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CHENNAI: DMK allocated more than one third of its constituencies to fresh faces in the upcoming assembly election and retained most incumbent ministers. Chief minister M K Stalin released the list of candidates for 164 constituencies in which DMK is contesting directly. Among the list, more than 60 candidates are fresh faces.Among the ministers, even…
NEW DELHI: The daughter of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has approached the Delhi High Court seeking an injunction and damages against several individuals and online platforms for allegedly circulating defamatory content linking her to criminal Jeffrey Epstein.In her plea, the petitioner alleged that false and defamatory statements have been widely circulated on social media…
Foreign secy Vikram Misri at the Iranian embassy on Thursday NEW DELHI: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri signed the book of condolence – on behalf of the Indian government and people – opened at the Iranian embassy on Thursday, following the killing of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Feb 28, amid criticism over India’s silence.External…
MUMBAI: The state govt on Friday suspended Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) member secretary M Devender Singh pending disciplinary proceedings. Panel Speaker Dilip Lande had on Thursday directed that Singh be suspended after environment minister Pankaja Munde said in the legislative assembly that the officer had not shown up for her ministerial briefings despite several…
Rohit Pawar and Ajit Pawar NEW DELHI: NCP (SP) general secretary Rohit Pawar on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking the resignation of civil aviation minister K Ram Mohan Naidu until the inquiry into the January 28 plane crash that killed former Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar is completed. He also demanded…
NEW DELHI: The Bombay high court on Thursday came down sharply on the Maharashtra government, questioning whether the rule of law prevails in the state and asking if the chief minister was too “helpless” to act against a cabinet minister whose son has been evading arrest for weeks.The remarks were made by Justice Madhav Jamdar…
CEO of Canada’s biggest technology company sends ‘resignation message’ to all government officials and ministers seeking ban on Elon Musk’s X Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke has called reports of UK-Canada-Australia’s plan to ban Elon Musk-owned social media platform X and AI chatbot Grok a “great honeypot”. In an X post, Lutke argues that the alleged…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Centre of holding political vendetta, alleging that central agencies were being misused ahead of elections, after the Enforcement Directorate carried out searches at various locations, including the residence of IPAC chief Pratik Jain.Reacting sharply to the action, Banerjee questioned the role of the…
An inflammatory claim made by Rekha Arya’s husband, a minister from Uttarakhand, has sparked a firestorm of criticism. His insinuation that Bihari girls can be wed off cheaply has drawn sharp rebukes from political factions in Bihar, including allies in the ruling NDA. Patna: A public remark by Uttarakhand minister Rekha Arya’s husband claiming that…
File photo: Union rural development minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan NEW DELHI: With Congress set to launch a protest against the VB-G RAM G scheme, which replaced the UPA-era MGNREGA, the rural development ministry has sent a detailed report on the new scheme to all central ministers which they can refer to in public meetings to…
