Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP from Kendrapara, Baijayant Panda, was on Wednesday suspended from the primary membership of the party for “anti-party” activities. Mr. Panda, who is the vice-president of IMFA, India’s largest, fully integrated producer of ferro alloys, was suspended from the party with immediate effect by Chief Minster and BJD president Naveen Patnaik. IMFA is engaged in mining, […]
» Read morePolice have arrested the Chittorgarh unit chief of the Shri Rajput Karni Sena, after its spokesperson who declared that over 1,900 women of the community are “ready” to commit jauhar (mass immolation) as part of protests over the release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat. Police swooped down on the residences of Karni Sena Chittorgarh unit President, Govind Singh Khangarot, and […]
» Read moreShiv Sena today decided to end its 29-year-old alliance with the BJP and said it will contest the 2019 Lok Sabha and Maharashtra Assembly elections independent of its ally at the Centre and in the state. With its eyes set on the 2019 elections, the Shiv Sena’s national executive meeting at Mumbai’s NSCI grounds decided to go solo. “We will […]
» Read moreA 46-year-old co-founder of Indian Mujahideen (IM) has been arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell on Saturday night. The accused was also an active member of banned terror outfit SIMI. Abdul Subhan Qureshi alias Tauqeer alias Usman Qureshi alias Wasim, native of Maharashtra, was arrested from East Delhi’s Ghazipur after the police received a tip off on his arrival. “We […]
» Read moreThe draft political resolution adopted at the meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) here has ruled out any electoral alliance or understanding with the Congress, party general secretary Sitaram Yechury said here on Sunday. The final decision will be taken at the Party Congress to be held in Hyderabad in April, and electoral tactics […]
» Read moreThe woman, who hails from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh, was found carrying the rounds on Sunday evening by CISF personnel at the Adarsh Nagar station when her bag was being scanned, officials said. The lady was travelling with her father and other family members, they said, adding her father produced a copy of his arms license and said the 20 […]
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