India

New Delhi, Mar 26: The Supreme Court Tuesday termed as "very very serious" the revelations made by CBI in its fresh status report relating to the recent interrogation of the then Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam case. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it cannot "close its eyes" if some "very very serious facts" are disclosed to

Patna, Mar 26: Supporters of two BJP MPs - Ravi Shankar Prasad and RK Sinha - clashed with each other at Patna’s Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport on Tuesday. Both Prasad and Sinha are Rajya Sabha members and had flown down to Patna from New Delhi. Prasad, who is a four-term Rajya Sabha member and also Union Minister for Law and IT, has been given Lok Sabha ticket from Patna Sahib

Patna, Mar 26: Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha, who is all set to quit the BJP and join the opposition alliance in Bihar, Tuesday showered praise on Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, calling him the "master of situation" and his proposed minimum income guarantee scheme--'NYAY'a "masterstroke". Sinha, a two-term sitting MP from Patna Sahib, also slammed the BJP for doubting the feasibility of the

Kochi, Mar 26: With memories of last year's devastating floods still fresh in the minds of people of Kerala, they want the issue of climate change to be a dominant theme of the electoral discourse in the run-up to Lok Sabha polls beginning April 11. A total of 483 people lost their lives in the August 2018 floods, which were the state's worst in a century. According to the Kerala government, one

New Delhi, Mar 26: Actor-turned-politician Jaya Prada joined the BJP on Tuesday and may be fielded by the party from the Rampur parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Jaya Prada, a close associate of former Samajwadi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh, had been elected from Rampur on SP ticket twice. If fielded by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Rampur, she will take on senior

New Delhi, Mar 26: Former BJP president and Lok Sabha MP Murli Manohar Joshi has been asked by his party to not contest the coming general election, a development in line with its decision to not field many of its veterans, including its founding member and longest serving chief LK Advani, in the polls. Joshi's office confirmed the development. It said Joshi has issued a brief statement for voters

New Delhi, Mar 26: Businessman Vijay Mallya on Tuesday urged Indian banks to "take his money" and save cash-strapped Jet Airways. "I repeat once again that I have placed liquid assets before the Hon'ble Karnataka High Court to pay off the PSU Banks and all other creditors. Why do the Banks not take my money. It will help them to save Jet Airways if nothing else," the liquor baron tweeted. Mallya

Nabanna, Mar 25: Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) party floated by actor turned politician Kamal Haasan has forged an alliance with the TMC in Andaman and Nicobar islands for the Lok Sabha elections, which are just a few weeks away. The decision was formally announced after Kamal Haasan met Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna in Howrah on Monday. “The meeting was excellent. Makkal

Lucknow, Mar 25: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Monday asked the BJP why its leaders were only attacking the opposition in their rallies and not highlighting their own positive achievements. In a tweet, he said the people wanted stable jobs, not a 'chowkidar' (watchman). He attacked the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh over the plight of 'shiksha mitras' or contractual teachers among others

New Delhi, Mar 25: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Subramanian Swamy on Sunday said that he has not added prefix "Chowkidar" to his name on Twitter because he is a Brahmin. Subramanian Swamy made the comment while giving an interview to a Tamil channel. He said that he did not change his name to Chowkidar Subramanian Swamy on Twitter because he is a Brahmin and hence, cannot be a Chowkidar. The