The Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday acquitted Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his Deputy Manish Sisodia and Yogendra Yadav (former AAP leader) in a criminal defamation case filed by lawyer Surender Sharma, who claimed that his candidature from AAP was cancelled in 2013 assembly elections at last moment. The Additional […]
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Police deployed in force for Munawar Faruqui’s show in Hyderabad
Police was seen deployed in strength ahead of standup comedian Munawar Faruqui’s show in Hyderabad on Saturday. Amidst tight security, people who had brought tickets for the show were ushered into the venue at Shilpakala in Hitech City under the Madhapur police station limits. People were being told not to […]
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Himachal Pradesh: Two killed in house collapse due to heavy rainfall in Kangra
Two persons including a 9-year-old boy died in Himachal’s Kangra district early on Saturday in separate incidents of house collapse due to heavy rain in the state, officials said. “The 9-year-old boy was reported dead in Shahpur sub-division and another death was reported from Dheera sub-division of a 48-year-old migrant labourer. Both […]
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Kerala: Art director assaulted for attaching Tiranga over car; 2 held
The Kerala Police on Saturday arrested two persons for allegedly assaulting an art director Arkan S Karma after he attached a tricolor to his car, ahead of Independence Day. “Police arrested two persons after an art director was allegedly assaulted for, as he claims, attaching the tricolor to his car on August […]
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Pakistan Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb demands Imran Khan’s arrest
Pakistan’s Information and Broadcasting Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb demanded the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the foreign funding case. She said that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) should arrest Imran Khan like that of the Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) leaders who were apprehended on the basis of mere accusations, reported The Express Tribune “If the FIA […]
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Jahangirpuri Violence: Delhi court commits case to Sessions court for hearing
A Delhi Court committed the Jahangirpuri violence case to Sessions court after cognisance and other legal formalities that is listed before the Sessions court on August 22. This case is connected with violence that took place on April 16 during a procession on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) […]
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Karnataka: 16 arrested in connection with “death threat” to Siddaramaiah
Sixteen people have been arrested in connection with a death threat received by the state Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah, police said on Saturday. “A total of 16 people have been arrested in Kodagu in connection with the death threat calls to LoP Siddaramaiah, 9 people have been arrested in Kushalnagar and 7 […]
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Kerala Governor announces “full-fledged inquiry” to probe University appointments
Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan on Saturday said that he will order a full-fledged investigation into allegations of nepotism in appointments made to various posts in Universities in the state. His statement comes in the wake of a controversy in which the Governor stayed the appointment of Priya Varghese, wife of chief minister Pinarayi […]
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Pahalgam bus accident: Amit Shah meets injured ITBP personnel in AIIMS Trauma Centre
Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited AIIMS Trauma Center here on Saturday and enquired about the health condition of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel injured in the tragic road accident that occurred in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on August 16. Shah reached the hospital around 1 pm and personally checked about health conditions […]
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Telangana BJP Chief gives boycott call for Munawar Faruqui’s show scheduled in Hyderabad
Addressing a public meeting in Jangaon on Friday, Bharatiya Janata Party MP and BJP Telangana State President Bandi Sanjay Kumar gave a boycott call to Munawar Faruqui’s show which is scheduled for today in Hyderabad. “Faruqui had insulted ‘Sita’ and said, “Munawar insulted Sita whom we worship, see her everywhere and she […]
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Armed Force Tribunal will boost pending court cases, says Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday asserted that the Armed Forces Tribunal will boost the cases lying pending in the Courts. “Court cases from different domains and of diversity are increasing continuously in the courts, due to which their disposal has become time consuming…Armed Forces Tribunal will boost this,” […]
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Uttarakhand: CM Dhami visits areas affected by cloudburst in Dehradun
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inspected the affected areas in Sarkhet village in Dehradun’s Raipur where a cloudburst incident was reported on Saturday. Dhami ordered the State Disaster Management Department and other administrative officials to be on alert mode in a view of the devastation following heavy rainfall in the Garhwal […]
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KCR rally to showcase strength ahead of Amit Shah’s visit to Telangana
The ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) on Saturday started its campaign for the Munugode Assembly seat in by-election just a day before Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to the state. The state Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao will hold a public meeting today. Ahead of CM KCRs Munugode public […]
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Telangana: ‘Grand Nursery Mela’ to conclude on August 22 in Hyderabad
The 12th edition of a four-day Grand Nursery Mela inaugurated on August 18 will conclude on Monday. The inauguration was done by Telangana Finance and Health Minister T Harish Rao on Thursday. Speaking on the occasion, Rao said, “Telangana government has ambitiously taken the initiative to plant trees. In the past, people (political opponents) […]
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India reported 13,272 new Covid-19 cases
India recorded 13,272 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. On Friday, India reported 15,754 COVID-19 cases. The Ministry also informed that the total cases in the country have now gone up to 4,43,27,890. India’s active caseload currently stands at 1,01,166 […]