‘Made a mistake of giving financial benefit to all women’: Ajit Pawar on Ladki Bahin scheme; Uddhav Sena cries voter bribe | India News – Times of India

‘Made a mistake of giving financial benefit to all women’: Ajit Pawar on Ladki Bahin scheme; Uddhav Sena cries voter bribe | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Monday admitted that the state government made a “mistake” in extending financial benefits to all applicants of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana without sufficient scrutiny, attributing the lapse to time constraints ahead of last year’s assembly elections.“We made a mistake of giving the financial benefit…

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SC uploads video of burnt currency given by police, HC CJ suggests deeper probe; judge Yashwant Varma cries conspiracy | India News – The Times of India

SC uploads video of burnt currency given by police, HC CJ suggests deeper probe; judge Yashwant Varma cries conspiracy | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: A video that Delhi Police commissioner Sanjay Arora shared with CJI I Sanjiv Khanna and Delhi HC CJ D K Upadhyay, purportedly revealing burnt cash at Justice Yashwant Varma‘s house on March 14, appears to have clinched the case for a deeper probe against the sitting Delhi HC judge, who, despite the graphic…

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Shahzadi Khan execution: UAE officially informed Indian Embassy on Feb 28, says MEA; father cries ‘not given justice’ | India News – The Times of India

Shahzadi Khan execution: UAE officially informed Indian Embassy on Feb 28, says MEA; father cries ‘not given justice’ | India News – The Times of India

NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) on Monday said United Arab Emirates (UAE) officially informed the Indian Embassy on February 28 that “the sentence of Shahzadi has been carried out in accordance with local laws.” The ministry added that the UAE’s highest judicial authority, the Court of Cassation, upheld the death sentence, and…

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‘As panic struck, people scattered, cries for help replaced holy chants’ – The Times of India

‘As panic struck, people scattered, cries for help replaced holy chants’ – The Times of India

At 1am, we joined the flow of humanity. We were 30m from the photographers’ stage when the crowd suddenly stopped,” write TOI photographers Basabdatta Sarkar & Krishna Roy. “There was a pushback, followed by screams… Holy chants turned to cries for help.” Since we arrived Sunday in Prayagraj, all we heard were chants of “Har…

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