[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a sharp attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Election Commission, alleging large-scale electoral malpractice and claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “became the PM through chunav chori.”Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Rahul said his party had gathered extensive evidence to…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday accused India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of committing a “historic sin” by truncating certain parts of Vande Matram which hailed Goddess Durga.In a social media post on X, BJP spokesperson CR Kesavan said that Congress, under Nehru’s presidentship, adopted only a truncated Vande Mataram as the…
[ad_1] PUNE: A major political row erupted in Maharashtra on Thursday over alleged transfer of a 40-acre ‘Mahar Watan’ land belonging to the state in Pune’s Mundhwa area for Rs 300 crore in favour of Amadea Enterprises LLP, a company in which deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s son Parth is one of two partners, prompting Mahayuti…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Carving out an important exception to a constitutional mandate that an accused must be informed in advance in writing about grounds of his arrest, Supreme Court Thursday that said in crimes like hit-and-run cases, police can inform him about grounds of arrest later but at least two hours prior to his production…
[ad_1] KOLKATA: Minority-dominated districts in Bengal bordering Bangladesh are now witnessing an unusual trend – married Muslim couples, who read their vows under Islamic law, are rushing to register their marriages under Section 16 of Special Marriage Act, 1954. According to data accessed by TOI, 1,130 Muslim couples applied to register marriages in Bengal between…
[ad_1] New Delhi: Supreme Court on Thursday asked Calcutta high court not to proceed with the hearing of a PIL challenging West Bengal govt’s new list of OBC sub-groups, which includes 80 from the Muslim community and entitles them to reservation in public employment.Accepting the argument of senior advocate Kapil Sibal who pleaded for stay…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Election Commission has introduced a detailed disclaimer on its voter turnout app stating that trends displayed on platform are only approximate in nature and that no legal claim, action or liability of any kind shall arise or be maintainable on their basis.The disclaimer – which advises users to rely on official announcements…
[ad_1] RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and his wife Rajshree Yadav, party leaders and former Bihar CMs Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi and others show their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting votes, in Patna. (PTI Photo) PATNA: Voting in the first phase of the Bihar assembly elections concluded with a 57.9% turnout in…
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Businessman Anil Ambani has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning on Nov 14 in the alleged SBI loan fraud-related money laundering case against him and his Reliance group, in which the agency attached properties worth Rs 7,500 crore last week. This is the second time he will be questioned…
[ad_1] JAMMU: Enforcement Directorate sleuths Thursday launched simultaneous raids in six locations of Jammu and Kashmir, including the house of former minister from Kathua, Jatinder Singh alias Babu Singh, as part of investigations into a narco-terror funding case.Officials said the searches were conducted at four places in Srinagar and two in Jammu under Prevention of…