India

Kolkata, Jan 19: Sharing the stage with opposition leaders in Kolkata, disgruntled BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha on Saturday called for changing the government in the 2019 Lok Sabha election and said he was not afraid of being removed from the ruling party. He insisted he would continue to "show mirror" to the party and call "a spade a spade". Sinha has been at odds with his party over several

Kolkata, Jan 19: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today claimed that the country was going through “Super Emergency" under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's governance, worst than the Indira Gandhi's time in mid 70s, and called for BJP government's ouster in 2019 Parliament elections. Ms Banerjee also called Modi government’s ways "as good as Fascism". “Haven’t seen anyone run a country in

New Delhi, Jan 19: The BJP on Saturday said the party will take "cognisance" of its MP Shatrughan Sinha's presence at the united opposition rally against the Narendra Modi government and termed the actor-turned-politician an "opportunist." Sinha, a former Union minister and a disgruntled BJP MP from Patna, attended the rally in Kolkata organised by TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata

New Delhi, Jan 19: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached fresh assets worth Rs 16.40 crore in connection with its money-laundering probe against controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, it said on Saturday. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), in a statement, said it had issued a provisional order for attachment of assets registered in the name of Naik's family members, located in Mumbai

New Delhi, Jan 19: A court here questioned the Delhi police on Saturday for filing a chargesheet against former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a 2016 sedition case without procuring requisite sanctions. Metropolitan magistrate Deepak Sherawat granted police time till February 6 to procure requisite sanctions after they told the court they will get

Kolkata, Jan 19: Key opposition leaders including SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, DMK president MK Stalin, former prime minister Deve Gowda, and TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ahead of the TMC-led mega rally on Saturday. Taking to Twitter, the TMC Chief welcomed the leaders' participation in the 'United India Rally.' Only few hours to go for the historic

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 19: Kerala Police filed cases against 67,094 people in connection with the protest against the entry of women of menstruating age into world famous Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala. According to a report to be submitted in the Supreme Court, the police also prepared a list of arrested people and exact number of hartals observed in the State following the Apex Court

Kolkata, Jan 18: Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda Friday said the entire nation was united to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre. He praised West Bengal chief minister and TMC president Mamata Banerjee and termed her efforts to make way for a secular government in the country as "historic". "Mamata is a great leader. She is hard working and such people are

Hyderabad, Jan 18: The mother of Rohith Vemula, the research scholar of University of Hyderabad (UoH) who committed suicide in 2016, on Thursday vowed to fight the communal forces, which she alleged were responsible for her son's death. She took the pledge for justice at a march, 'Rohith Shahadath Din 2019' organised by University of Hyderabad (UoH) here inside the varsity campus on the third

New Delhi, Jan 18: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Kerala government to provide adequate security to the two women — Kanakadurga and Bindu Ammini — who had made history by entering Sabarimala temple on 2 January. The apex court was hearing a plea by the two women seeking 24X7 security after they entered the Sabarimala temple. In the plea, Kanakadurga, who had reportedly been attacked by