The Delhi High Court on Thursday allowed the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections to proceed as scheduled on Friday, but halted the counting of votes until candidates restore the defaced properties and remove the posters, hoardings, graffiti and spray-painted walls across the city, and compensate the civic agencies for the damage caused. This court...
A Mumbai court on Thursday sentenced Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut to 15 days simple imprisonment in a defamation complaint filed against him by BJP leader Kirit Somaiya’s wife Medha Somaiya. The metropolitan magistrate (Sewree court) convicted the Rajya Sabha member under Indian Penal Code Section 500 (punishment for defamation) and also imposed a...
AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal wrote to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Wednesday, seeking answers to five questions on the BJP’s politics and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s actions. Expressing concern, Kejriwal said the direction in which the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Centre is taking the country as well as its politics are harmful for India. “If this...
Delhi has reported over 300 more dengue cases in the past seven days, as mosquito borne diseases seemingly are on a slow but steady rise in the national capital, according to official data. Cases of malaria are considerably higher so far when compared to last year. Delhi has already reported 363 malaria cases till this...
Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva on Tuesday attacked Chief Minister Atishi and claimed that while four days of her government have been completed, the public is unable to understand when the government will work. “In four days, Atishi has definitely shown char tamashe, but the government work is zero. On Saturday, Atishi did a parikrama...
The Russia-Ukraine war is not going to be resolved on the battlefield, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said on Tuesday (September 24, 2024), adding that the government was speaking to both sides to see if it could do anything to hasten the end of the war and initiate serious negotiations between the two countries.“This is...
Shiv Sena workers here on Saturday burst firecrackers and distributed sweets to celebrate the death of the accused in the Badlapur sexual assault case in an alleged police encounter. They also congratulated the Maharashtra government led by party chief Eknath Shinde. Pramod Bhangire, Pune chief of the Shiv Sena, said they celebrated by bursting firecrackers...
Aam Aadmi Party leader (AAP) Atishi took charge as Delhi’s eighth Chief Minister, becoming the youngest leader to do so. While assuming her post, she said that she will work as a caretaker CM, like “Bharat did for Ram in Ramayana”. Pointing towards an empty chair placed beside her, she added: “this is the Chief...
Israeli strikes Monday on Lebanon killed more than 490 people, including more than 90 women and children, Lebanese authorities said, in the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war. The Israeli military warned residents in southern and eastern Lebanon to evacuate ahead of its widening air campaign against Hezbollah. Thousands of Lebanese fled the south, and...
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has met his counterparts from the G4 countries, reaffirming the grouping’s commitment to urgent reform of the United Nations Security Council through text-based negotiations. The G4 nations comprise Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan. Jaishankar, who is in the US on an official visit, on Monday met his Japanese counterpart Yoko...