Kerala HC asks actor Dileep to submit all old phones by Monday. The Kerala High Court asked actor Dileep to submit all old phones by Monday. The phones should be submitted before registrar by 10.15 on Monday. The HC was hearing the anticipatory bail plea of Dileep and five others.
The Padma Awards are often met with two charges – one, that they have a political spin and two, that they go to those who are close to the Dilli Durbar. While the Modi government has countered the latter with its choices, the politics that flows through the awards is far from extinguished. Barring the early years after they were instituted in 1954, the Padma Awards have annually met with twin charges one, that they have a political spin and two, that they go to those who are close to…
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi has described Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav as one of the weakest leaders Uttar Pradesh has seen. Speaking at India TV Chunav Manch 2022 in Lucknow, Owaisi stressed that Akhilesh has failed to lead his party to victory after 2017. FULL UP ELECTIONS COVERAGE “I believe Akhilesh Yadav is the weakest leader. He has failed to win any election for his party after 2017. In fact, the performance had deteriorated,” Owaisi said. “Muslims of Uttar Pradesh is not with Akhilesh this election. He only believes…
Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Jayant Chaudhary on Friday reiterating his stance of not forging any post-poll alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party in the upcoming Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, hit out and said they would not gain anything by “appeasing him” and alleging that the latter is trying to polarise on caste lines. The RLD chief said, “They call Western Uttar Pradesh Jat land. What do they call Haryana? They only want to polarise. They want to polarise on the caste lines. This is their strategy. They do not…
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday asked farmers to be wary of the BJP, saying the ruling party’s government had withdrawn its controversial farm laws only for the sake of votes. He also assured farmers that if his alliance forms the government in Uttar Pradesh, they will not allow the implementation of any such anti-farmer law in the state. Yadav made the statement addressing a joint press conference with Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary, whose outfit is contesting the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls in alliance with the…
A BSF jawan was injured in an exchange of fire with Pakistani smugglers along the Indo-Pak border in Punjab’s Gurdaspur district on Friday, and the force recovered 47 kg heroin, two pistols and some ammunition, police said. Gurdaspur Senior Superintendent of Police, Nanak Singh, told PTI over phone that 47 kg of heroin, two pistols, some live ammunition and seven packets of opium have been recovered. The incident took place at 5:15 am in an area falling under border outpost Chandu Wadala. “At about 5.15 am today, BSF jawan observed…
Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday hit out at Hamid Ansari for his remarks over Hindu nationalism, saying what the former vice president has said is “wrong” and as a member of the minority community he can proudly say that India is the safest nation. At a virtual panel discussion organised by the Indian American Muslim Council on Wednesday, Ansari and four US lawmakers had expressed concern over the current human rights situation in India. “What Hamid Ansari ji said is wrong..I belong to a minority community and I can…
The world famous Lord Jagannath temple in Puri will reopen for all devotees with immediate effect from next Tuesday, February 1, with strict adherence to Covid protocols, said district collector, Samarth Verma on Friday. The temple authorities had closed the shrine from January 10 till January 31 in view of the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the state and some servitors and temple employees getting infected by the virus. Though the shrine was closed to the devotees, routine rituals of the deities were undisturbed. Residents of Puri town will be allowed to enter…
Two youths were arrested for abducting and killing an 18-year-old boy for a ransom. As per the police, the accused were inspired by the Bollywood film, Apaharan. Two youths were arrested for abducting and killing an 18-year-old boy for a ransom of Rs 10 lakh in North Delhi’s Burari. As per the police, both the accused, aged 19, were inspired by the Bollywood film Apaharan. Police said one of the accused, Gopal, who works as a cleaner at a showroom, was friends with the victim, Rohan. On January 23 evening,…
The Congress has attacked the Centre over a New York Times report which claimed that the Indian government bought the Pegasus spy toll in 2017 as part of a deal with Israel, saying illegal snooping using the spyware amounts to “treason”. According to the report in The New York Times, the Israeli spyware Pegasus and a missile system were the “centerpieces” of a roughly $2-billion deal of sophisticated weapons and intelligence gear between India and Israel in 2017. Attacking the government, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge said…