Polling will be held on Wednesday in 67 Assembly constituencies of western Uttar Pradesh in the second of seven phases and in 69 Assembly seats in Uttarakhand. 20 candidates are in the fray in this phase in UP with a maximum of 22 from Barhapur (Bijnor) and a minimum of[Read More…]
The Iron Lady of Manipur, Irom Sharmila has claimed that she was offered Rs 36 crore to contest the elections on BJP’s ticket. She narrated the incident saying that just after she had broken her fast, she met a BJP leader, who offered her Rs 36 crore to fight the[Read More…]
Newly elected AIADMK Legislature party leader, Edappadi K Palaniswami, on Tuesday meet governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao and staked claim to form the government. In his brief meeting with the Governor, Palaniswami presented a list of MLAs supporting his claim. Some senior leaders and ministers also accompanied Palaniswami, according to sources.[Read More…]
The District Level Scrutiny Committee in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh has submitted its final report to the government stating that neither Rohith Vemula nor his mother Radhika Vemula were Dalits. The report submitted by committee concluded that the Scheduled Caste certificate obtained through fraudulent means by the family should[Read More…]
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…]
