ASI Sandeep, Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar CHANDIGARH: In a chilling echo of the IPS officer’s own final act, another policeman in Haryana —who had investigated former Rohtak IG Y Puran Kumar in a corruption case — died by suicide on Tuesday, leaving behind a three-page note and a video where he said he…
NEW DELHI: Not all might be well in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after two of its alliance partners expressed displeasure over the seat-sharing deal ahead of the upcoming Bihar assembly elections.While BJP leaders are drawing parallels between alliance partners and “Mahabharata’s Pandavas”, asserting that “NDA stands strong” for the polls, Rashtriya Lok Morcha chief…
Prashant Kishor (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: ‘I will not contest Bihar assembly polls,’ Prashant Kishor has declared, ahead of the high-octane elections in the state. The Jan Suraaj founder said the decision was taken by his fledgling political startup for the “greater good.”The poll strategist-turned-politician confirmed this in an exclusive interview with PTI.Speculation had…
Travel influencers Chris and Flo, known on Instagram as @chrisnflo, have journeyed through more than 35 countries, with India being one of their memorable stops. Their recent Instagram video showcasing their First-Class (1AC) train experience from Jaipur to Agra has gone viral for all the right reasons. The four-hour trip between two of India’s most…
Every Chhath Puja, returning home to Bihar turns into an adventure — trains bursting with passengers, traffic jams that defy physics, and conductors who redefine honesty. Atul Thakur relives his experiencesIt was 2014. End-October. I was in Delhi — where I work — but needed to go back home to Bihar for the Chhath Puja….
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid’s statement that Pakistan spy agency ISI had planned attacks in Kerman in Iran and Moscow’s Crocus City Hall in 2024 has validated the findings by Indian intelligence agencies that ISI and the Pakistan military were running IS-Khorasan modules from Af-Pak border areas.The two attacks, which happened in a span of three…
New Delhi: Refuting allegations made by activist Sonam Wangchuk’s wife against his detention under National Security Act, the Ladakh administration told Supreme Court that due process of law was followed, including informing him about grounds of arrest, and he was also allowed to meet his relatives in jail. It also informed the court that he…
New Delhi: Supreme Court Tuesday asked ED whether its probe into the money laundering aspect of alleged massive corruption in liquor sale by Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) amounted to interference in the state’s affairs and federal structure of governance, leading the agency to assert that under the anti-money laundering law it is obligated…
New Delhi: Humbling memories of the last assembly elections serve as a cautionary tale for major parties in the two rival alliances in Bihar as they seek to accommodate demands of their smaller allies in a state with a polarised electoral battlefield where they can either play a spoilsport or multiply gains of their big…
NEW DELHI: Keeping up the attack on the veracity of Sunjay Kapur’s will, his children from actor Karisma Kapoor told the Delhi high court on Tuesday that the document uses a “feminine pronoun” to describe him.The counsel appearing for Samaira and Kiaan Raj made the submission before Justice Jyoti Singh during the hearing of their…
