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BENGALURU: Karnataka Police Department‘SIT, investigating rape charges against BJP MLA Munirathna Naidu and other allegations against his three associates, including a police officer, filed a charge sheet with a special court for elected representatives.The 2,481-page charge sheet says Naidu raped a 40-year-old woman for over two years from 2020, while R Sudhakar, P Srinivas and…
NEW DELHI: In life, he always seemed, rather charmingly, a little out of place when surrounded by the trappings of high office. So some may have found it slightly ironic that the final journey of Manmohan Singh, who had once told his security officer that he preferred a Maruti hatchback to a sleek BMW, was…
NEW DELHI: Manmohan Singh’s demise led to his Sikh identity being exaggerated, with the Congress, AAP and SAD conflating it in their demand for a memorial to the former prime minister, reports .“The government has insulted a global icon and first Prime Minister of the Sikh community, Dr Manmohan Singh, by cremating him at Nigambodh…
KOCHI/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A CBI court in Kochi on Saturday convicted 14 people, including former CPM MLA KV Kunhiraman, for the 2019 double murder of Youth Congress members Kripesh, 19, and Sarath Lal KP, 23, in Periya town, Kasaragod district of Kerala.Ten of the total 24 accused were acquitted. The court will pronounce the sentences on January…
The India Meteorological Department on Sunday forecasts cold wave conditions in northern India starting Sunday, December 29, according to a statement issued by the agency.From December 29 to January 1, isolated cold wave conditions will affect Himachal Pradesh, while Punjab and Haryana will face similar conditions until January 3. Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Rajasthan…
BULANDSHAHR: Loud celebrations and dismissals soon after being released on bail left a father-son duo in Bulandshahr in fresh trouble after they were arrested on charges of illegality. weapons smugglingofficials said Saturday. Police seized a large cache of illegal firearms and ammunition, along with a vehicle during their arrests, they said. “The accused, Rizwan Ansari…
IMPHAL: Normal life was affected in the five districts of the Imphal valley on Saturday due to a bandh called over the arrest of six gunmen and the death of one in a shootout with police in Thoubal on December 14. Shops and other commercial establishments were closed, while public vehicles remained off the road….
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday criticized the government’s decision to carry out former prime minister Manmohan Singh’s cremation at Nigambodh Ghat instead of a designated memorial site, calling it a “grave insult” to the late leader.In a post on .Rahul also wrote about Singh’s legacy, describing him as a leader whose policies…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Saturday gave the punjab government There is time until December 31 to convince the peasant leader Jagjit Singh Dallewalwho has been in a hunger strike for more than a month, to transfer me to a hospital. In a hearing, a vacation bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan…
NEW DELHI: In a book written by Manmohan Singh’s daughter, it was revealed that during his stay in the UK, the former prime minister sometimes survived on a sixpence Cadbury’s chocolate bar instead of a full meal due to problems financial.In the book titled “The Strictly Personal Book: Manmohan and Gursharan in 2014”, Daman recounted…