At least 30 MLAs of the ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition in Jharkhand camping in a resort near the Chhattisgarh capital since August 30 flew back to Ranchi in a chartered aircraft on Sunday afternoon to attend the special session of the assembly scheduled for Monday, sources said.
'India has established probable cause to prosecute him for his role in terrorist attacks that resulted in 166 deaths and 239 injuries'
The construction of the temple is expected to be completed by December 2023 and Lord Ram is expected to be seated in the sanctum sanctorum by the Makar Sankranti festival in January 2024.
Congress Member of Legislative Assembly Malkhan Singh and sacked Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna's wife Lila Maderna were on Saturday grilled for the second day in the Bhanwari Devi missing case by the Central Bureau of Investigation in Jodhpur. Malkhan, who represents Luni constituency in Rajasthan assembly, was grilled along with Lila at the circuit house in Jodhpur.
In his complaint lodged with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, former Congress MLA Surendra Singh Jadavat alleged that Chittorgarh SDM Tejasvi Rana also snatched currency notes from vendors in the mandi and tore them up. A sitting ruling party MLA, going to Circuit House in a vehicle, too was stopped by her and his driver was fined by police on her directions for not carrying licence.
These are the 15 seats to watch out for in Rajasthan where assembly elections will be held on November 23. The state has 200 constituencies.
"Inquiry will be held in three stages. One with those affected/injured, relatives of those killed in the incident. Then consultation will be held with those who witnessed the incident, citizens groups, or those who are privy to the details and journalists," she said. "The third stage would be with the police, those who allegedly initiated the firing, revenue officials, doctors who conducted post-mortems and treated the injured, senior officals in police, former district collector and other officials," Jagadeesan said.
The trial court shall, as far as practicable, conduct trial from day to day, and complete the same on or before July 31, 2024, the judge added.
Described by United States President Barack Obama as a "trailblazer", Indian-American Srikanth Sri Srinivasan has moved closer to become the first South Asian circuit court judge in the history of the United States.
Kuwaiti authorities have identified the bodies of 45 Indians and three Filipino nationals killed in the tragic fire incident in a building housing foreign workers in the Gulf Kingdom, a top official said on Thursday.
United States President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named two Indian Americans -- Reema Shah and Neha Gupta -- to the Office of the White House Counsel.
The threshold for a heat wave is met when the maximum temperature of a weather station reaches at least 40 degrees Celsius in the plains, 37 degrees in coastal areas, and 30 degrees in hilly regions, and the departure from normal is at least 4.5 notches.
He was on his way to the Rajgir Circuit House after attending a function at Hilsa when his Tata Qualis hit a truck.
'2019 was fought on delivery. But in 2024, you can see the before and after effects.'
The agency also recovered an electronic circuit used in making explosives from the rented flat of the terror suspects in Pune's Kondhwa area along with 500 GB data from the devices, he said.
The blast at The Rameshwaram Caf has caused distress and concern among the startup and information technology (IT) community, raising questions related to safety and security. Approximately 10 people were reportedly injured in a low-intensity bomb blast at The Rameshwaram Caf, a popular restaurant in Bengaluru's Brookfield. The surrounding area is a major hub for the Indian technology (tech) industry, housing many startups and top IT companies such as IBM, SAP, Accenture, International Tech Park Bangalore, and Prestige Technostar.
The present happenings in Manipur are the wages of continued neglect, and not so benign at that, of a vital region and its people. Had we lavished on the North East even a fraction of the care and resources we do on Kashmir, things would not have come to this pass, asserts Shreekant Sambrani.
A massive fire that ripped through a seven-storey shopping mall in Dhaka overnight killed at least 46 people and injured 22 others, the government said on Friday, in one of the worst infernos to hit Bangladesh in recent years.
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad was fined Rs 6,000 by a court in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Wednesday for violating the model code of conduct during the 2009 assembly elections in the state.
Setting aside Sebi's direction, the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) on Monday allowed PNB Housing Finance to go ahead with the shareholders' meeting on Tuesday to consider the proposed Rs 4,000 crore-investment by private equity firm Carlyle and others in the mortgage firm. However, results of the shareholders' voting will not be disclosed till further directions from the tribunal. The ruling comes hours after PNB Housing Finance informed stock exchanges that it has appealed against Sebi's direction on June 18 wherein it was asked to defer consideration of the proposed capital infusion proposal till a valuation of the company's shares is done by a registered independent valuer.
There were many people who wanted to seek favours from her by offering lakhs and crores of rupees even through her family members when she was Odisha's transport minister. She never allowed any kind of corrupt practices to touch her department officials, family members or the supporters who have stood by her.
Ram Prasad, the accused, allegedly carried out the act early on Sunday morning, they said, adding the arrest was made after the post-mortem report found death by strangulation and burns.
It also promised to launch the 'Poshane' scheme through which every BPL household will be provided with half litre 'Nandini' milk every day and five kg 'Shri Anna - siri dhanya' through monthly ration kits.
'When I looked closely at people and stories from that region, I realised that the landscape contributes a lot to how people behave.'
Former Rajasthan minister Babulal Nagar was on Friday arrested by CBI on charges of raping and assaulting a 35-year-old woman last month.
Khandu covered a stretch of 122 km -- Yingkiong, headquarters of Upper Siang district, to Pasighat, the headquarters of East Siang district -- on a Royal Enfield Interceptor 650 to push his state as a top tourist destination for biking and adventure sports.
Commuters on some routes, including the Harbour line that operates services between Panvel and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT), complained of delay in train operations in the morning hours.
The Delhi Police, in a first information report (FIR) filed under anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) following allegations against news portal NewsClick, has alleged that a large amount of funds came from China in order to disrupt India's sovereignty and cause disaffection against the country.
Mithun Chakraborthy on Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and working in his Tahader Katha, for which he won his second National Award.
A girl student of Class 6 was allegedly raped by a constable of the Indian Reserve Battalion after he forced her to drink alcohol at Longding district of Arunachal Pradesh. The student of a government higher secondary school, who was raped on March 2, recovered consciousness on Sunday at the community health centre.
Former Union Minister and dissident BJP leader Kashiram Rana, who recently joined Keshubhai Patel's Gujarat Parivartan Party, passed away early Friday morning, party sources said. He was 76.
The MLA, who appeared at the Circuit House in Jodhpur on Monday evening, was subjected to questioning but he remained uncooperative prompting the sleuths to arrest him, CBI sources said.
Huge television screens, flags, flashy lights and a 10,000-bike cavalcade. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's homecoming was nothing short of being spectacular.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday grilled former Rajasthan minister Mahipal Maderna's wife Leela and two sons of Member of Legislative Assembly Malkhan Singh in connection with the Bhanwari Devi abduction case. They are all being quizzed at the circuit house in Jaipur, CBI sources said. Osian MLA Maderna is under judicial custody, while Luni MLA Singh has skipped questioning for the past several days despite repeated summons.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday quizzed the wife of Congress legislator Malkhan Singh in connection with the alleged abduction of nurse Bhanwari Devi even as it continued the questioning of sacked Rajasthan Minister Mahipal Maderna, arrested last week in the case. Malkhan's wife Kamala Visnoi was asked to appear for questioning at the circuit house in Jodhpur before the CBI sleuths, sources said. Maderna was arrested on Friday in Jodhpur by the CBI.
Parasram Bishnoi, his wife Kusum and sacked minister Mahipal Maderna's close associate Goverdhan were on Saturday grilled by the Central Bureau of Investigation in Bhanwari Devi disappearance case.
Waterlogging was reported in Andheri, Kurla, Ghatkopar, Chembur and some other places.
Former Jharkhand Chief Minister Babulal Marandi was arrested on Monday night, hours after his 'dharna' near the office of the DFO in Giridih, Jharkhand, protesting against the official allegedly preventing locals from collecting mica.
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