Dayashankar was suspended for a period of six years by the BJP after his derogatory remark against BSP chief Mayawati pushed the party into a tight corner. Earlier in the day, party’s UP president Keshav Prasad Maurya sacked him from all party posts. Maurya told reporters that Singh has been relieved of all posts and said “such language has no […]
» Read moreRahul Gandhi appeared to have dozed off in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday during a discussion on attack on dalits in Gujarat, inviting barbs from BJP and BSP while Congress defended its vice president and suggested that he was checking his mobile. Congress also showed a photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha from November last year […]
» Read moreThe Republican Party formally nominated Donald Trump for President of the United States on Tuesday, capping a roller-coaster campaign that saw the billionaire tycoon defeat 16 White House rivals. “It’s my honour to be able to throw Donald Trump over the top in the delegation count tonight,” the candidate’s son, Donald Trump Jr., told delegates at the Republican National Convention. […]
» Read moreTen CRPF commandos belonging to its elite Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) battalion were on Monday killed in a Naxal IED blast in the forests of Bihar’s Aurangabad district. Four of the ultras were killed in the encounter which lasted for nearly eight hours. A combing operation was launched in Aurangabad-Gaya forest areas to nab the naxals who attacked […]
» Read moreA 36-year-old woman was killed on Monday evening when a school bus hit the rear of the two-wheeler she was riding pillion on. According to the police, the school bus, belonging to Greenwood High School on Sarjapur Road, was not fitted with a speed governor, as is mandatory for all vehicles that ferry schoolchildren. The victim, identified as Meenakshi, was […]
» Read moreThree persons were arrested on Monday for their involvement in an attack on three elderly Sufi Muslims, including two women, and critically injuring them in western Bangladesh’s border town with India. Eight to 10 assailants attacked several ‘Bauls’ (mystic singers) around midnight on Sunday with sharp weapons, iron rods and bamboo sticks at their ‘Akhra’ (residing place) at Ektarpur village […]
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