CPM concedes defeat in Tripura
March 03, 2018 Communist Party of India (Marxist) concedes defeat in Tripura. Here’s the statement: Verdict of the people of Tripura will lead to the formation of a BJP-IPFT alliance govt in the state. After 25 years in govt, Left front has been voted out of office. BJP has, apart from other factors, utilised massive […]
BJP ends 25-yr Left rule in Tripura; to form govt in Nagaland with NDPP
March 03, 2018 The Bharatiya Janata Party and its ally surged ahead of the Left Front in Tripura establishing a lead in 40 seats, while the Congress was ahead in Meghalaya, according to Election Commission sources. In Nagaland, the ruling Naga People’s Front was ahead in 16 constituencies. The BJP and its ally Nationalist Democratic […]
NPP to form govt in Meghalaya with help of others: Conrad Sangma
Shillong, Mar 3: The National Peoples Party (NPP) today exuded confidence that the party would form the next government in Meghalaya saying the people of the Northeastern state were looking for a change. As the results for the February 27 elections indicated a hung house for the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly, NPP President Conrad Sangma said […]
2 Dalits killed in separate incidents in Rajasthan
Jaipur, Mar 3 : Two Dalits, including a teenage boy, were beaten to death in separate incidents in Rajasthans Bharatpur and Alwar district, officials said today. Jaswant Jatav (26), a Dalit labourer, was last night beaten to death and his thatched house set ablaze by three-four persons in Bharatpur, a police officer said. The incident […]
Wife wakes up late, does not cook tasty food, man moves court for divorce
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has dismissed a city resident’s plea for divorce from his wife on the allegations that she failed to be a dutiful wife since, among other things, she used to wake up late and that she did not cook tasty food. A bench of Justices KK Tated and Sarang Kotwal upheld […]
Chhattisgarh: 12 suspected Maoists, a police constable killed in encounter in Dantewada
A joint team of the Telangana and Chattisgarh Police on Friday said they had killed 12 suspected Maoists in Dantewada district’s Pukari Kanker region, including senior Maoist leader Hari Bushan, The Hindu reported. Sushil Kumar, a junior commando of anti-Maoist force, the Greyhounds, was also killed in the encounter, while two others were injured, according to The Indian […]
PNB not shown as creditor in US bankruptcy filing by Nirav Modi companies
New York, March 2 : The Punjab National Bank (PNB) is not shown as a creditor in the bankruptcy documents filed in a court here by three companies affiliated with Nirav Modi, who has been accused in a $2 billion-scam involving the nationalised financial institution. But the document acknowledges that the filing of criminal complaints […]
Pakistan summons Indian envoy over ceasefire violations
March 2: Pakistan on Friday summoned India’s Deputy High Commissioner J.P. Singh over alleged ceasefire violations by Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC) which it said left a civilian dead. Mohammad Faisal, who heads the South Asia wing in the Foreign Office, summoned the Indian envoy and “lodged a strong protest on the […]
Centre clears Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill to ‘divert attention’: Congress
March 02, 2018 The Congress today took on the centre over the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill while saying that the former approved the bill just to divert attention of the people. “All this is being done just to divert attention. We want to know what they did earlier and not what they will do in […]
CBI’s stand bizarre, motivated: Karti’s lawyer
The CBI today produced Karti Chidambaram, arrested in the INX Media case, before a Delhi court after the expiry of his one-day custody and sought extension of his custody by 14 days. Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi starts arguments on behalf of Karti Chidambaram saying the CBI’s stand is “bizarre” and “motivated”. Singhvi says the […]
