The Supreme Court had termed the Bilkis Bano gang-rape and the murder of her family a “horrendous” act. New Delhi: The hearing of a clutch of petitions challenging the release of the 11 men convicted for rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family during the 2002 Gujarat riots, was postponed today. The
Rahul Gandhi was disqualified as a Member of Parliament after the Surat court decision. New Delhi: In another setback for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the Gujarat High Court has refused to grant an interim stay on his conviction in a criminal defamation case over his “Modi surname” remark in which he was sentenced to two
The man, aged 35, was from the small town of Zuidhorn. (AFP Photo) Dutch police arrested a man on suspicion of drunk driving and were surprised to discover that his driving licence has the name ‘Boris Johnson’. The document was made in Ukraine and had an official portrait of the former UK Prime Minister along
Sharad Pawarmade the surprise announcement of his decision to quit as NCP president. (File) Mumbai: Emotional scenes were witnessed at the event where veteran politician Sharad Pawar made the surprise announcement of his decision to quit as Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president. Mr Pawar, among the senior most political figures in the country’s political landscape, made
The IPL 2023 game between Lucknow Super Giants and Royal Challengers Bangalore in Lucknow on Monday will be remembered for a long time for all the wrong reasons. Tempers flared and Indian cricket greats Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli could be seen talking in an animated manner after the match ended. What prompted the angry
Go First will temporarily suspend flights on May 3 and 4 due to fund crunch Mumbai: Wadia group-owned Go First will temporarily suspend flights on May 3 and 4 amid severe fund crunch, the airline’s chief Kaushik Khona said on Tuesday. The budget carrier has also filed an application for voluntary insolvency resolution proceedings before
Shashi Tharoor urged that it is about time that Salman Rushdie gets the prestigious Nobel Prize. (File) New Delhi: In his effusive praise for Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, politician and author Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday asserted that the “overdue” Nobel Prize should not be withheld any longer from the “greatest living Indian writer.” Mr
The Royal Challengers Bangalore and Lucknow Super Giants clash in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 turned out to be a drama-filled encounter, with Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir clashing with each other after the game, prompting a sanction from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Kohli was a busy man all
Sharad Pawar said he was “shocked” when he learned that Ajit Pawar was “taking oath”. Mumbai: Senior Maharashtra politician Sharad Pawar has revealed what went down on the day his nephew Ajit Pawar suddenly took oath along with the BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis in 2019, when he was trying to stitch up a coalition with Uddhav
Sharad Pawar also announced a panel of senior party leaders to draw a future course of action. New Delhi: Senior Maharashtra politician Sharad Pawar today announced that he has stepped down as president of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the political outfit he founded and helmed since 1999, but isn’t retiring from public life yet. There has
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