The West Bengal Police has filed three FIRs but are yet to make any arrest in connection with Friday’s attacks on Enforcement Directorate officials at Sandeshkhali in the North 24 Parganas district. The officials were in Sandeshkhali to raid Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan’s residence over the PDS case, where ration to be distributed through … Read more
Ramping up the number of caste-meetings per district with focus on castes that have more than 20,000 votes per district as well as establishing dialogue with students belonging to backward classes and apprising them of PM Narendra Modi’s “global” influence; the UP BJP’s OBC wing has drawn an elaborate plan of outreach to the backward … Read more
A voter turnout of more than 80% was recorded in Karanpur assembly election in Rajasthan where minister Surendra Pal Singh is in the race as the BJP candidate, according to officials. The polling, which began at 7 am and continued till 6 pm, was held peacefully. The counting of votes will take place on January … Read more
Delhi Police on Saturday urged a court here to frame charges against BJP MP and former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in a case of alleged sexual harassment of women wrestlers. The police opposed the contention of the accused that since some of the alleged incidents took place overseas, they do not fall in … Read more
All India United Democratic Front President Badruddin Ajmal (AIUDF)on Saturday asked Muslims people to avoid travel by train and remain at home during the inauguration of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22. Ajmal who is also an alumnus of Darul Uloon Deoband while talking to media persons said, “There will be huge movement … Read more
Former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday alleged the Enforcement Directorate has mentioned his name in its supplementary charge sheet in the Mahadev betting app case as part of a “political conspiracy” at the behest of its “political masters”. The Congress leader also alleged the federal agency has been fraudulently arresting people and pressuring … Read more
BHUBANESWAR: Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday inaugurated the Daspalla station in Odisha’s Nayagarh district and the Nuagaon Road-Daspalla line. Vaishnaw also flagged off four trains that have been extended till Daspalla. These trains are Bhubaneswar-Nayagarh Town Express, Bhubaneswar-Nuagaon Road Passenger Special, Puri-Nuagaon Road Passenger Special and the Bhadrak-Nayagarh Town MEMU. Speaking at the inauguration … Read more
An MP-MLA court here on Saturday postponed to January 18 the hearing in a case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Union minister Amit Shah as advocates were occupied with a judicial workshop. The case stems from a lawsuit filed on August 4, 2018, by BJP leader Vijay Mishra, … Read more
The panel on ‘One Nation, One Election’ led by former president Ram Nath Kovind has invited suggestions from the public “for making appropriate changes in the existing legal administrative framework to enable simultaneous elections in the country”. In a public notice, the high-level committee said the suggestions received by January 15 would be taken up … Read more
BHUBANESWAR: Twenty-one national leaders of the BJP will campaign in the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha ahead of the elections, senior party leader Jaynarayan Mishra said. Mishra, the leader of opposition in the state assembly, said central and state leaders will be made in-charges of all the 147 assembly segments. He said Prime Minister … Read more
