Delhi BJP sends defamation notice to Atishi, demands public apology over her ‘join BJP offer’ claim

Delhi BJP sends defamation notice to Atishi, demands public apology over her ‘join BJP offer’ claim

A file photo of Delhi Education Minister and AAP leader Atishi. | Photo Credit: PTI The BJP’s Delhi unit has sent a defamation notice to senior AAP leader Atishi and demanded a public apology for her claim that the saffron party approached her through a “very close” person to join it. The Delhi minister had … Read more

KEA chairman refutes MP’s claim on Centre’s funding

KEA chairman refutes MP’s claim on Centre’s funding

Karnataka Exhibition Authority (KEA) Chairman Ayub Khan on Wednesday refuted claims made by Mysuru MP Pratap Simha that the Centre has released grants for improving infrastructure at the Dasara exhibition grounds. “This is nothing but a lie since there is no information on the funding from the Swadeshi Darshan 2 scheme of the Centre for … Read more

Donald Trump presses immunity claim, says he could prosecute Biden if re-elected

Donald Trump presses immunity claim, says he could prosecute Biden if re-elected

Donald Trump warned he could prosecute Joe Biden if he returns to the White House, as his lawyers prepared to argue in a Washington court that he should be immune from criminal charges for trying to overturn the 2020 election. The Republican former US president will not get a chance to speak as his lawyers … Read more

Sasikala’s claim over AIADMK leadership | Madras High Court reserves order on her plea

Sasikala’s claim over AIADMK leadership | Madras High Court reserves order on her plea

V.K. Sasikala. File photograph | Photo Credit: VEDHAN M The Madras High Court on Monday, November 6, 2023, reserved orders on an appeal suit filed by former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s aide, V.K. Sasikala, in 2022, against the refusal of an additional city civil court to declare, illegal and void, a resolution passed by the AIADMK … Read more

‘Wrong dates, facts’: Sachin Pilot slams Amit Malviya over claim that Rajesh Pilot dropped bombs on Mizoram

‘Wrong dates, facts’: Sachin Pilot slams Amit Malviya over claim that Rajesh Pilot dropped bombs on Mizoram

File picture of Congress leader Sachin Pilot | Photo Credit: PTI Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Tuesday hit out at BJP IT department head Amit Malviya for claiming that his father Rajesh Pilot dropped bombs as an air force pilot in Mizoram in March 1966, saying the facts and dates are wrong as he was … Read more

Bengaluru auto drivers claim free bus rides for women have hit their business

Bengaluru auto drivers claim free bus rides for women have hit their business

According to C. Sampath, general secretary of Adarsha Auto Drivers’ Union in Bengaluru, auto drivers have lost 30-40% of their business after the scheme was launched. | Photo Credit: Pooja S., who commutes from Bagalagunte to Dasarahalli metro station in North Bengaluru, shifted from autorickshaws to bus after the launch of the Shakti scheme that … Read more

Andhra Pradesh: Minister ridicules Naidu’s claim that he is behind withdrawal of ₹2,000 denomination banknotes

Andhra Pradesh: Minister ridicules Naidu’s claim that he is behind withdrawal of ₹2,000 denomination banknotes

How can Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu claim that he is responsible for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) withdrawing the ₹2,000 denomination banknotes from circulation, wonders Minister of IT Gudivada Amarnath. Mr. Naidu’s tweet on May 20 (Saturday) that he had influenced Prime Minister Narendra Modi to do so showed … Read more

Arunachal locals hurt by Sikh claim on medieval Buddhist shrine 

Arunachal locals hurt by Sikh claim on medieval Buddhist shrine 

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu at Neh-Pema Shelpu Drupkhang on April 8, 2023. | Photo Credit: Rahul Karmakar GUWAHATI A Colonel in the Indian Army apparently sowed the seeds of a Buddhism-Sikhism dispute near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Arunachal Pradesh 36 years ago. On April 24, the National Commission for Minorities sought a … Read more