AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala has been convicted by a two member Bench of Supreme Court over the disproportionate assets case. The apex court set aside the Karnataka High Court Judgement and uphold the judgement of Justice Michael D Cunha in 2014 convicting Sasikala, her niece Ilavarasi, nephew VN Sudhakaran[Read More…]
Karnataka Assembly on Monday passed a bill to facilitate the conduct of “Kambala”, a traditional annual buffalo race held in the coastal districts of the state. The demand for lifting the ban on Kambala garnered massive support after the success of Jallikattu protest in Tamil Nadu. However, a clause in[Read More…]
At least two prisoners escaped from Morena Jail in MP on Monday. Four policemen have been suspended after initial probe. According to local media reports, the two prisoners have been identified as Omprakash Jaat (36) & Anil Dhanela (26) both of whom had been booked for murder, loot and rape.[Read More…]
A civilian was killed while more than 30 others were injured after government forces opened indiscriminate fire on civilians trying to reach the encounter site in Frisal area of Kulgam district, Rising Kashmir reported. According to the doctors at Anantnag district hospital, more than 15 people had bullet injuries and[Read More…]
A widely circulated picture in the social media showed one of the accused in the Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)-backed spy racket, busted in Madhya Pradesh on February 9, in the company of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The picture sparked a political storm in the BJP-ruled state. Opposition parties expressed[Read More…]
Video of clashes in Kashmir that starts with sounds of gunfire goes live on the social networking site Facebook. The video starts with the voice of a narrator saying, “Aap ye dekh sakte hain goliyan kaise chal rahi hai. Civilians apni jaan bacha rahe hain… Ek bhaai ko goli lagi[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack against the congress for indulging in corruption. Speaking in Pithoragarh ahead of the Assembly polls in Uttarakhand, he said “the time for those who looted the country for 70 years has come to an end. I promise that those who looted the[Read More…]
Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo, Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday addressed his first rally where he sought votes for brother Shivpal, saying the election is important for both of them. Mulayam, who was removed as party president with his son Akhilesh Yadav taking over the reins just before the polls following[Read More…]
Attacking PM Narendra Modi over his “raincoat” remark about former prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today said that he was aware that “PM was fond of peeping into others’ bathrooms” The comment was made in the Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi were addressing a joint[Read More…]
Nearly 2.6 crore people in 73 constituencies of western Uttar Pradesh will be eligible to vote on Saturday in the first of the seven phases of high-stake Assembly elections. 839 candidates, including from main contenders BJP, BSP, allies Congress and Samajwadi party, RLD as well independents, are in the fray[Read More…]
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will release a joint list of ten commitments to the people of Uttar Pradesh. The two leaders on Saturday will together release the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) here, Congress leader Satyadev Tripathi said. Some of the promises made by[Read More…]
