Lok Sabha elections | BJP’s ‘ideological ancestors’ supported British, Muslim League against Indians, says Mallikarjun Kharge

April 08, 2024 03:32 pm | Updated 03:32 pm IST - New Delhi The BJP's "ideological ancestors" supported the British and the Muslim League against Indians in the freedom struggle, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said on April 8 as he hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his 'Muslim …...Read More

'Kanyadaan' not necessary for solemnising marriage under Hindu Marriage Act: Allahabad High Court

April 08, 2024 03:30 pm | Updated 03:30 pm IST - Lucknow The Allahabad High Court has held that ‘kanyadaan’ is not necessary for solemnisation of marriage under the Hindu Marriage Act, and only ‘saptapadi’ is an essential ceremony. A Bench of Justice Subhash Vidyarthi made the observation while hearing …...Read More

Freezing CPI(M)’s bank account part of BJP’s efforts to stifle Opposition, says CPI(M) Kerala secretary M.V. Govindan

April 08, 2024 03:23 pm | Updated 03:23 pm IST - KOCHI The freezing of the bank account of the CPI(M) Thrissur district committee in Kerala by the Income Tax department was part of “the undemocratic measures” of the BJP government to stifle the Opposition parties and to get the …...Read More

₹3.11 crore challans imposed on heavy vehicles, ₹41.05 lakh paid

April 08, 2024 03:20 pm | Updated 03:20 pm IST - HYDERABAD As many as 24,343 challans were generated so far in 2024 against heavy vehicles for violation of entry and exit timing restrictions in Cyberabad. The penal amount totalled ₹3.11 crore across 16 police stations in the Cyberabad Commissionerate …...Read More

No jobs, no polling say people in Karnataka whose land was acquired by KIADB

April 08, 2024 03:13 pm | Updated 03:13 pm IST - MYSURU The residents of Alaganchi village in Varuna Assembly constituency in Mysuru district, whose lands were acquired by the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB), have threatened to boycott the Lok Sabha elections to press their demand for employment …...Read More

Supreme Court stays corruption trial against T.N. Minister I. Periyasamy

April 08, 2024 03:03 pm | Updated 03:33 pm IST - NEW DELHI The Supreme Court on Monday, April 8, 2024 stayed the trial of Tamil Nadu Rural Development Minister I. Periyasamy in a corruption case regarding the alleged allotment of a High Income Group plot in the Mogappair Eri …...Read More

BJP Minister's picture figures on banner at Rahul Gandhi's rally in Madhya Pradesh; Congress calls it 'human error'

April 08, 2024 02:55 pm | Updated 02:56 pm IST - Bhopal The Congress was left red-faced after a video surfaced on social media, showing a picture of Union Minister and BJP candidate Faggan Singh Kulaste on a banner at Rahul Gandhi's rally in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla Lok Sabha seat …...Read More

BJP won’t even touch double digits in South India, says Karnataka Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar in Kerala

April 08, 2024 02:54 pm | Updated 02:58 pm IST - KOCHI Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar has said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may not even cross the double-digit mark in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from South India. “In South India, there will be a big …...Read More

Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar: Vidarbha voters set to defy Narendra Modi in 10 Lok Sabha seats

April 08, 2024 02:50 pm | Updated 03:26 pm IST - Gadchiroli In Maharashtra’s Vidarbha region, the outcome of 10 Lok Sabha seats could hinge on the voters comprising farmers, Dalits, and minorities, who, according to Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in State Assembly Vijay Wadettiwar are poised to …...Read More

BJP wants Governor to apprise Home Ministry on snooping in Telangana

April 08, 2024 02:47 pm | Updated 02:47 pm IST - HYDERABAD Rajya Sabha MP K. Laxman led a delegation of BJP leaders, including former MLAs N.V.S.S. Prabhakar, Ch. Ramachandra Reddy, MLC N. Ramchander Rao, that met Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan urged him to seek a report from the Government and …...Read More