Month: March 2023
Separate religion from politics, hate speeches will stop: Judge
"Is the state impotent? Can't it take timely action against hate speech mongers? If it can't take, why do we have a state at all?" These posers came from the Supreme Court Wednesday on a…
HC acquits four men on death row for 2008 Jaipur serial blasts
The Rajasthan high court Wednesday acquitted four convicts sentenced to death by a trial court for the 2008 Jaipur serial blasts that killed 80 and left over 170 wounded, citing a "flawed and shoddy" investigation,…
Queen Siyaya and Freddie rock, Kuno welcomes 4 cheetah cubs
Four baby cheetahs are mewing and waddling about in the heart of India - for the first time in over 70 years. They are the first cheetah cubs to be born in the wild in…
My last election, says ex-Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
Karnataka opposition leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah of Congress said Wednesday that this would be his last election. "I started my political career representing Varuna hobli in Mysuru Taluk Board. Now I want to…
EC ‘not in hurry’ to announce bypoll in Rahul’s Wayanad seat
While announcing bypolls to the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat and four assembly seats on Wednesday, the Election Commission held back on the Wayanad LS seat, saying it would rather wait for the aggrieved party (Congress'…
Kejriwal-tabled trust vote passed by assembly
In a bid to show that AAP legislators were solidly behind the state government even though BJP was allegedly threatening them to desert the party, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal tabled a confidence motion in Delhi…
If they wanted to arrest me, cops could have come: Amritpal
Fugitive Khalistan advocate Amritpal Singh was seen in a video released on social media Wednesday in which he urged the Akal Takht jathedar to convene a Sarbat Khalsa, a gathering of Sikhs, at Damdama Sahib…
EC cracks down on money power, 58cr seizures in past mth
Misuse of money power is one of the key challenges in Karnataka, CEC Rajiv Kumar said while announcing the poll schedule. In all, cash, liquor, goods and drugs worth Rs 57.7 crore have been seized…
Guj court acquits Mevani, 9 others in 2017 rally case
A sessions court in Mehsana district on Wednesday junked a lower court’s order of three-month jail term for Dalit rights activist and Congress MLA, Jignesh Mevani, and nine of his associates and acquitted them in…