Though a draft amendment introduced by petitioners, on Wednesday, in the Gujarat High Court (HC) challenging the continuous prohibitory orders issued under Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) section 144, read with certain provisions of the Gujarat Police (GP) Act, mentioned three recent orders issued in Ahmedabad city, it has been observed that Vadodara and Surat too have…
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‘India heading for second Partition’: Netaji’s grand-nephew Chandra Kumar Bose warns PM Modi
‘India heading for second Partition’: Netaji’s grand-nephew Chandra Kumar Bose warns PM Modi On the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, his grand-nephew and BJP’s Bengal unit Vice President Chandra Kumar Bose dropped a bombshell. Without naming the Citizenship Amendment Act, Bose said that the nation is moving towards a “second Partition”. Speaking to…
Congress MLA, 5 others injured in a low intensity blast in Bengaluru
Karnataka Congress MLA N A Haris and five others got injured after a low-intensity blast took place during celebrations of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M G Ramachandran’s birth anniversary at Shanthinagar in Bengaluru on Wednesday. The incident took place at around 8:30 PM when the Shanthinagar MLA was attending an event to commemorate the…
Prithviraj Chavan : Shiv Sena wanted to form govt with Congress, NCP in 2014
Former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan’s statement that the Shiv Sena wanted to form a coalition government with the Congress and NCP after 2014 state elections has set off a political storm. In an interview with PTI, when asked what made the Congress join hands with the ideologically opposite Sena, Chavan said, ‘A similar situation emerged…
‘Cannot do terror politics just because we have numbers’: Chandra Kumar Bose on CAA
‘Cannot do terror politics just because we have numbers’: Chandra Kumar Bose on CAA Amid continuing protests against CAA, NRC taking place in the country, West Bengal BJP vice president Chandra Kumar Bose said that he has suggested to the party leadership that with a little modification, the entire opposition campaign will fizzle out. Bose…
Indira Jaising Should be ‘Ashamed’; We Aren’t as ‘Large-hearted’ as Sonia Gandhi: Nirbhaya’s Father
New Delhi: Nirbhaya’s father on Saturday said senior lawyer Indira Jaising should be “ashamed” of suggesting pardon for the four death row convicts in his daughter’s gangrape case and said his family isn’t as “large-hearted” as Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. He also demanded an apology from Jaising, who is known for her stand against capital…
PM Modi doing biggest disservice to nation by dividing people: Rahul Gandhi after Opposition meeting
Training his guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said he was doing biggest disserving to the nation by distracting and dividing people of India. Gandhi, the former Congress President, was addressing the media after concluding a meeting of the Opposition parties in New Delhi. Gandhi challenged Modi to go…
Iran launches missile attacks on 2 US airbases in Iraq, says Pentagon
Iran fired missiles Wednesday at Iraqi bases used by the US military, officials in Washington and Tehran said, in the first act of the Islamic republic’s promised revenge for the US killing of a top Iranian general.
Delhi assembly elections to be held on February 8, results on February 11, Model Code of Conduct imposed
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora announced the dates of Delhi assembly elections on Monday. Elections in Delhi will be held in a single phase. Model Code of Conduct comes into effect in Delhi from today.
Top ministers embark on CAA outreach campaign
Union home minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah led senior ministers and party leaders in a door-to-door campaign as part of a nationwide outreach campaign in favour of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act that has sparked fierce protests across India. Shah visited homes in Lajpat Nagar and other parts of south Delhi and…
UP: Congress will ensure justice, says Priyanka Gandhi to victims’ kin
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday met family members of those killed during protests against the new citizenship law in Meerut and Muzaffarnagar and asked local party leaders to help the families in filing cases against ‘police brutality’. ‘The primary job of police is to ensure security of people and not to harass them,…
Maharashtra: BJP’s defeat in civic elections, Shiv Sena alliance capture in Nashik and Kolhapur
Mumbai: In Maharashtra, the BJP lost on Thursday at the hands of the Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP alliance, the posts of president and vice president of Nashik and Kolhapur district councils. However, the BJP managed to save the post of president and vice-president in Sangli Zilla Parishad where Shiv Sena members decided to support it.
Have conveyed Congress stand to Uddhav, he will decide: Ashok Chavan on portfolio allocation
MUMBAI: The Congress said on late Thursday night that it had conveyed its stand about portfolio allocation to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
PM Modi, Pranab Mukherjee, top political leaders invited to Hemant Soren’s swearing-in
Ranchi, Dec 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former president Pranab Mukherjee, chief ministers Mamata Banerjee and Uddhav Thackeray, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are among those invited to Jharkhand chief minister-designate Hemant Sorens swearing-in ceremony on December 29. The others invited to the programme to be held at the sprawling Mohrabadi grounds here are…
Anna Hazare demands his security be withdrawn, writes to CM Uddhav Thackeray
PUNE: Social activist Anna Hazare has demanded that the security provided to him by the government be withdrawn.
Hazare sent a letter to this effect to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday.
Security cover to him was a waste of public money, he said.
Many people had threatened him in the past, but he always ignored them, he said.
“I had requested the state government to revoke my security. But the government has not responded to my request. In the meantime, I came to know that the government is revoking the security of some people.