Secunderabad is set to witness a three-cornered contest as the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) appears to have an edge in its bid for a maiden win in this Lok Sabha constituency, which so far elected either Congress or BJP candidates. Eighteen years after TRS came into being and five years after Telangana state became […]
“I have never contested an election on caste issues and never will. As an individual, I have always pursued the politics of humanity, the politics of ‘insaniyat in my entire political career,” said Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh as he prepares to seek re-election from Lucknow – a constituency held five times by former Prime […]
BJP chief Amit Shah’s nomination filing on Saturday turned out to be a show of strength by the NDA, with major allies Shiv Sena and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) pitching for another term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Shah, at the helm of affairs here at a public meeting at Sardar Patel Chowk, was praised […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the whole country was happy with India’s bombing of the terrorist camp in Pakistan but not the Congress and also the terrorists. “The Indian armed forces for the first time killed the terrorists in their own territory. While the whole world stood by India, the Congress family […]
Bollywood actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, who has finally quit the BJP, feels that the Congress is the political future of India. Q: So you have finally done what we knew for some time?FBGFQ A: (laughs heartily) Raaz ki baat jo sab jaante the. Open Secret. Yes, I have joined hands with Soniaji, Rahul and Priyanka. I […]
The Supreme Court has designated six female lawyers, including Madhavi Goradia Divan, Additional Solicitor General (ASG), as senior advocates. Besides Divan, the other five lawyers are Aishwarya Bhati, Menaka Guruswamy, Anitha Shenoy, Aparajita Singh and Priya Hingorani. It was part of the March 27 announcement when the top court designated 37 lawyers as senior advocates […]
The Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday rejected the bail plea of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi suspecting he could “flee” Britain and “interfere with witnesses”, said sources. Judge Emma Arbuthnot has granted the Metropolitan Police custody of the 48-year-old businessman till the next hearing on April 26. Arbuthnot is the same judge who ordered the extradition […]
Eight persons, including a woman, were killed, and 24 others injured on Friday when a speeding bus rammed into a truck from the rear on the Yamuna Expressway here, police in Uttar Pradesh said. The accident occurred at around 5 a.m. near Karauli village some 29 kilometre from the Expressway Zero point. The bus packed […]
The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the life imprisonment of P. Rajagopal, the owner of South Indian hotel chain Saravana Bhavan, for murdering employee, Prince Shantakumar, in October 2001 to marry his wife on the advice of an astrologer. The bench headed by Justice N.V. Ramana gave Rajagopal time till July 7 to surrender. The […]
An Indian driver whose truck was involved in a crash that killed 16 people on an ice hockey team bus has been sentenced to eight years in prison, according to media reports. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu was sentenced on Friday by Saskatchewan Province Judge Inez Cardinal to eight years for each of those killed and five […]