ad_1] Bengaluru: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday alleged that Amul-Nandini had been made an emotional issue in Karnataka in view of Assembly elections scheduled next month. She said that “things were tweaked, twisted and made an emotional issue because it is election time in Karnataka”. Assembly elections in Karnataka are scheduled to be … Read more
[ad_1] Union Law minister Kiren Rijiju (File Photo) Itanagar: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday described the collegium issue as a “mindgame”, saying he will not talk about it. He made the remarks here when asked about the various recommendations of the Supreme Court Collegium pending before the government, including those related to the appointment … Read more
[ad_1] New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed with a cost of Rs 25,000 a plea which sought a direction to the Centre to issue a public apology to a relative of Narayan D Apte, who was hanged in November 1949 for his role in the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, for being responsible for … Read more
[ad_1] New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday called for urgently addressing India’s trade imbalance with Russia even as he described the partnership between the two countries as among the steadiest of major relationships globally. In presence of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov, Jaishankar said at an event that finding a solution … Read more
[ad_1] Panaji: Hitting out at the BJP, the Goa Congress on Sunday said that leaders of the saffron party, including Union Home Minister Amit Shah, “failed to show the guts to speak truth over Mhadei issue” in front of people of the coastal state. “Today none of the BJP leaders dared to speak over the … Read more
[ad_1] Hyderabad: Looking to expand its presence to Andhra Pradesh, Telangana’s ruling party Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) appears to have struck a right chord by not only opposing privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), but also expressing its intention to bid for the public sector undertaking. The BRS move has put the emotive issue on … Read more
[ad_1] Kolkata: Visva-Bharati is hopeful that Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, who is accused of illegally holding a 13-decimal plot owned by the university, will respond by next week to an eviction notice sent to him. Otherwise, the central university said it will take any decision deemed appropriate to recover “unauthorisedly occupied land”. The eviction notice, … Read more
[ad_1] Hubballi: As the two-day deadline given by senior leader and former Chief Minister Jagdish Shettar to the BJP to announce his candidature from Hubballi-Dharwad Central constituency for the Karnataka Assembly polls ends on Saturday, the leader is likely to declare his future move. Shettar has called the meeting of his followers and clearly stated … Read more
[ad_1] Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday refused to join the issue with NCP president Sharad Pawar, who has caused a flutter with a contrarian stance on the opposition’s demand for a JPC probe into allegations against the Adani Group. The JD(U) supreme leader, whose party, in Parliament, has been supporting the demand … Read more