Country is ‘fatigued’ under Modi govt, looking for way out: Rahul
New Delhi, Mar 17 :The country is in a way “fatigued” under the Narendra Modi dispensation and is looking for a way out, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said and asserted that his party alone can show the path forward. In his brief inaugural address at the 84th Congress Plenary Session, he launched a scathing […]
Sanjrani invites Baloch separatists to enter national mainstream
Islamabad, Mar 17: Pakistan Senate Chairman Sadiq Sanjrani on Saturday invited Baloch separatists to enter the national mainstream, ‘Express News’ reported. Senate is the only institution where every province has equal representatives, Sanjrani told reporters after paying respects at Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah’s mausoleum. He said the election of an independent candidate as the upper […]
Pak SC orders all political advertisements, banners to be removed by April 4
Islamabad, Mar 17: Pakistan Supreme Court on Saturday ordered for all advertisements, signboards and panaflex with pictures of politicians to be removed. During the hearing of hanging of political banners and advertisements, the Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar said that information of all the signboards which feature pictures of politicians be presented in […]
TDP quits NDA; moves no-confidence motion against Modi govt
Amaravati/New Delhi, Mar 16 :The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) today ended its four-year-old alliance with the BJP and walked out of the NDA, eight days after two of its union ministers resigned over the Centre’s refusal to grant Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh. Upping the ante within hours after party president and chief […]
Pak court orders suspension of passport of ‘absconder’ Musharraf
Islamabad, Mar 16 :In a blow to Pakistan’s former dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, the special court hearing the high treason case against him has also authorised the government to suspend his passport as well as his national identity card, according to a media report today. Last week, the special court had ordered the […]
CPI to support no-confidence motion against NDA govt
Hyderabad, Mar 16 : The CPI will support the no-confidence motion moved by Andhra Pradesh parties against the NDA government, the party General Secretary S Sudhakar Reddy said today. “Our party supports it (no-confidence motion) completely,” Reddy told PTI, describing it as a “positive development.” The no-confidence motion is a logical conclusion as the […]
Mamata Banerjee welcomes TDP’s decision to quit NDA
Kolkata, Mar 16 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today welcomed the Telugu Desam Party’s decision to quit the NDA and urged all opposition parties to work closely together against “atrocities, economic calamities and political instability”. Banerjee’s remark came after the TDP this morning formally decided to exit the Narendra Modi government over the […]
Court orders Pak govt to explain JuD, charity ban
Lahore, Mar 16 : The Lahore High Court today gave a deadline of 15 days to the Pakistan government to explain why Hafiz Saeed’s outfit JuD and its charity wing had been banned and their accounts frozen. The court order came during a petition filed by Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Saeed yesterday, challenging a notification of […]
JNU prof booked over sexual harassment claims by women students
New Delhi, Mar 16 : A case has been registered against a professor of the JNU’s School of Life Sciences (SLS) following allegations of sexual harassment against him by a group of women students, police said today. The FIR was registered at the Vasant Kunj police station in southwest Delhi, they said. “The professor often […]
Daler Mehndi convicted in human trafficking cases
Patiala, Mar 16 :A court here today sentenced Punjabi pop singer Daler Mehndi to two year imprisonment in connection with his role in human trafficking cases. He was held guilty under relevant sections of IPC by the court of Judicial Magistrate first class Judge Nidhi Saini, counsel Gurpreet Singh Bhasin said. A fine of Rs […]
