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New Delhi, Sept 16: Many senior bank officials who had dealt with loans given to liquor baron Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines may be named as accused in a CBI charge sheet which is likely to be filed within a month, sources said. This would be first charge sheet in the case pertaining to loans of over Rs 6000 crore given to Kingfisher by a consortium of 17 banks led by State Bank of India which

Lucknow, Sept 16: Terming mob lynching in the name of cow vigilantism as a "blot on democracy", BSP supremo Mayawati Sunday accused the BJP governments of laxity and indifference on the issue. "The increasing tendency of indulging in mob lynching in the name of cow vigilantism in the BJP-ruled states is a blot on democracy, yet the governments are exercising laxity and are being indifferent to it

Jaipur, Sept 16: BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday said his party works for all castes and communities. "This is the speciality of the BJP. It is not the party of any one caste or community. Our leader Prime minister Narendra Modi says the mantra for development is 'sabka sath sabka vikas'. Everyone in the country should get the opportunity to develop,” Shah said during a programme in Pali

New Delhi, Sept 16: The united front of Left student groups AISA, SFI, AISF, DSF won all four central panel posts in Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) polls, the election committee announced on Sunday. The grouping's presidential candidate N Sai Balaji won after bagging 2,161 votes. Sarika Choudhary bagged 2,692 votes and was elected the vice president. Aejaj Ahmed polled 2,423

New Delhi, Sept 16: Indira Gandhi made two "serious mistakes -- declaring the Emergency in 1975 and allowing Operation Blue Star to happen", but regardless of these she was a great and powerful prime minister and a considerate humanist, feels veteran Congressman K Natwar Singh. Singh worked in her office from 1966 to 1971 as a civil services officer before joining the Congress in the 80s and

New Delhi, Sept 16: Political strategist Prashant Kishor, the man who played an instrumental role in the victory of Narendra Modi in 2014 Lok Sabha polls and Nitish Kumar in Bihar assembly elections, on Sunday announced that he will be starting a new political journey with Janta Dal (United). A trained public health expert, Kishor was earlier associated with the United Nations before his foray

New Delhi, Sept 16: The CBI said its officers had no hand in the escape of diamond traders Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi in connection with the $2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam. Under attack from Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who has accused the agency of deliberately weakening the lookout circular against fugitive tycoon Vijay Mallya, allowing him to flee the country, the agency also

Jaipur, Sept 16: Union Minister Ramdas Athawale candidly confessed Saturday that the increase in petrol and diesel prices did not bother him, thanks to the allowances he draws as a minister. “I am not suffering from rising fuel prices as I am a minister,” he said, referring to the allowances he gets. “I may suffer if I lose my ministerial post,” he continued, drawing laughter at a press conference

Chandigarh, Sept 15: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and member of Haryana's legislative assembly (MLA) Uchana Kalan claimed that unemployed and frustrated youngsters commit heinous crimes like rape. Speaking to media here at an event, BJP MLA Premlata said, "Youth who are frustrated, unemployed.. They commit such crime (rape) which is a very bad trend in the society." Premlata was commenting

New Delhi, Sept 15: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that it was the "blue-eyed boy" of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the CBI who weakened the lookout notice against fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya and allowed him to flee the country. Taking to Twitter, Gandhi alleged that it was AK Sharma, a Gujarat-cadre officer in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), who played a