The Supreme Court has rejected a petition challenging the appointment of senior Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana as a special CBI director on Tuesday. “The writ petition is dismissed,” said a bench of Justices, RK Agrawal and AM Sapre. Earlier, on November 24, the apex court had reserved the[Read More…]
Income Tax (IT) officials on Tuesday raided 33 premises in Tamil Nadu here and Madurai belonging to three business groups. It is a follow-up to its earlier searches linked to jailed AIADMK leader VK Sasikala’s kin and business associates, said a senior official. “Search operations are on… The officials are[Read More…]
Popular stage, TV and film actress Thodupuzha Vasanthi passed away on Tuesday, according to family sources. She was 65. Vasanthi was ailing for a while now, they said. In a film career that began in 1975, Vasanthi has acted in over 450 films and was mostly seen doing side roles[Read More…]
The announcement of the appointment of a senior bureaucrat, who had given a controversial “clean chit” to the Robert Vadra-DLF land deal in 2012, as a real estate regulator has been questioned by another senior bureaucrat, Ashok Khemka. “An officer, who was member of committee that gave clean chit to[Read More…]
The 15th Finance Commission to recommend on the sharing of revenue between the Centre and states for a five-year period was constituted by the government on Monday, according to an official statement. The Union Cabinet had, last week, approved the constitution of the 15th Finance Commission, whose recommendations have to[Read More…]
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday urged people to vote for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the ongoing urban body polls and not to focus on the candidates. Addressing a public rally in Balrampur, Aditynath said people should focus on the party symbol “lotus” and not see[Read More…]
Bizarre news is not something new to Uttar Pradesh. On Monday, the district jail in Orai was witness to a unique sight as eight donkeys “incarcerated” for the last four days in the prison were let off, after a “recommendation” from a local BJP leader! These donkeys had been “sent[Read More…]
Miss World Manushi Chhillar has said Indian women do not feel prosecuted and face challenges head-on even though there is a feeling that “our society is not very women friendly”. Manushi said this while expressing her views on the controversy over Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming film “Padmavati”, during a media[Read More…]
Actress Sunny Leone and her husband Daniel Weber have urged everyone to promote cruelty-free fashion wear. The couple feature together in a new People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India ad, which reads: “Ink, Not Mink! Be Comfortable in Your Own Skin, and Let Animals Keep Theirs.” “We[Read More…]
The Odisha government on Monday introduced a new scheme ‘Fish Pond Yojana’ to facilitate the creation of additional 2,200 hectares of fresh water aquaculture farming with 50 per cent financial assistance to farmers. “The state plan scheme has been introduced with a budget provision of Rs 96 crore,” said Chief[Read More…]
Amidst disgruntled ticket aspirants some of who have decided to fight as independents, the Congress on Monday declared 15 more candidates for the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections. Monday is the last day for filing nominations. People of Gujarat would not forgive those ‘insulting its son’: PM Modi[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit back at Rahul Gandhi over his ‘hugplomacy’ jibe saying, it was the Congress leader who hugged the Chinese Ambassador when the Indian Army was in a stand off with Chinese troops in Doklam earlier this year. “When the Indian Army was standing eye-to-eye[Read More…]
A day after the NSG cover for former Union Minister Lalu Prasad was withdrawn, his son Tejashwi Yadav said on Monday Prime Minister Narender Modi will be held responsible if anything untoward happens to the RJD chief. “If anything happens to Lalu Prasadji, Modi will be responsible and blamed for[Read More…]
Hadiya or Akhila Ashokan told the Supreme Court on Monday that she wants her freedom. “I want my freedom,” she said the court in the Kerala ‘love jihad’ case. The SC in its October 30 order directed Hadiya’s father to present her in the court to ascertain her opinion on[Read More…]
Appealing to the Gujarat electorate as “son” of the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday lashed out at the opposition Congress, saying that people of the state would not forgive those who are “insulting the son of Gujarat” who has never had a single blot on his political career.[Read More…]
Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani on Monday announced he will contest the Gujarat Assembly elections as independent candidate from Vadgam constituency in Banaskantha district. The Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch leader, social activist and lawyer made the announcement on his Twitter handle, hours after the opposition Congress declared its third list of[Read More…]
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a petition by an Amrutha, who claimed to be a biological daughter of the late J Jayalalithaa, to exhume the AIADMK leader’s body for a DNA test to establish the petitioner’s parentage. Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta, however, permitted[Read More…]
The BJP on Monday announced its sixth list for the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections, declaring 34 candidates. The party has repeated most of the sitting MLAs and also given tickets to some senior members. The most noteworthy is the ticket given to Congress rebel MLA Tejashreeben Patel[Read More…]
India’s Department of Biotechnology has decided to give a big push for research in “tissue engineering” aimed at eventually creating human organs in a dish apparently for overcoming the problems of donor organ shortages. The Department has invited “concept proposals” from Indian scientists for regeneration of heart, liver, pancreas, skin,[Read More…]
Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan on Sunday noted that the populist nationalism is potentially quite damaging to economic growth. It is often articulated as the majority community’s feelings of aggravation at being discriminated against, he added. In a conversation at the Times Litfest event, Rajan said that populist nationalism is[Read More…]
Renowned journalist and former Union Minister Arun Shourie on Sunday alleged that there is too much centralisation of power in the Prime Minister’s Office because of the insecurity of the “top boss” Narendra Modi. He also said that “falsehood” was the “hallmark” of the Modi government and it has failed[Read More…]
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the new party President will be elected through a free and fair electoral process and that party workers felt a strong connect at a personal level with its Vice President Rahul Gandhi. “… there will be free and fair elections among Congress workers.[Read More…]
Hitting out at the Tamil Nadu government, Tamil actor Kamal Haasan on Sunday said any regime that focusses on power and fame even if results in loss of life would fall. A person is an accessory to a murder if his action results in an accident which Tamil Nadu’s rulers[Read More…]
The Congress on Sunday released another list of 76 candidates for the upcoming Gujarat assembly elections. The names of 76 candidates were released for the second phase of elections. The Congress party on November 21 released its second list of 13 candidates for the elections. The Election Commission (EC) last[Read More…]
Panaji: After days of delay, the IFFI’s Indian Panorama jury will view the controversial film ‘S Durga’ on Monday evening, a jury member said on Sunday. “We have been informed by IFFI that the film will be screened at 6 p.m. on Monday,” the jury member said on the condition[Read More…]