India

Income Tax raids target Azam Khan and associates

14 Sep 2023 08:51 AM IST

The Income Tax department conducted raids on the properties of former minister Mo. Azam Khan on Wednesday morning. These raids were carried out to uncover financial irregularities related to Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar Trust. The Income Tax department also conducted raids on the residences and offices of Azam Khan’s associates

Delhi govt seeks land parcels from road-owning agencies

14 Sep 2023 08:45 AM IST

The Delhi government will be writing to various road-owning agencies to give them land parcels for stationing food trucks as part of its ambitious plan to promote night time economy, officials said on Wednesday. The government had identified 16 locations where these food trucks would be stationed, but the plan

ABVP organises Chhatra Garjana rally ahead of nomination day

14 Sep 2023 08:44 AM IST

After the announcement of the Delhi University Student Union election, preparations for the same are going on at the war front. The ABVP (Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad), which has been winning this election for the last two times, organised a “Chhatra Garjana” rally in front of the Arts Faculty building.

PM Modi to host dinner to honour Delhi cops for successful G20 Summit

14 Sep 2023 08:40 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited around 450 personnel of the Delhi Police for a dinner on Saturday as a thanksgiving gesture for their contribution in providing impeccable security during the G20 Leaders’ Summit, officials said. They said all zonal in-charges, including those in the Bharat Mandapam area, the venue

Illegal to recruit teachers to ferry people to Kejriwal’s rallies: Bajwa

14 Sep 2023 08:36 AM IST

The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Punjab Vidhan Sabha, Partap Singh Bajwa on Wednesday slammed the Aam Aadm Party-led Punjab government for appointing school teachers and principals to ferry the AAP’s workers and other people to Amritsar, where the party’s national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated

‘Congress to demand declaration of Himachal crisis a national disaster in Parliament’

14 Sep 2023 08:35 AM IST

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said Mandi MP Pratibha Singh would raise in the special session of Parliament A demand for declaring the recent calamity in Himachal Pradesh a “national disaster”. However, Gandhi said she was “not sure” if Singh, who is also the Himachal Congress chief, would

Punjab speaker apprises Gadkari about road accidents in statE

14 Sep 2023 08:33 AM IST

Punjab’s Speaker in the State Legislative Assembly, Kultar Singh Sandhwan on Wednesday called on Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari to discuss connectivity and the condition of roads in the state. During his meeting with Gadkari, Sandhwan raised the issue of accidents at Tehna village of Kotkapura constituency

As LS polls approach, I.N.D.I.A bloc parties turn focus towards seat sharing

14 Sep 2023 08:31 AM IST

In the run-up to the forthcoming elections, the path for the I.N.D.I.A alliance in Haryana does not appear to be easy. Recently, having organised a training camp for leaders of its Haryana unit, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced that it would be contesting the Assembly elections alone after training

Manipuris in Kolkata vow to restore peace at home

14 Sep 2023 08:27 AM IST

Sarjit Singh, who hails from Imphal, has been living in Calcutta for more than 20 years. He is an electrical contractor who used to travel between Manipur and Calcutta for work. He has not visited Manipur since May when the violence erupted. “We had a family home in Moreh, a

Kishan Reddy attacks BRS govt for letting down unemployed youth

14 Sep 2023 08:26 AM IST

Slamming the BRS government in Telangana for allegedly letting down unemployed youth since it came to power in 2014, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Wednesday said the youth would teach the ruling party a lesson. He asserted the BJP, after coming to power in the state, would provide jobs

Income plan for women will mark 100% fulfilment of DMK’s promises: TN CM

14 Sep 2023 08:24 AM IST

The rollout of the Basic Income Scheme for Women on September 15 would mark the fulfilment of 100 per cent of the DMK’s electoral assurances, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin said on Wednesday. In his address at a family function of his party legislator S Thangapandian, Stalin, pointing

Poster war resumes in MP taking election campaigning to a new low

14 Sep 2023 08:22 AM IST

The campaign of BJP and Congress is gradually intensifying in Madhya Pradesh as elections are drawing closer. Both political parties are not allowing their campaign machinery to weaken at any level, which is giving rise to new election antics like poster war. While Congress is using social media for campaigning.