AHMEDABAD: Twenty-nine years after then Gujarat minister Atmaram Patel’s dhoti was pulled during a BJP function at Sardar Patel Stadium, a city sessions court on Thursday dropped the criminal case against former Union minister A K Patel, one of the two first BJP Lok Sabha members.Another BJP politician, Mangaldas Patel, was also an accused in…
Representative image NEW DELHI: USAID did not provide funding of $21 million for voter turnout in India between 2014 and 2024, the US embassy has informed the Indian govt, according to a reply by ministry of external affairs in response to a Parliament question. US President Donald Trump had earlier questioned the alleged funding, saying…
MADURAI: TVK chief Vijay on Thursday positioned himself as the alternative to “Stalin uncle” saying the 2026 assembly election would be a straight fight between his party and DMK.In a fiery 34-minute speech at TVK’s second state conference at Parapathi, Madurai, Vijay accused DMK of hypocrisy. “You ask women to call you appa (father), but…
NEW DELHI: Expelled RJD leader and former Bihar minister Tej Pratap Yadav on Thursday alleged that five powerful families conspired against him to destroy both his political and personal life. The elder son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav claimed he would soon reveal their identities. ‘Threat To Life, But Not Scared’: Tej Pratap’s Explosive…
NEW DELHI: Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla on Friday shared a breathtaking timelapse video of India from space, offering citizens a glimpse of his journey aboard the International Space Station (ISS).Posting the clip on X, Shukla wrote: “Watch the video in landscape with screen brightness high. While on orbit I tried to capture pictures and videos so…
Picture source: X/Giriraj Singh NEW: Union minister of Textiles Giriraj Singh inaugurated a retail and cultural space dedicated to Indian handicrafts and handlooms in Delhi on Thursday.The Kunj, set up in Vasant Kunj by the development commissioner (handicrafts), is designed to give artisans better access to buyers and to let visitors engage more closely with…
NEW DELHI: A Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable has been accused of trying to push a passenger out of a train, after a video of the incident spread widely on social media. The clip shows the officer slapping a young man, dragging him towards the open door and trying to push him out, as other…
Representational image (Source: X/CISF) NEW DELHI: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which secures 13 major ports of the country, is working on a hybrid port security model, as part of which it has begun imparting specialised training to private security personnel deployed at the smaller ports.The first-ever specialised training module for private port security…
NEW DELHI: A man breached security at the Parliament complex on Friday morning by scaling its boundary wall using a tree. He was immediately apprehended by security personnel near the Garuda Gate of the new Parliament building.According to ANI sources, the intruder managed to jump over the wall from the Rail Bhawan side before being…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday modified the earlier order passed by its two-judge bench on August 11 and ordered the Municipal Corporation of Delhi to release all the picked-up stray dogs in the same locality after sterilisation and immunisation, except those infected with rabies or exhibiting aggressive behaviour.The three-judge bench led by Justice Vikram…
