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HC restrains misuse of Jackie Shroff's name, voice

The court said Shroff is a celebrity and this status inherently grants him certain rights over his personality and associated attributes.

18 May 2024 9:30 pm
Rahul displaying Chinese Constitution: Himanta

Several social media users said that the red-bound Constitution is a coat pocket edition, which has been presented to top Indian leaders, including the President and the Union Home minister.

18 May 2024 8:31 pm
Coming to BJP HQ, jail whoever you want: Kejriwal to PM

Kejriwal asserted that his party could not be crushed by sending its leaders to jail.

18 May 2024 7:41 pm
Will win by a bigger margin, says Brij Bhushan's son

Karan Bhushan rejects the charges against his father, saying the allegations are political and made up. We will challenge them in court.

18 May 2024 6:55 pm
WB Guv molestation: FIR against 3 Raj Bhavan officials

Under Article 361 of the Constitution, no criminal proceedings can be instituted against a governor during his term in office.

18 May 2024 6:03 pm
INDIA bloc slams Modi for 'Ram temple-bulldozer' claim

Kharge accused PM Modi of inciting people over the issues hat the Congress will never do.

18 May 2024 5:48 pm
When Khali Meet World's Shortest Lady

Jyoti Amage -- who is 2 feet 7 inches tall -- holds the index finger of The Great Khali, who is 7 feet, 1 inch tall.

18 May 2024 4:59 pm
'Many involved': Deve Gowda on Prajwal Revanna case

'There are several people connected to this (sexual abuse cases), I don't want to take anyone's names. Kumaraswamy has said that those who are involved in this matter, action should be taken against all of them, and the affected women should get justice and compensation'

18 May 2024 4:29 pm
Can BJP breach Gandhi's Raebareli bastion?

Several BJP voters say the Ram temple sentiment may give the ruling party a fillip but are also aware of the herculean task at hand and concede that it is a daunting electoral contest for Dinesh Singh, who lost to Sonia Gandhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

18 May 2024 4:08 pm
India issues warning after mob violence in Kyrgyzstan

The number of Indian students in Kyrgyzstan is estimated to be around 15,000.

18 May 2024 3:09 pm
PIX: Manmohan Singh, Advani cast votes from home

This initiative ensures these voters can participate in the electoral process with ease and dignity, eliminating the need to visit polling stations. Delhi will go to polls on May 25.

18 May 2024 2:56 pm
'Bullet Trains Aren't An Issue For Polls'

'When there are no good roads and no buses plying to villages, your spending on development is skewed.'

18 May 2024 2:35 pm
'Only Cure For Migration Is Create Jobs'

The Odisha government told the assembly over 40,000 workers migrated from the state last year, with the highest number -- 26,151 -- from Balangir.

18 May 2024 2:24 pm
Why This PhD Scholar Is Walking Barefoot

The Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir will vote on Monday, May 20.

18 May 2024 2:07 pm
AAP shares new clip accusing Maliwal of 'staging drama'

In a video, Swati Maliwal was being escorted out by the police and security guards.

18 May 2024 2:01 pm
Kejriwal's aide arrested in Maliwal 'assault' case

Kumar was picked up from the chief minister's residence by a Delhi Police team around noon, a senior police officer said.

18 May 2024 1:22 pm
Maliwal's medical report shows injuries on leg, cheek

Maliwal claimed that Kejriwal's aide hit her with full force again and again and she was kicked and slapped seven to eight times.

18 May 2024 12:14 pm
Missing Tarak Mehta actor returns after 24 days

According to a police officer, Singh had gone for a spiritual journey during which he visited several Gurudwaras and religious places in Punjab.

18 May 2024 11:41 am
'Whenever I Lied I Lied In The Country's Interest'

'Kasab was never given mutton biryani.' 'What I had said was Kasab had asked for mutton biryani to be served in jail.'

18 May 2024 11:36 am
Maliwal facing arrest, blackmailed by BJP: AAP

Aam Aadmi Party leader Atishi on Saturday claimed that party MP Swati Maliwal, who has accused Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar of assaulting her, is facing arrest in an illegal recruitment case and she was 'blackmailed' by the Bharatiya Janata Party to become part of the 'conspiracy' against the chief minister.

18 May 2024 11:34 am
Days after Biden called India 'xenophobic', WH says...

There are not too many more vibrant democracies in the world than India, the White House has said, applauding the people of India for exercising their right to vote.

18 May 2024 11:24 am
5th Phase: How Many Women Candidates?

Of the 695 candidates in the fray, 88.2 per cent or 613 candidates are male candidates.

18 May 2024 10:18 am
Maliwal alleges CCTV tampering, cops collect data

As the probe intensified in the Aam Aadmi Party MP Swati Maliwal assault case, as per sources Delhi Police Forensic Science Laboratory team reached Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence and collected a dump of CCTV cameras.

18 May 2024 10:12 am
Raj shares stage with Modi, justifies support to NDA

Raj Thackeray listed out his expectations from the PM in his third term in office.

17 May 2024 11:54 pm
SC seeks govt's stand over marital rape exception

Under the exception given in Section 375 of the IPC, sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his wife, the wife not being minor, is not rape.

17 May 2024 11:36 pm
Kejriwal's aide files complaint against Swati Maliwal

Kumar has also said in the complaint that Maliwal is now trying to falsely implicate him so as to create undue pressure on him.

17 May 2024 11:30 pm
Kanhaiya Kumar attacked during campaigning in Delhi

Kanhaiya in a statement said the attack was ordered by rival contender from the constituency Manoj Tiwari.

17 May 2024 10:52 pm
SC bids adieu to 'Mr Dependable' Justice A S Bopanna

Quoting Greek philosopher Socrates, Justice Bopanna emphasised that there are four qualities that are expected of a judge -- to hear courteously, to consider soberly, to answer wisely and to decide impartially.

17 May 2024 10:32 pm
SC seeks EC response over voter turnout data

The voter turnout data for the first two phases of the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha elections published by ECI on April 30 has been published after 11 days of the first phase of polling... on April 19 and four days after second phase of polling... on April 26.

17 May 2024 8:52 pm
'Consequence of...': India reacts to protests in PoK

Two days ago, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar asserted that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was, is and will always be part of India.

17 May 2024 8:34 pm
Giving you my son: Sonia's pitch for Rahul in Raebareli

Trying to strike an emotional chord with the voters, Sonia asked the people to consider Rahul Gandhi too as their own.

17 May 2024 7:34 pm
AAP named as accused by ED in liquor policy case

Overall this is the eighth charge sheet filed by the ED in this case in which it has arrested 18 people so far. Last week, a similar complaint was filed by the agency against BRS leader and former Telangana chief minister Chandrashekar Rao's daughter K Kavitha and four others.

17 May 2024 6:06 pm
Lok Sabha elections 2024: A sentiment analyser

The Sentiment Analyser features a user-friendly interface with sliders for each political party, ranging from -7 to +7, to represent negative to positive shifts in public sentiment.

17 May 2024 5:58 pm
'Swati Maliwal ka sach': AAP attacks its own MP

Reacting to the video clip, Maliwal said the 'political hitman' has started making efforts to save himself.

17 May 2024 5:09 pm
'Will kill Mamata Banerjee': Posters appear in Howrah

A poster with death threats to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, party's general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, appeared in Uluberia in West Bengal's Howrah district on Friday, police said.

17 May 2024 4:36 pm
Woman alleges rape on express train in Thane

A case has been registered against an unidentified person for allegedly raping a woman after rendering her unconscious onboard an express train in Maharashtra's Thane district, an official from the Government Railway Police (GRP) said on Friday.

17 May 2024 3:56 pm
Maliwal case: CCTV footage from CM's house emerges

The 'political hitman' has started making efforts to save himself, Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal said on Friday as purported CCTV footage from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence surfaced online.

17 May 2024 3:38 pm
Air India plane hits luggage tractor at Pune airport

A Delhi-bound Air India flight had to abort its take-off and was later cancelled after it hit a luggage tractor trolley while taxiing for departure at the Pune airport, airline sources said on Friday.

17 May 2024 3:27 pm
Spurned suitor arrested for Hubballi woman's murder

The accused was nabbed on Thursday night from Davanagere with the help of the Railway Police. He has been arrested in connection with the case, Hubballi Dharwad Police Commissioner Renuka Sukumar said.

17 May 2024 3:24 pm
Cong, SP will run bulldozer over Ram temple: Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday claimed that the Congress and Samajwadi Party will run a bulldozer over the Ram temple if elected to power, and asked them to take 'tuition' from Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath 'where to run bulldozers'.

17 May 2024 2:58 pm
'I was screaming, he kept kicking me': Maliwal in FIR

The details of the alleged assault on Maliwal, which took place at Kejriwal's official residence on Monday, emerged on Friday as the Rajya Sabha MP appeared before a magistrate to record her statement in the case.

17 May 2024 2:34 pm
What's Salman Rushdie Doing In Berlin?

Salman Rushdie during a photocall ahead of the presentation of his book Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, Germany.

17 May 2024 2:33 pm
Storm with 100 mph winds wreak havoc in Houston

A severe storm in Houston, the fourth-largest city in the US, has killed at least four people and left over 800,000 homes and businesses without power.

17 May 2024 2:30 pm
In matters of citizens' liberty, every day counts: SC

Every single day counts in matters concerning the liberty of citizens, the Supreme Court said on Friday while asking the Delhi high court to decide on the regular bail plea of a businessman in a corruption case related to the now scrapped Delhi excise policy.

17 May 2024 2:02 pm
Maliwal records statement; CM's aide skips summons

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar did not appear before the National Commission for Women (NCW) on Friday in connection with alleged assault on Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal.

17 May 2024 1:37 pm
Mumbai man booked in Pak plot to honeytrap Navy men

The NIA has charge sheeted Mumbai resident Amaan Salim Shaikh, a key accused in a conspiracy by Pakistani intelligence operatives to honey trap Indian Navy personnel to gather secret information on defence establishments, an official statement said on Friday.

17 May 2024 1:30 pm
TMC moves EC against Gangopadhyay's 'sexist' remark

TMC leader and West Bengal minister Shashi Panja told reporters in Kolkata that Gangopadhyay, who is a former judge of Calcutta high court, has crossed all limits of decency by making 'sexist' remarks against Banerjee.

17 May 2024 1:00 pm
Supreme Court recalls its own April 2022 verdict

A judgment of a Constitution bench would be inding on benches of lesser strength, the Supreme Court has said while recalling an April 2022 verdict delivered by it.

17 May 2024 12:56 pm
Patna school set ablaze after student found dead

An angry crowd set a school on fire on Friday morning after the body of a student was found inside a tank inside the school premises in Bihar's capital city Patna, police said.

17 May 2024 12:39 pm
'If a Congress govt comes, we have a lot of hope'

'If the BJP does not change its stand, we will hope that those who are in favour of protecting Ladakh come to power.'

17 May 2024 12:34 pm