Category: National

Kolkata, March 21 The marathon raid and search operation by the Income Tax sleuths at the residence of Swarup Biswas, the younger brother of West Bengal Power and Housing Minister, Aroop Biswas, continued on Thursday, said officials. The Income Tax sleuths reached his residence at New Alipore in South Kolkata on Wednesday morning and were

Patna, March 21 The alliance politics has not yielded dividends for the Congress in Bihar where it has been in partnership for the last 26 years. The party has obtained more than 10 per cent votes only once in the Lok Sabha elections held in the state in the last 26 years. The grand old

New Delhi, March 21 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is likely to skip Enforcement Directorate’s ninth summons issued in connection with the now-scrapped excise policy case, said the AAP sources. This decision comes after he submitted a fresh plea to the Delhi High Court, requesting the court to instruct the ED to refrain from taking

New Delhi, March 21 The BSE Sensex on Thursday climbed 743.95 points or 1.03 per cent to 72,845.64 in early trade. NTPC, IndusInd Bank are top gainers – up by 3 per cent. The uncertainty regarding the Fed decision is over with the Fed keeping the rates unchanged and refraining from a hawkish message, says

Kochi, March 21 A tough Lok Sabha poll battle has returned to Chalakudy constituency in Kerala after nearly a decade. While the Congress has decided to retain Benny Behanan the sitting member, the CPI(M) has brought in former state Education Minister, C Raveendranath and the BJP-led NDA has fielded KA Unnikrishnan who belongs to its ally

Gurugram, March 20 Medanta Hospital CMD Dr. Naresh Trehan has become the target of cyber thugs, who made viral a deepfake video that purportedly shows him publicising a drug with a fake testimony by him, the police said on Tuesday. Based on a complaint filed by the hospital’s Assistant Vice-President (Marketing), Harish Aswani, a case

Lucknow, March 20 In a gruesome incident, two minor brothers were brutally murdered by their neighbour at their home in UP’s Budaun on Tuesday, sparking tension and violence in the city. The accused was shot dead by the police as he tried to flee the crime spot, a senior police officer said. Rakesh Singh, IG,

Patna, March 20 A police outpost in Bihar’s Vaishali was attacked on Tuesday and two personnel were injured, after a Dalit woman alleged that her son was beaten up for filling his bucket from there, while she and her daughter faced misbehaviour when they intervened. The district police, however, denied the allegations of assaulting the

Bengaluru, March 20 The Karnataka BJP on Tuesday criticised the Congress government over “politics of appeasement” following a social media post by the brother of a man accused of attacking a shop owner for allegedly playing Hanuman Chalisa. Taking it to social media, the Karnataka BJP slammed the “fundamentalist elements” treading the same path as that of the

Mathura, March 20 Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) President Jayant Chaudhary has appealed to his party workers to ‘forget old things’ and now open their doors for BJP workers. Chaudhary was addressing a ‘Braj Samman’ ceremony in Mathura for the first time after joining the BJP-led NDA. Jayant Chaudhary’s statement is significant since it comes amid reports of