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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday said that no one can blame the pilot-in-command of the Air India Boeing Dreamliner that crashed moments after taking off in Ahmedabad and killing 260 people. The apex court told the 91-year-old father that his son, Sumeet Sabharwal, is not to be blamed and “you should not carry…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday took note of the alarming rise in dog bites incidents within institutional areas and ordered institutions like railway station, bus stand, hospitals be made free from stray dogs.A bench of justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta and NV Anjaria directed authorities to launch a joint drive team to catch…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a sharp attack at the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Election Commission, alleging large-scale electoral malpractice and claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi “became the PM through chunav chori.”Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Rahul said his party had gathered extensive evidence to expose…
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday accused India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of committing a “historic sin” by truncating certain parts of Vande Matram which hailed Goddess Durga.In a social media post on X, BJP spokesperson CR Kesavan said that Congress, under Nehru’s presidentship, adopted only a truncated Vande Mataram as the party’s…
KOLKATA: Minority-dominated districts in Bengal bordering Bangladesh are now witnessing an unusual trend – married Muslim couples, who read their vows under Islamic law, are rushing to register their marriages under Section 16 of Special Marriage Act, 1954. According to data accessed by TOI, 1,130 Muslim couples applied to register marriages in Bengal between Nov…
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Thursday asked Calcutta high court not to proceed with the hearing of a PIL challenging West Bengal govt’s new list of OBC sub-groups, which includes 80 from the Muslim community and entitles them to reservation in public employment.Accepting the argument of senior advocate Kapil Sibal who pleaded for stay of…
PATNA: Slamming NDA over its “jungle raj” jibe, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi Thursday alleged that PM Modi and home minister Amit Shah have unleashed real jungle raj across India by misusing ED, CBI & Income Tax dept.Addressing a rally in Bihar‘s Araria, Rahul said INDIA bloc would form an inclusive govt in the state, with…
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and his wife Rajshree Yadav, party leaders and former Bihar CMs Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi and others show their fingers marked with indelible ink after casting votes, in Patna. (PTI Photo) PATNA: Voting in the first phase of the Bihar assembly elections concluded with a 57.9% turnout in Patna…
NEW DELHI: Businessman Anil Ambani has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning on Nov 14 in the alleged SBI loan fraud-related money laundering case against him and his Reliance group, in which the agency attached properties worth Rs 7,500 crore last week. This is the second time he will be questioned by…
PATNA/NEW DELHI: Bihar’s electorate headlined Round 1 of the “vikas versus badlav” battle Thursday with the state’s highest-ever voter turnout of 64.7% in 121 assembly constituencies of 18 districts, marking a decimal-point improvement over the previous record of 64.6% in the 1998 Lok Sabha election. The assembly poll turnout closest to the new record is…
