NEW DELHI: A special executive magistrate on Wednesday ordered the release of Cockroach Janata Party leaders Ashutosh Ranka and Saurav Das, seven days after they were taken into custody.The CJP leaders were sent to five days of judicial custody on October 13 following a protest at Jantar Mantar seeking CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over alleged…
(Representative image): The committee stressed that “inappropriate behaviour or language should not be normalised in telecast”, and urged broadcasters to follow both the letter and spirit of existing rules. NEW DELHI: Flagging repeated lapses in television content, the information and broadcasting ministry has asked private satellite channels to check communal rhetoric, sensational coverage of crime…
SEM orders release of CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka; Delhi’s AQI slips into ‘poor category’ & more A special executive magistrate has ordered the release of CJP leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who were detained in connection with the Jantar Mantar protest. Delhi’s air quality has slipped into the ‘poor’ category, prompting authorities…
NEW DELHI: Stating that peace had been established in the country’s three primary hotspots — Jammu and Kashmir, northeast region and areas affected by Left-wing extremism — home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said the home ministry is now focused on the next big challenge, the drug menace, and aims to make the country completely…
El Niño is putting the world on alert, and India could be among the countries facing its next major weather test. After a monsoon marked by a 13 per cent rainfall deficit, attention is shifting to whether the climate phenomenon will bring a warmer winter, disrupt rainfall patterns and add to the pressure on agriculture.From…
‘Like Ravana in disguise’: BJP accuses opposition forces of plotting ‘regime change’ NEW DELHI: BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Wednesday accused certain opposition forces of attempting to destabilise India under the guise of legitimate public demands, alleging that their ultimate objective was “regime change” through violence and conspiracy.Referring to the Prime Minister’s Vijayadashami address, Trivedi…
BJP hits back at Rahul Gandhi over RSS remarks on gender inequality NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks accusing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of gender inequality, with party leaders alleging hypocrisy and questioning his understanding of the organisation.BJP national spokesperson CR Kesavan…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed for a week the investigation against former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and others in the alleged CMRL bribery case.It also allowed them to approach a division bench of the Kerala High Court against a single judge’s order directing the registration of an FIR.On October 9, the Kerala…
Marco Rubio says Washington will not comment on India’s handling of anti-EC protests, leaving the matter to Indians to decide NEW DELHI: US secretary of state Marco Rubio on Wednesday dismissed the term “UN experts” as an “oxymoron” when asked about the United Nations’ criticism of India’s handling of anti-Election Commission protests, calling the issue…
Hardeep Singh Puri has said that he met Jeffrey Epstein “three or maximum four” times in a professional capacity before joining the Union Cabinet in 2017 NEW DELHI: The opposition leaders including those from Congress, TMC and NCP (SP) shared picture of petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri‘s meeting with sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein demanding answers…
