Mamata Banerjee vs Suvendu Adhikari 2.0 in West Bengal. NEW DELHI: All eyes are on the high-stakes battle between West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and the assembly’s opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari as counting of votes take place on Monday.All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Banerjee re-contested from Bhowanipore seat, which went to polls in…
NEW DELHI: A day after a 30-year-old judge allegedly died by suicide at his residence in south Delhi’s Green Park, police registered a case of abetment on Sunday following a complaint from his father alleging harassment by the in-laws. Police were tight-lipped on whether anyone was named in the FIR.The deceased, Aman Sharma, was secretary…
NEW DELHI: Two days after government issued a detailed note on the ambitious Great Nicobar Project, clarifying certain questions raised by Rahul Gandhi, Congress countered its stance on Sunday by saying Centre had failed to address serious concerns raised by affected local communities, environmentalists, anthropologists, academics and civil society voices regarding the project. The opposition…
A 25-year-old murdered his wife by crushing her head with a stone in a forest in the presence of their son. He then rode for 2km into a densely forested area and abandoned the kid BHOPAL: A two-year-old boy, unclothed waist down, walked barefoot alone for nearly 20 hours through a forest full of wild…
Puducherry voting (Image/ANI) NEW DELHI: Counting of votes for the Puducherry assembly elections will begin on Monday at 8 am, with clear trends expected within a few hours as the Union Territory has only 30 constituencies.The election witnessed a record voter turnout of 89.83% and is being closely watched as a high-stakes contest between the…
Rahul Gandhi holds a clay pot during a public rally in support of party candidate for Thuraiyur constituency Lenin Prasath in Tiruchirappalli district. (PTI) NEW DELHI: In Tamil Nadu’s tightly structured alliance politics, the verdict is often as much about continuity as it is about change. With voting now complete and results due, attention turns…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal heads into counting day with an unusually tight contest that has kept both the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on edge. Exit polls point to a split verdict, and after a campaign marked by sharp rhetoric, high turnout and persistent allegations, the outcome now hinges on…
NEW DELHI: Wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Sunday disclosed that she is one of the six female wrestlers who had accused former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexual harassment.The announcement comes just days before her return at a ranking tournament in Brij Bhushan’s stronghold Gonda, marking her first appearance in nearly…
Solicitor General of India, Tushar Mehta. NEW DELHI: Extraordinary courtroom reverence shown worldwide by lawyers to judges has afflicted some judges with a false sense of divinity, turning a few ‘My Lords’ into bullies, senior advocate and solicitor general Tushar Mehta says in his upcoming book — a take that avoids contempt but may still…
NEW DELHI: The India-Nepal border dispute could see another flare-up with the new government in Kathmandu officially objecting to India’s decision to resume Kailash Mansarovar Yatra, with support from China, through the Uttarakhand state crossing at Lipulekh Pass that is claimed by Nepal.Indian government later dismissed Nepal’s territorial claims, saying India has consistently maintained that…
