Ajay Kumar Mishra at an event of the Matua community in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas on Sunday. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra said that the final draft of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA is expected to be ready by March 30 next year. The BJP … Read more
A Bhadohi court in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday sentenced 15-year jail term to former four time MLA Vijay Mishra in a rape case. The court held the former MLA guilty under section 376 -2(N) (commits rape repeatedly on the same woman) and criminal intimidation of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) . This is the third … Read more
Twenty people, including Umar Khalid, have been booked for their alleged involvement in the conspiracy to incite the 2020 northeast Delhi communal riots. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court on August 9 adjourned the Umar Khalid bail hearing on a UAPA case as Justice P.K. Mishra recused himself. Justice A.S. Bopanna, the leaded judge, … Read more
The Third Meeting of the G20 Disaster Risk Reduction Working Group was held in Chennai on Monday, July 24, 2023 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Over the past few years, India has completely transformed the way disaster risk reduction is financed, said Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, P. K. Mishra. Speaking at the Third Meeting of the … Read more
Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Misra’s son Ashish Mishra (centre) and other accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, being produced in a court in Lakhimpur. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Uttar Pradesh Government on January 19 opposed in the Supreme Court the bail plea of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son, … Read more
According to the surveillance report, the city-wide wastewater positivity rate for SARS-CoV-2 increased to 46% last week (ending December 24), albeit with a low viral load. Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu photo library The weekly sewage surveillance for SARS-CoV-2 in 28 STPs of Bengaluru, being jointly conducted by Tata Institute … Read more
The Supreme Court said Mishra has continued in custody “because of our order”. Filw | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court on Monday asked how long Ashish Mishra, a Union Minister’s son and accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence and killings case, should be in custody without bail. A Bench of Justices Surya Kant and … Read more
File picture of Ashish Mishra being produced in a court in Lakhimpur | Photo Credit: – A court here on Tuesday framed charges against Ashish Mishra and 13 others in connection with the October 2021 violence in Lakhimpur Kheri’s Tikunia in which four farmers were killed. Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister of State for … Read more
Senior Bihar Congress leader Vijay Shankar Mishra, a two-term former MLC, died here on Saturday after prolonged illness. Mishra, 76, is survived by a daughter and a son. Mishra, who was BPCC vice president in the 1980s, when the Congress ruled Bihar, breathed his last at his residence in Nurpur locality. In his condolence message, … Read more
(This story originally appeared in on Jan 09, 2022) She is someone who has had the maximum experience in leading Uttar Pradesh among the active politicians but four-time chief minister Mayawati’s absence amid the ongoing political blitzkrieg in the state and a relatively low-key campaign by Bahujan Samaj Party till now has left political pundits … Read more