New Delhi: Congress General Secretary, K.C. Venugopal, Tuesday accused the Modi government of blocking the INDIA Bloc’s planned protest and public campaign for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, over alleged irregularities in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. He...
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Tuesday said it would hear November 3, a plea concerning a pregnant woman journalist's allegation that Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi pushed and pulled her during the Opposition INDIA bloc leaders’ march to the apex...
Patna: A controversy over the absence of CCTV cameras in the ballot-opening and vote-counting area has erupted at the Patna counting centre during the counting of votes for eight Bihar Legislative Council seats Tuesday. Congress candidate Dr Sanjay Yadav staged a sit-in protest, alleging a...
Kannur: The investigation into the alleged attack on former Kerala Health Minister Veena George by KSU activists has taken another turn. Doctors who treated her have reportedly told the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that she had no visible external injuries. The doctors at Pariyaram Medical...
Visakhapatnam: Severe cyclonic storm ‘Arnab’ in the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm and is heading towards the Andhra Pradesh coast, which started witnessing its impact Tuesday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said ‘Arnab’ intensified into a very severe cyclonic...
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha Tuesday administered the oath of office and secrecy to four new ministers in the Omar Abdullah-led government. The four new ministers, who were administered the oath of office, include senior National Conference (NC) leader and MLA from...
New Delhi: A day after Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi reiterated call for 'Chalo Delhi' march slated for November 1, the Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) wrote to him again Tuesday, pleading that the mega-rally be rescheduled after Diwali festivities. A...
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar Tuesday called on Liechtenstein Prince Alois and discussed bilateral ties and emerging opportunities under the India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA). Taking to X, EAM Jaishankar said, "A pleasure to call on H.S.H. Hereditary Prince Alois...
Kolkata: As many as 12 workers who got trapped in a coal mine at Pandaveswar in West Bengal's West Burdwan district were finally rescued on early Tuesday morning after a nightlong operation. The conditions of all the 12 rescued miners are stable, confirmed the Bharatiya...
Guwahati: Five people were allegedly shot dead at a hotel in Guwahati Monday night in a dispute between the owner of the property and its leaseholder, police said. The incident happened around 9 pm at Hotel Bilas Inn, opposite Bora Service on the arterial GS...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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