NEW DELHI: Jain monk Muni Nileshchandra Vijay has threatened to launch an indefinite hunger strike from August 13 to protest the closure of Dadar Kabutarkhana, where people traditionally feed pigeons. He declared that the Jain community would defy even court orders if they went against religious practices, according to news agency PTI.“The Jain community is…
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Shashi Throor (ANI photo) NEW DELHI:Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday criticised the election commission (EC) for what he called an “attack” on leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi, saying the poll panel should address serious concerns instead of insisting on formalities like an oath or an affidavit. Speaking during a protest march by opposition MPs…
Jairam Ramesh (ANI file photo) NEW DELHI: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Monday took a dig at the election commission, remarking, “Chunav aayog (election commission) is chunav aayog, it cannot be ‘churao aayog’ (theft commission).“The senior Congress leader was reacting to the detention of Congress leaders on their way to the election commission’s office…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday insisted that Israel’s objective in Gaza is liberation from Hamas rule, not long-term occupation, as he addressed media ahead of an emergency UN Security Council meeting.“Gazans are begging us and begging the world to be freed from Hamas,” Netanyahu said, calling the militant group a “genocidal organisation” committed…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader KN Rajanna resigned as Karnataka Cooperation Minister on Monday after the party’s high command asked him to step down. This followed his critical remarks about his own party, where he expressed concern that they had failed to address alleged lapses in the electoral rolls before the election. He stated that the…
Siverio reunites with Manolo after stints at Las Palmas & Hyderabad Panaji: When Javier Siverio landed in India during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, he was an exception to the foreign player rule.Most players arrive in India at the fag end of their careers, largely in their thirties, trying to cash in on a final…
NEW DELHI: Rahul Gandhi has declined to sign a sworn declaration backing his “vote-theft” allegations against the Election Commission of India, despite repeated calls from the poll body.Reiterating that the documents he cited for his “vote theft” claims came from the Election Commission’s own data, the Congress leader called it a fight for “One Man,…
NEW DELHI: The union ministry of home affairs on Monday defended the power granted to the lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir to nominate five members to the legislative assembly.The ministry submitted an affidavit to the Jammu and Kashmir high court in response to plea of Congress leader Ravinder Sharma challenging the constitutional validity of…
KOLKATA: The Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata’s dean of student affairs, Ayan Banerjee, resigned from his post on Sunday after students pointed out a ‘conflict of interest’.A source said the dean of administration is also likely to be replaced after students demanded his removal for alleged negligence.Banerjee, who quit as dean…
