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SC initiates contempt proceedings against Prashant Bhushan

July 22, 2020

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has initiated suo motu contempt proceedings against advocate Prashant Bhushan for allegedly making derogatory comments against the top court on Twitter. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra and comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and Krishna Murari will take up the matter on Wednesday. The suo...

MP Cong suffers another jolt as MLA jumps ship to BJP

July 18, 2020

Bhopal: Amid the ongoing political crisis in Rajasthan, Congress suffered another blow in Madhya Pradesh after its MLA Sumitra Devi Kasdekar submitted her resignation to pro-tem Speaker Rameshwar Sharma on Friday. Soon after tendering the resignation, Kasdekar met Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan at his residence and joined the BJP....

IAF received last 5 of 22 Apache attack helicopters in June

July 11, 2020

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) received the final five of the 22 Apache attack helicopters from Boeing last month. The force was expecting delivery in March however due to Covid pandemic the delivery got delayed. In March, the force had received five Chinook heavy lift helicopters. In a...

Wangchuk supports Tibet’s freedom from China

July 11, 2020

Leh: One of India’s most iconic educationists, Sonam Wangchuk, has come out in support of Tibet’s freedom from China, which he believes is yet another reason to use “wallet power” against Chinese products. In an interview to IANS in Leh, 53-year-old Wangchuk, whose campaign ï¿½boycott Chinese products’ received overwhelming support...

UP gangster was impressed with Sunny Deol’s ‘Arjun Pandit’

July 8, 2020

New Delhi: Vikas Dubey’s plunge into crime coincided with Sunny Deol thriller Arjun Pandit which released in 1999. Taking a cue from the movie Dubey also became Vikas Pandit, and has been known so in political circles and even among the police personnel, who referred to him as ‘Pandit’. Local...

Kanpur gangster didn’t figure in criminal list despite 71 cases

July 6, 2020

Lucknow : The political connections of Vikas Dubey, the main accused in the killing of eight police personnel in Kanpur on Friday, were so strong that his name did not figure in the list of top ten criminals of the district even though he has 71 criminal cases registered against...

Ex-Andhra minister arrested for murder

July 4, 2020

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh police on Friday night arrested Telugu Desam Party (TDP) leader and former Andhra Pradesh minister Kollu Ravindra in connection with the murder of a leader of ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP). Ravindra was arrested in Tuni in East Godavari district when he was heading towards Visakhapatnam. A...

IPL 13 may go overseas, toss-up between UAE and Sri Lanka

July 3, 2020

New Delhi : The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League is in all probability headed to foreign shores with UAE and Sri Lanka in the race to host the 2020 edition of the cash-rich league. The final announcement is expected soon as the Board of Control for Cricket in...

UN experts call for action against China over human rights abuse

June 27, 2020

New Delhi/Geneva: The United Nations experts have called on the international community to take collective and decisive action to ensure that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime ends violations of its international obligations and human rights of its citizens. In a statement issued by the UN Human Rights Office of...

After business talks, Rajnath attends Victory Day parade in Moscow

June 25, 2020

New Delhi: After strategic business talks, Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Defence Secretary Ajay Kumar attended the Victory Day parade at the Red Square in Moscow on Wednesday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in the Second World War. “I am proud that...

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