Will stand with woman: Priyanka on Maliwal assault

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Will stand with woman: Priyanka on Maliwal assault

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Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said that she's sure Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will take action on the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal.     While campaigning in Sareni area to muster support for her brother Rahul...
23:14

After Mumbai, another hoarding collapses in Pune

A hoarding falls in Mumbai
A hoarding falls in Mumbai
A hoarding installed on the roadside collapsed on a stationary mini truck in Pimpri Chinchwad area of Maharashtra's Pune district on Thursday as a result of strong winds, police said.  Nobody was injured in the incident that occurred days after a giant hoarding collapsed in Mumbai's...
23:11

Senior advocate Kapil Sibal elected as SCBA president

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Senior advocate Kapil Sibal was on Thursday elected as the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA).  The SCBA elections were held on Thursday.  A Harvard Law School graduate, Sibal was the additional solicitor general of India during 1989-90. He was designated as senior...
22:34

Maliwal assault: Case filed against Kejriwal's aide

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The Delhi Police has filed a case against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar in the case linked to the alleged assault on AAP Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal.  The CM's close aide Bibhav Kumar has been accused of allegedly assaulting the former Delhi Commission for...
22:02

Kejriwal has lost his mind after going to jail: Adityanath

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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday attacked AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal, asserting that the Delhi CM has lost his mind after going to jail. Adityanath made the remarks in a response to the claims by Kejriwal that the UP chief minister will be removed from the post if the...
20:56

What happened to me was very bad: Swati Maliwal

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AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal speaks up for the first times after alleged assault on her by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar.Speaking on X, Maliwal said, What happened to me was very bad. I have given my statement to the police on the incident that happened to me. I hope...
20:43

Mumbai Police arrests Ghatkopar billboard owner

Bhavesh Bhinde in black t-shirt
Bhavesh Bhinde in black t-shirt
BREAKING: The Mumbai police on Thursday arrested Bhavesh Bhinde, whose company put up the giant billboard whose collapse claimed 16 lives, from Udaipur, an official said.  The crime branch team of Mumbai police arrested Bhinde, the director of Ego Media Pvt Ltd, the advertising...
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Delhi Police records Swati Maliwal's statement

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The Delhi Police on Thursday recorded the statement of AAP Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal in connection with the alleged assault on her by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar, officials said.  Her statement was recorded by a two-member team of the Delhi Police at her...
19:34

Lightning strikes claim 11 lives in Bengal's Malda

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At least 11 people were killed and two others injured in lightning strikes at various places across West Bengal's Malda district on Thursday, police said.Two among the deceased were minors, both residents of Manikchak police station area, while three hailed from Sahapur under the jurisdiction of...
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Kejriwal offers prayers at Golden Temple

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday offered prayers at the Golden Temple in Amritsar, during his first visit to the state since being granted interim bail by the Supreme Court.He also paid obeisance at the Durgiana Temple following his visit to the Golden Temple.The AAP supremo was...
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Shah's remark on Kejri bail 'objectionable': Sibal

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Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Thursday hit out at Home Minister Amit Shah over his reported special treatment remarks on the interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying it was an objectionable statement that questioned the intention of the Supreme Court judges.Sibal's remarks...
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Cong follows Gandhi who said 'Hey Ram' before dying: Priyanka

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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday said her party follows the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi who uttered Hey Ram before dying and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was wrong in accusing it of being anti-religion.    They accuse us of being against the Hindu religion. We follow...
17:44

Fire breaks out at Delhi BJP office

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A fire broke out in the Delhi BJP office located in central Delhi on Thursday, officials of the Delhi Fire Services said.   No casualties were reported during the incident, they said. According to the officials, they received a call around 4.25 pm reporting a fire incident in the...
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Why doesn't PM says '400 paar' anymore: Priyanka

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Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday took a jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeting him by saying that one cannot trust him and there is no weightage left in his words.  Speaking with ANI while on the campaign trail in Raebareli, Priyanka Gandhi on the PM's statement...
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Woman's body found stuffed in bag, man with her at hotel flees

The body of a 26-year-old woman from Bhopal was found stuffed in a bag in a hotel in Himachal's Manali, police said on Thursday.  The victim, accompanied by a man, checked into a hotel on Monday, police said. On Wednesday evening, the police received a call from the hotel staff...
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INDIA bloc will disintegrate on June 4: Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday said the INDIA bloc wants to make five prime ministers in five years and claimed that it will disintegrate after June 4. Counting of votes for all the seven phases of the Lok Sabha elections will be undertaken on June 4. Addressing an election rally...
16:06

Why did Modi talk about Trinamool Cong in UP?

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the Samajwadi Party and the Congress wanted to try out the Trinamool politics, terming it a politics of appeasement and harassment of Dalits and women.  Attacking the INDIA bloc partners at an election rally in Bhadohi, where the opposition...
15:44

Nearly 67% voter turnout in first four phases: EC

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The cumulative turnout in the first four phases of the Lok Sabha elections has been recorded at 66.95 per cent, the Election Commission said on Thursday, adding 45.10 crore of the nearly 97 crore electors have voted so far in the ongoing electoral exercise.  In a statement, the poll...
15:32

Anita Goyal, wife of Jet Airways founder, passes away

Naresh Goyal
Naresh Goyal
Anita Goyal, wife of Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal, died on Thursday at a private hospital in South Mumbai, sources said. She was 70. She had been undergoing treatment for cancer, the sources said.  The wife of the Jet Airways founder, who is widely credited to have played a...
15:11

Chargesheet against Kejriwal, AAP soon: ED to SC

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The Enforcement Directorate Thursday told the Supreme Court it will soon file a prosecution complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam.  Appearing for the ED, Additional Solicitor...
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Deve Gowda, whose son and grandson are facing charges, not to celebrate birthday

PM Modi with Deve Gowda. File pic
PM Modi with Deve Gowda. File pic
JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda, whose grandson and Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna is facing investigation under multiple sexual abuse charges, on Thursday said he will not be celebrating his birthday on May 18.  The 91-year-old also appealed to party workers to...
14:39

PA assault: Cops reach Maliwal's residence

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A Delhi Police team reached AAP MP Swati Maliwal's house on Thursday in connection with the alleged assault on her at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence, officials said.  Led by an Additional Commissioner of Police (ACP) rank officer, the team has gone to the Rajya MP's...
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No exception made in granting bail to Kejriwal: SC

The Delhi CM met Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow today
The Delhi CM met Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow today
The Supreme Court said Thursday that it has not made any exception for Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in granting him interim bail for campaigning in the Lok Sabha polls and critical analysis of the judgment is welcome. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta refused to...
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Kid suffocates to death, parents forget her in car

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A three-year-old girl suffocated to death in a locked car while her parents were attending a wedding function in Kota, police said on Thursday. According to police, the incident occurred on Wednesday evening. They identified the victim as Gorvika Nagar.  Pradeep Nagar, the...
13:49

'No Kashmiri Pandit returned after Article 370 repeal'

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Sanjay Tickoo is a socio-political activist and a member of the Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti in Srinagar. He is one of the few Kashmiri Pandits who never left the Kashmir Valley even at the peak of terrorism in the state. Tickoo has been actively propagating for Kashmiri Pandits' rights...
13:27

Yogi rightly used swachhata abhiyan on crime: Modi

PM at a roadshow in Mumbai yesterday
PM at a roadshow in Mumbai yesterday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday praised Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for his efforts in making UP crime-free and said that CM Yogi has run his cleanliness campaign successfully in UP by acting against the mafia, rioters and extortionists.  Addressing a rally in...
12:39

HM invokes Satyajit Ray to berate Mamata in Bengal

Utpal Dutt as Hirak Raja
Utpal Dutt as Hirak Raja
Union Home Minister Amit Shah drew a direct parallel between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the ruthless ruler from auteur Satyajit Ray's cult classic 'Hirak Rajar Deshe'.Addressing a public meeting in the Hooghly district on Wednesday, ahead of the fifth phase of polling in Bengal on May 20,...
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Rs 8,500 in women's a/cs every month, promises Cong

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Amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections in the country, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday said that the INDIA alliance government, if formed, will work for the empowerment of women.Our sisters across the country are ready to form the INDIA Alliance government with enthusiasm. From July, Rs...
11:38

Billboard crash: After 66 hours search ops end

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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced to call off the search and rescue operation at the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse site in Mumbai, an official of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said on Thursday. The operation went on for 66 hours after a giant 120 feet x...
11:19

Kangana's 'Emergency' release date postponed

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Amidst her fervent campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Bollywood actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut, who is contesting from the Mandi constituency, has decided to postpone the release of her much-anticipated film 'Emergency'. The movie, in which Ranaut portrays the iconic...
11:14

'Bomb' written on tissue in plane loo sparks scare

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Panic gripped a Delhi-Vadodara Air India flight at the IGI airport in New Delhi after a crew member spotted a tissue paper with the word bomb written on it in the aircraft's washroom, police said on Thursday. The flight was searched after the note was discovered on Wednesday evening but...
10:59

Kejriwal meets Akhilesh in Lucknow

Sanjay Singh, Arvind Kejriwal and Akhilesh Yadav
Sanjay Singh, Arvind Kejriwal and Akhilesh Yadav
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal met Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav at the latter's party office in Lucknow on Thursday. The leaders exchanged greetings with one another. The Aam Aadmi Party chief was accompanied by Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh. The Aam Aadmi Party and the...
10:39

Structural stability of hoardings to be checked: BMC

Pic: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com
Pic: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com
Expressing grief over the hoarding collapse incident in Ghatkopar, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani said that it was a tragic incident and informed that the rescue operation has been completed.This was a tragic incident in which 16 people died. The rescue...
10:25

Sunil Chhetri to retire after World Cup qualifying match on June 6

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Indian football icon Sunil Chhetri on Thursday announced his decision to retire from international football after the FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Kuwait in Kolkata on June 6, bringing the curtains down on a glorious two-decade career.  The long-serving national team captain...
10:22

Development, not Ram, issue in Sultanpur: Maneka

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BJP Candidate and sitting MP from Sultanpur Maneka Gandhi appears to be confident of winning another term from the constituency. This time Maneka Gandhi is up against the INDIA bloc candidate Rambhual Nishad of the Samajwadi Party and Udraj Verma of the BSP.Sultanpur goes to the polls in the...
10:04

Yogi achieved what I couldn't as CM: Rajnath

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday that the tasks he could not accomplish during his tenure as the Chief Minister have been achieved under the leadership of CM Yogi Adityanath.  He highlighted that CM Yogi Adityanath's initiatives are now gaining attention not just...
09:52

Cowardly and dastardly act: Modi condemns attack on Slovak PM

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the shooting attack on Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, calling it a cowardly and dastardly act.PM Modi further wished the Slovak PM a speedy recovery.Moreover, he expressed support for the people of Slovakia. Taking on social media X, PM Modi stated,...
09:38

'Budget for Muslims' remark: Chidambaram takes on Modi

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Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday termed 'totally false' Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that the previous Congress government wanted to allocate 15 per cent of the budget for Muslims, and said the PM's statements have been 'increasingly bizarre'.Chidambaram said the prime...
09:24

Jawan posted at Sachin Tendulkar's house dies by suicide

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A State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) jawan posted at Sachin Tendulkar's house allegedly died by shooting himself with a service revolver at his home in Jamner on Wednesday early morning.Jamner police said, An SRPF jawan living in Jamner in Jalgaon, Maharashtra committed suicide by shooting himself...
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Slovak PM shot in assassination bid, 'extremely serious'

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is in 'extremely serious' condition following a shooting attack on Wednesday, according to Slovak Defence Minister Robert Kalinak, as reported by Al Jazeera, citing the TASR state-run news agency.The critically wounded prime minister is still undergoing surgery...
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Inter-state prostitution racket busted in Arunachal, 5 officers among 21 held

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The Arunachal Pradesh Police have arrested 21 people, including government officers, for their alleged involvement in an inter-state prostitution racket, and rescued five minors in the age group of 10-15 years, officials said on Wednesday. The arrested government officers include a deputy...
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Modi's stand can increase communal disharmony: Sharad Pawar

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Nationalist Congress Party-Sharad Pawar chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday claimed that the stand taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in recent days can increase communal disharmony in the country instead of bringing communities closer. Pawar was speaking at a rally for his party's candidate...
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ED files plaint against Atiq's wife in extortion case

Shaista Parveen, wife of late Atiq Ahmed/File image
Shaista Parveen, wife of late Atiq Ahmed/File image
The Enforcement Directorate filed a prosecution complaint in the case of Atiq Ahmed and others before the special court (PMLA), Lucknow, UP, against Shaista Parveen, wife of late Atiq Ahmed, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, pertaining to a case involving a multi-crore extortion...