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New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Congress MP Imran Masood on Wednesday took a swipe at former Chief of Defence Staff, General Anil Chauhan, over his remarks that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given the armed forces complete operational freedom ahead...
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor, Tahir Hussain, has moved the Delhi High Court challenging his conviction and life imprisonment in the murder case of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 North-East...
Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) As the West Bengal government is all set to come out with the state’s new industrial policy by the middle of next month, the new policy might bring selective relaxations in the existing “land use conversion”...
Lucknow, Aug 26 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath, on Wednesday flagged off special buses in Lucknow under a new initiative offering lifelong free bus travel to women aged 60 and above. The scheme has been named after the...
Kolkata, Aug 26 (IANS) Two activists of Trinamool Congress’ student wing, Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), have been arrested for allegedly tearing up a poster with Swami Vivekananda’s picture and also kicking that poster publicly at a college in Malda district...
Bengaluru, Aug 26 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister, D.K. Shivakumar, on Wednesday did not rule out the possibility of Minister for Planning and Statistics B. Nagendra’s resignation amid mounting pressure on his government over the alleged tribal welfare irregularities case, saying...
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Supreme Court judge Justice Sandeep Mehta has urged Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Surya Kant to appoint a regular Chief Justice from another High Court to head the Rajasthan High Court, while raising a...
New Delhi, Aug 26 (IANS) Several leaders of the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Wednesday slammed AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi over his criticism of the Allahabad High Court's dress code order and accused him of indulging in vote-bank politics...
Hyderabad, Aug 26 (IANS) AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi has questioned Allahabad High Court’s verdict on Hijab and termed it an "attack on Islam”. The Hyderabad MP argued that the High Court verdict that Hijab is not essential in Islam violates...
Hyderabad, Aug 26 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla on Wednesday greeted Muslims on Milad-Un-NabiChief Minister Revanth Reddy extended warm greetings to Muslim on the auspicious occasion of Milad-un-Nabi.The Chief Minister observed that the...
Ahmedabad, Aug 26 (IANS) The Special Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Court in Ahmedabad on Wednesday rejected the regular bail applications of Amitkumar Dongre, former Chief Fire Officer of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), and Bhavsinh Zala, who is accused of acting...
Ranchi, Aug 26 (IANS) The confession of prime accused Abhay Kumar Tiwari before the CID, which is investigating irregularities in recruitment examinations in Jharkhand, has brought to light several startling claims. Tiwari told investigators that almost all general category seats...