Security personnel with the whistleblower, in mask, near a site of an alleged burial related to the Dharmasthala mass burial case (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: Sujata Bhat, who had previously alleged that her daughter Ananya disappeared from the Dharmasthala temple premises in 2003, had reportedly expressed her desire to withdraw the complaint during the Special…
NEW DELHI: Nearly three lakh electors in Bihar have been served notices over “doubtful citizenship” during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls, officials said on Friday.The flagged names are part of the 7.24 crore voters listed in the draft rolls published on August 1. Many of those under scrutiny are suspected…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Japan asserted that India and Japan are poised to jointly influence the Asian century’s trajectory towards stability, growth and prosperity. Tensions flared between Congress and the BJP on Friday after PM Modi was allegedly abused during the INDIA bloc’s “Voter Adhikar Yatra” in Darbhanga. Meanwhile, India’s GDP…
A man from Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district has finally returned home, nearly five years after going missing, but in a mentally unstable state following his time in a Pakistani jail, officials said on Friday.The 45-year-old Suraj Pal, a resident of Akrampur Sultan Khera village in the Sadar Kotwali area, disappeared on 27 October 2020. His…
NEW DELHI: Congress General Secretary Sachin Pilot on Friday raised three pointed questions for the Centre during the ongoing Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar. Speaking from West Champaran, Pilot said the credibility of the Election Commission was under suspicion and stressed that the people of the country would not tolerate “vote theft.”In a post on…
PM Modi is presented with a Daruma Doll in Japan. NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday was gifted a Daruma Doll by chief priest of the Shorinzan Daruma-Ji Temple, Rev Seishi Hirose, on his two-day visit to Japan. The Daruma is an iconic cultural symbol and souvenir of Japan. It has a strong…
NEW DELHI: Senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi, while making his arguments on the scope of a governor’s powers in assenting to bills, read out a passage from one of Justice Krishna Iyer’s judgments and compared the judge’s prowess in English with that of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, incidentally both hailing from Kerala. Singhvi said unlike…
Bihar CM Nitish Kumar (File photo/PTI) NEW DELHI: Bihar chief ministerNitish Kumar on Friday announced a new women-centric initiative, the “Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana” (Chief Minister Women’s Employment Scheme) to provide financial assistance to one woman from each family in the poll-bound state to support employment opportunities of their choice.“Ever since we first formed the…
GGM Science College, Jammu (Video credits: X @rebelliousdogra) NEW DELHI: Heavy monsoon rains on Tuesday flooded the campus of Government Gandhi Memorial (GGM) Science College and Cluster University in Jammu. Videos circulating on social media show students carrying their bags on their heads as they wade through knee-deep water, while classrooms and hostels remain submerged,…
A video from the Jharkhand high court surfaced online showing a judge sternly reprimanding an IAS officer during a hearing. In the clip, which is now going viral on social media, the judge can be seen calling out the officer over alleged discrepancies and irregularities.The IAS officer’s name and posting remain unverified, but the judge…