10 killed in Taliban suicide attack near Sharif’s residence
Lahore, Mar 15 : A teenaged Taliban suicide bomber attacked a police check-post near the residence of Pakistan’s ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Lahore, killing 10 people, including six policemen, police said. According to rescue officials, the blast took place last night close to a police check post, a few kilometres from the palatial […]
Rahul Gandhi meets Sharad Pawar to put up united front against BJP: Sources
New Delhi, Mar 15:Congress president Rahul Gandhi has met NCP chief Sharad Pawar to step up efforts and put up an united front against the BJP ahead of the 2019 general elections, sources said today. The meeting with the National Congress Party (NCP) leader comes amid the party’s poor performance and loss in the […]
SC stays defamation proceedings by Jay Shah against news portal
New Delhi, Mar 15 : The Supreme Court today asked a Gujarat trial court not to proceed till April 12 with the criminal defamation complaint filed by BJP president Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah against the news portal The Wire and its journalists. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra asked Jay Shah and […]
India’s first cloned Assamese buffalo born
Hisar (Har), Mar 15 : A cloned Assamese buffalo male calf has been born for the first time, the Central Institute for Research on Buffaloes (CIRB) claimed here. “We used unique methods and produced this clone calf, Sach-Gaurav, on December 22, 2017 through a normal delivery,” CIRB cloning team head P S Yadav said today. […]
Pak SC indicts PML-N minister for contempt of court
Islamabad, Mar 15: Pakistan’s Supreme Court today indicted a PML-N minister in a contempt case for making speeches against the judiciary after the apex court disqualified former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the Panama Papers scandal, the second minister to face such charges this week. A three-judge apex court bench, comprising Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan, […]
Cong walks out of meet on Lok Sabha agenda
New Delhi, Mar 15 :The Congress today walked out of the meeting of the Business Advisory Committee (BAC) of Lok Sabha, alleging that the central government was adopting an “undemocratic” approach and bulldozing the proceedings in the House. A meeting of the BAC to decide on the Lok Sabha’s agenda for next week was […]
UP bypolls: SP wins Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats
NEW DELHI, Mar 14: The “snake and the mongoose” proved to be giant killers in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur today, taking a commanding lead over the BJP candidate in the Lok Sabha bypoll. “Snake and mongoose” are what UP’s BJP chief minister Adityanath called the BSP and the SP when they decided to band together – […]
Will go back to drawing board, say BJP leaders
Lucknow, Mar 14 : Stung by the unexpected reversals in two crucial Lok Sabha bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP said today it will go back to the drawing board and revisit its strategy ahead of the general elections next year especially with the SP and BSP drawing closer. “We had not seen the Samajwadi […]
Voters are angry with BJP: Rahul after by-election result
New Delhi, Mar 14 : Congratulating the winners of the Lok Sabha by-elections, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said it was clear that people were angry with the BJP and would vote for any non-BJP candidate with the potential to win. He also said the Congress was keen to rebuild the party in Uttar Pradesh […]
SC rejects all interim pleas to intervene as parties in Ayodhya dispute
New Delhi, Mar 14 : The Supreme Court today rejected all interim pleas seeking to intervene as parties in the sensitive Babri masjid- Ram temple land dispute case. A special bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices Ashok Bhushan and S A Najeeb accepted the contention that only original parties to the dispute be […]
