CBI director removed because agency questioned Rafale deal: Rahul Gandhi
Jhalawar (Rajasthan), Oct 24 : Targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the CBI row, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that its Director Alok Verma was removed because the agency was raising questions over the Rafale fighter jet deal. Addressing a public rally in Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district, the home turf of Chief Minister Vasundhara […]
Govt sets up GoM to look into sexual harassment at work place
New Delhi, Oct 24 : A Group of Ministers, headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, has been constituted by the government to strengthen the legal and institutional frameworks to deal with and prevent sexual harassment at workplace. The members of the GoM are Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Women and Child […]
FIR against Azam Khan over ‘defamatory remarks’ against Ambedkar
Lucknow/Badaun, Oct 24 : The police have registered the second FIR in a week against Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, this time for allegedly making defamatory remarks against Dalit icon B R Ambedkar two years ago. The FIR was registered on a complaint by Ambedkar Mahasabha general secretary Amarnath Prajapati at Lucknow’s Hazratganj police station […]
Punjab signs MoUs with Israel for agri research, water conservation and management
Tel Aviv, Oct 24 : The Punjab government has signed four MoUs with Israeli institutions to address issues of farmers and depleting groundwater level in the state. The memorandums of understandings (MoUs) were signed here in the presence of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh Tuesday, the second day of his five-day visit to the Jewish […]
I’ll once again extend hand of friendship to India after 2019 elections: Imran Khan
Riyadh/Islamabad, Oct 23 : Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said that he would once again extend a hand of friendship to India after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections as he believed New Delhi rebuffed his offer of talks because Pakistan is an issue in the elections in the neighbouring country. Speaking at the high-profile […]
BJP damaging, destroying the country’s institutions: Yechury
New Delhi, Oct 23 : Referring to an internal feud in the CBI between its director and deputy director, CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury Tuesday alleged the BJP was damaging and destroying the country’s institutions. In a series of tweets, Yechury said the party’s “nefarious” design needed to be defeated. There was no comment from […]
Uniform national alliance of non-BJP parties unlikely: Pawar
Mumbai, Oct 23 : NCP chief Sharad Pawar Tuesday said he did not see the possibility of all non-BJP parties coming together at the national level to take on the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. He, however, said that he was trying to bring various parties on a common platform. On demands to bring […]
Over Rs 10,000 cr laundered through fake bank accounts: JIT to Pak SC
Islamabad, Oct 23 : Over Rs 10,000 crore were laundered allegedly through fake bank accounts, mostly of poor people, the joint investigation team probing the scam has informed the Pakistan Supreme Court, a media report said. The Joint Investigation Team (JIT), which submitted its second report in the case to the apex court on Monday, […]
Ram temple not poll issue, but a matter of faith: Shahnawaz
Mumbai, Oct 23 : BJP spokesman Shahnawaz Hussain Tuesday said the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya was not an electoral issue for his party but a “matter of faith”. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat had last week demanded a law to enable construction of the Ram temple, saying it was necessary for “self-esteem” (of the […]
CBI at war with itself under Modi rule: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi, Oct 22 : Congress president Rahul Gandhi Monday alleged the CBI was being used as a “weapon of political vendetta” under the Modi government and that the premier investigation agency was on a terminal decline and “at war with itself”. Taking to Twitter, he cited a media report where the Central Bureau of Investigation’s […]
