Prashant Kishor celebrates as he leads in the Bankipur assembly bypoll NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj Party founder Prashant Kishor took a swipe at the BJP on Monday as he surged towards a landmark victory in the Bankipur assembly bypoll, saying he had brought down the party’s “30-year stronghold in just 30 days.““This is not an…
ED has frozen three bank accounts of TMC worth Rs 440 crore NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) whether a portion of the funds from the frozen bank accounts of the Mamata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) could be released to meet the party’s day-to-day expenses through…
Tamil Nadu moves SC over water allocation NEW DELHI: The Tamil Nadu government on Monday approached the Supreme Court over the Cauvery water-sharing dispute, alleging that the quantum of water allocated by the Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) and the amount released by neighbouring Karnataka fell short of its entitlement.The petition was filed on the…
Kangana shares new clip amid ‘generation gutter’ backlash NEW DELHI: BJP MP and actor Kangana Ranaut on Monday shared a video on social media in which she spoke about her ideological journey, saying she has changed from being a ‘moderate Hindu’ to an ‘awakened Hindu’.In the video, the Mandi MP also claimed that people become…
Abhijeet Dipke says he’s ready to reveal degree after RTI over foreign fundings (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke on Monday challenged BJP leaders to make their educational qualifications public after an RTI query was filed seeking details of the funding for his studies abroad.In a video message shared on social…
RSS’s Atul Limaye calls CJP protest an ‘alternative politics’ experiment, Dipke says RSS can’t call others anti-national NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Atul Limaye has alleged that the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP)-led protest over the NEET-UG paper leak evolved into an “experiment for alternative politics”, claiming that several political, student, labour and civil…
Pakistan’s military spokesperson made controversial remarks about non-believers and the faithful. He also accused India of using websites and social media for terrorism. Chaudhry alleged that Afghanistan’s Taliban regime uses terrorism for its economy and diplomacy. These statements were made during a briefing on counter-terrorism operations. The briefing also covered the security situation in Balochistan…
Kerala floods: Death toll rises to 15, 7 missing as heavy rain continues NEW DELHI: Chief minister VD Satheesan on Monday said that the death toll in rain-related incidents across Kerala has risen to 15 as heavy rainfall continued to batter the state and rescue operations intensified.Addressing a press conference after reviewing the flood situation…
Phogat accused the authorities of shielding the former BJP MP throughout the case NEW DELHI: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat said the women wrestlers would appeal against the acquittal of former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. She alleged that “the entire state machinery, the government, and the system have been working to…
NEW DELHI: Stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra has cancelled his scheduled shows in Bengaluru’s Whitefield after protests by Hindutva activists, police said on Monday.Kamra visited the Whitefield police station on Sunday and informed the authorities that he would not go ahead with the performances at the venue.“He (Kamra) came to the police station and informed that…
