NEW DELHI: Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar said on Sunday that an inquiry has begun into alleged irregularities in the sale of government-owned land in Pune to a company linked to his son, Parth Pawar. He added that “the truth will soon come out before the public.”Speaking to reporters in Baramati, the Nationalist Congress…
BENGALURU: A 28-year-old bike-taxi captain was arrested here Saturday for sexually harassing a 20-year-old woman during a trip from Church Street to Sudhamanagar Thursday.The accused has been identified as Lokesh, a resident of Muniyappa Layout in Ullal.Akshay M Hakay, DC (central), said the woman had shared a post on her Instagram account about the harassment….
UP deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya (ANI) NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Saturday exuded confidence about the national democratic alliance’s (NDA) performance in the ongoing Bihar Assembly elections, asserting that the alliance led by chief minister Nitish Kumar will return to power with a “massive majority.”Speaking to reporters on…
NEW DELHI: A political row erupted in Maharashtra on Thursday over alleged transfer of a 40-acre ‘Mahar Watan’ land belonging to the state in Pune’s Mundhwa area for Rs 300 crore in favour of Amadea Enterprises LLP, a company in which deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s son Parth is one of two partners, prompting Mahayuti government…
Jairam Ramesh, Narendra Modi (File photos) NEW DELHI: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for linking the 1937 Congress Working Committee (CWC) statement on Vande Mataram to the partition of India. Ramesh, in a post on X, shared excerpts from The Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi to counter…
A brutal double murder has shaken Kota, with a 32-year-old mother and her 8-year-old daughter found dead in their home KOTA: In a chilling crime that has sent shockwaves through Kota, a 32-year-old woman and her 8-year-old daughter were found brutally murdered in their rented home in the city’s Rojadi area late Friday night. The…
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (File photo) NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said instances of “love jihad” stem from Hindu families failing in their responsibility to impart “sanskaars” and “maryada” to their children.Bhagwat said that if a child raised with Hindu sanskaars goes astray due to “petty attractions” from someone…
PUNE: In a chilling plot straight out of a Bollywood thriller, a 42-year-old fabrication businessman from Warje Malwadi, angry over his wife’s alleged affair, immersed himself in crime novels and murder mystery shows for inspiration to come up with a meticulous plan to kill her. He eventually strangled the wife, cremated her remains in a…
LK Advani and Shashi Tharoor (File photo) NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor has once again appeared to display a soft corner for the ruling BJP, this time praising its veteran leader and former deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani. Tharoor not only lauded Advani’s decades of public service but also defended…
BJP, taking a jibe at Rahul Gandhi‘s jungle safari ahead of the Bihar elections, said that for him LoP stands for “Leader of Partying” or “Leader of Paryatan (tourism).” Shehzad Poonawalla, on a post on X, shared his comment on Rahul Gandhi’s safari in Panchmarhi, Madhya Pradesh. “LoP means Leader of Paryatan and partying for…
