CM Adityanath has instructed Chief Secretary Excise Joint operation and Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) to take strict action against those responsible. At least 12 people were killed on Friday after drinking spurious liquor in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur and Kushinagar districts. Taking cognisance of the matter, Uttar Pradesh …
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Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman rejects report of PMO interference in Rafale deal, calls it ‘motivated’
Speaking in Lok Sabha over the issue, Nirmala Sitharaman called the report motivated. NEW DELHI: Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday strongly rejected the report, which claimed that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) allegedly ran a parallel negotiation on the Rafale fighter jet deal with France alongside the Defence …
Read More »Supreme Court raps Mayawati over statue-construction spree
Mayawati had ordered the construction and installation of a number of statues celebrating Bahujan Samaj Party icons during her term as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh between 2007 and 2011. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said that prima facie Mayawati will have to pay back the public money …
Read More »SC dismisses Tejashwi Yadav’s plea to retain official bungalow
The apex court has also imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on Tejashwi Yadav. New Delhi: Tejashwi Yadav’s plea challenging Bihar government’s order to vacate his official bungalow in Patna was dismissed by the Supreme Court on Friday. The top court also imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on the …
Read More »Facebook toughens political ad policies in India ahead of Lok Sabha election 2019
Users will see political advertisements with “published by” and “paid by” disclaimers, said Facebook. NEW DELHI: Facebook Inc is toughening up the rules governing political advertisements in India to create more transparency ahead of the country`s general elections due before May, the social media giant said late on Thursday. Users …
Read More »Now, poster over Rafale row surfaces in MP, Rahul Gandhi shown as ‘Ram’, PM Narendra Modi as ‘Ravana’
The poster takes a swipe at the ruling BJP over the ongoing Rafale fighter jet deal row. BHOPAL: In the latest addition to the ongoing poster war between the country’s two leading political parties, a new poster has surfaced in the Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal showing Congress chief Rahul Gandhi …
Read More »PM Modi encouraging friends to demolish democracy, I have proof: HD Kumaraswamy
HD Kumaraswamy has been facing heat from BJP in Karnataka at a time when his coalition government in the state appears to be on shaky grounds. At a time when he is leading a shaky coalition government in Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy has trained his guns on Prime Minister Narendra Modi …
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