In Relief For Congress, “Frozen” Bank Accounts Now Working
The Congress today announced that the party's bank accounts, including those of the Youth Congress, were frozen by the Income Tax department, weeks ahead of the announcement of dates for the general elections. However, just an hour after Congress made...
Congress party’s bank accounts FROZEN
Congress general secretary Ajay Maken alleged that the party's accounts have been frozen by the Income Tax department and called it the "freeze of democracy". In a press conference held at the AICC headquarters in Delhi, Maken said, "I have...
Army brings down 2 Pak quadcopters at LoC
Army troops guarding the Line of Control (LoC) on Friday opened fire to bring down Pakistani quadcopters at two different places in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said. However, the flying objects returned to the Pakistan side after...
11 killed after fire in paint factory in Delhi
Eleven people were killed and four injured in a fire that broke out in a paint factory in outer Delhi's Alipur on Thursday evening, police said. The deceased are yet to be identified and the bodies have been shifted to Babu...
16-year-old NEET aspirant raped by coaching student in Kota
Four coaching students were arrested in Kota on Thursday in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 16-year-old girl, police said. The matter came to light after the teenager's classmates found she was suffering form depression and informed the...
Verdict huge setback for govt: Bond petitioner
The Supreme Court's decision to strike down the electoral bond scheme will help bring in transparency in political funding and protect the interest of people, Congress leader Jaya Thakur, who had challenged the scheme in the apex court, said on...
SBI must submit bonds info to EC by March 6: SC
A five-judge bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra delivered a unanimous verdict on Thursday, striking down the Electoral Bonds scheme as unconstitutional. The bench was ruling on a batch...
Electoral bonds scheme INVALID, rules SC
A 5-judge bench of CJI DY Chandrachud, Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra delivering the judgment on electoral bonds. CJI: Amendment to S 182 of Companies Act become otiose in view of our finding that electoral bonds...
Congress fields Chandrakant Handore for RS polls from Maharashtra
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday nominated Chandrakant Handore for Rajya Sabha polls from Maharashtra. The party has also fielded noted lawyer Abhishek Singhvi for Rajya Sabha polls from Himachal Pradesh, while also officially declaring former party chief Sonia Gandhi's...
Sonia Gandhi to file RS nomination today
Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi will file on Wednesday her nomination papers for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls from Rajasthan, party sources said. It will be the 77-year-old leader's first term in the Upper House after serving five terms as a...
Singer Mallika Rajput found dead in Sultanpur house
Singer Vijay Lakshmi alias Mallika Rajput was found dead in her house in Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh, under suspicious circumstances on Tuesday, the police said. The body of the 35-year-old singer was found hanging from the fan in a room of...
Shah Rukh denies involvement in release of navy men
Shah Rukh Khan's office issues a statement denying any involevement in helping the release of the eight navy men from Qatar. In an Instagram post, the actor's office said: "Regarding the reports concerning Shah Rukh Khan's purported role in the release...
Ex-Maha CM Ashok Chavan joins BJP, calls its start of new journey
Mumbai: Ashok Chavan, former Maharashtra Chief Minister, joined the BJP on Tuesday, a day after he quit the Congress. The former MP, who was a prominent face for the Congress in the politically-significant State, was welcomed into the BJP by...
Police fire tear gas shells on protesting farmers
The Haryana Police on Tuesday hurled tear gas shells when a group of youth, who were part of the farmers' 'Chalo Delhi' protest march, tried to break barricades set up at the Shambhu border in Ambala. Despite an appeal by...
IIM fresher bags Rs 1-crore salary job
An e-commerce company has offered an annual salary of Rs 1 crore to a student of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Indore, an official said Tuesday. This is the highest annual package offered during the final placement round of...
Ashok Chavan to join BJP today
After quitting Congress on Monday, former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan is likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party today, says his office. Meanwhile, in the wake of Chavan's resignation, Maharashtra Congress in-charge Ramesh Chennithala has called for a key meeting...
Stones pelted at Ayodhya-bound Aastha Special train in Maha, none hurt
The Ayodhya-bound Aastha special train that had left from Gujarat's Surat was pelted with stones near Maharashtra's Nandurbar late on Sunday night. The Aastha special train was flagged off at 8 pm on Sunday, with a total of 1340...
Kejriwal, Mann keep their date with Ayodhya
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann attended a special prayer service at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Monday, a senior AAP leader said. Both the chief ministers arrived in the city in the afternoon....
Manish Sisodia gets bail to attend niece’s wedding
A Delhi court on Monday granted three-day interim bail to senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia, arrested in the alleged excise policy "scam", to attend his niece's wedding. Special judge M K Nagpal granted the relief to Sisodia from February...
Nitish-BJP alliance WINS trust vote
Nitish Kumar-BJP alliance sails through Bihar test of strength after Opposition walks out. Nitish Kumar-led NDA govt secures 129 votes. The BJP-JD(U) combine has 128 members in the 243-member Bihar assembly, where the majority mark stands at 122. The BJP has...
Implement Advocate Protection Act in State, demands Mahavidhi Law Students Assn, Nagpur
Nagpur: The Mahavidhi Law Students Association, Nagpur District Committee, strongly protested the brutal murders of a lawyer couple -- Adv Rajaram Adhav of Rahuri Taluka of Ahmednagar District and his wife Manisha Adhaav, sending shockwaves across Maharashtra. Terming the murders as...
