NEW DELHI: The Hanuman Chalisa controversy in Mumbai continued for the second straight day on Sunday. A holiday court today sent independent MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana to 14-day judicial custody following their arrest on Saturday evening. Several Shiv Sena workers were also arrested for staging protests outside the Rana couple’s … Read more
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday received the first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar award named after the legendary singer. Dedicating the award to all Indians, the Prime Minister said, “Lata Didi was like my elder sister.” The award has been instituted in the memory of the late singer who died on February 6 this … Read more
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Sunday termed as “political vendetta” the allegation by Yes Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor who has told the Enforcement Directorate that he was “forced” to buy an M F Husain painting from party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and questioned his and the ED’s credibility. Kapoor has told the ED that he … Read more
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his monthly radio broadcast ‘Mann Ki Baat’, brought up topics of digital or cashless transactions, water preservation among others, besides talking about the Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya. ‘Digital transactions worth Rs 20k cr recorded daily’Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said digital transactions worth Rs 20,000 crore are now being … Read more
MUMBAI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kirit Somaiya on Sunday said Mumbai Police has refused to register his FIR after he was allegedly attacked by Shiv Sena goons. “Mumbai Police has refused to lodge my FIR. Instead, they lodged a bogus FIR stating that only one stone was hurled. As many as 70-80 Shiv Sainiks … Read more
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said India remains concerned about the risks to global recovery due to rising uncertainty amidst enhanced geopolitical tensions. In her meeting with World Bank President David Malpass, Sitharaman suggested that multilateralism has become more critical as the world is undergoing a phase of exceptional uncertainty. She said that … Read more
LUCKNOW: The UP government is “seriously” contemplating bringing the proposed uniform civil code into force in the state, whether the opposition supports it or not, deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya declared on Saturday. His remark came within a day of Union home minister Amit Shah reportedly telling party functionaries at the BJP office in MP’s … Read more
GUWAHATI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday that the Army has “minimal role in internal security” and it wants AFSPA withdrawn from J&K, but the situation must become conducive for removing emergency powers granted to troops in the Union territory hit by decades of separatism and terrorism. “AFSPA is in force because of the … Read more
JAMMU: Two Kashmir residents were nabbed in connection with the Sunjwan encounter in which two suicide attackers of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) were killed here, a senior police officer said on Saturday. Additional director general of police (ADGP) Mukesh Singh said the force is looking for two more conspirators involved in the planning and transportation of … Read more
India wants to be strong friends with the “liberal world” but it needs Russia’s assistance to defend its borders, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, following criticism about refusal to outright condemn Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. India is the world’s top buyer of Russian weapons, which it uses to deter aggression from neighbors Pakistan … Read more