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New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman C.P. Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected separate notices moved by the Opposition seeking removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. The notices, submitted on March 12, 2026, were signed by 130 Lok Sabha MPs and 63 Rajya Sabha members, alleging partisan conduct, obstruction of electoral fraud investigations and disenfranchisement. In separate orders, both presiding officers declined to admit the motions under Article 324(5) ...Read More >
Kokrajhar: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the Congress has used false information in Pakistani social media groups to manufacture charges that his wife has multiple passports and owns properties in foreign countries. Talking to media persons on Monday Sarma said that these charges have been used by the Congress party to influence the poll outcome. "This is a punishable offence under the law." Congress leader Pawan Khera had alleged Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, wife of chief minister of ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected separate notices from the opposition to move a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar from his post. The opposition had submitted notices to the Lok Sabha speaker and the Rajya Sabha chairman against the CEC, alleging "partisan and discriminatory conduct in office", "deliberate obstruction of investigation of electoral fraud" and "mass disenfranchisement" among other ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan on Monday rejected separate notices from the opposition to move a motion for the removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar from his post. The opposition had submitted notices to the Lok Sabha speaker and the Rajya Sabha chairman against the CEC, alleging "partisan and discriminatory conduct in office", "deliberate obstruction of investigation of electoral fraud" and "mass disenfranchisement" ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has initiated a probe into the money laundering racket run by fraud godman Ashok Kharat by tracing the money trail. Ashok Kharat was arrested in 12 cases, which include sexually exploiting 150 women and allegedly running the money laundering-hawala network from Dubai to Australia by parking politicians, bureaucrats, and businessmen's dirty money through his temple trust. Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis confirmed the development of ED action ...Read More >
SALEM: Election officials have said 172 sensitive polling stations in 11 constituencies in Salem district would be monitored through live webcasting during the April 23 assembly election.Salem has 27,55,830 voters, including 13,70,962 men, 13,84,548 women, and 320 third-gender voters. Officials have set up 3,468 booths in 1,346 polling stations.Sensitive polling stations have been identified in each constituency and placed under enhanced surveillance, following the directions of the Election Com ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 6 (PTI) Mumbai Congress president Varsha Gaikwad on Monday termed the circulation of videos of women victims in the Ashok Kharat case as "extremely serious" and questioned how call detail records (CDR) related to the arrested self-styled godman reached a private individual. Speaking to reporters here, the Mumbai Congress president said the case has brought "shame to Maharashtra" and raised concerns over women's safety in the state. Kharat was arrested for rape on March 18. A probe h ...Read More >
Chabua (Assam): Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren addressed an election rally virtually in support of a candidate from the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha during the Assam Assembly elections, asserting that the fight for the rights of tea garden workers and tribal communities will continue despite political challenges. Allegations of Political Obstruction and Pressure Soren accused the opposition of attempting to suppress democratic processes, alleging that his helicopter was denied flight permissi ...Read More >
GUWAHATI, April 6: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday claimed that the Congress' media conference on Sunday accusing his wife of holding "multiple foreign passports", had a Pakistan link. "The Pakistani link to the media conference has become very apparent. The entire material of the media conference by the Congress was taken from a Pakistani social media group," Sarma informed mediapersons here, while making a point-by-point rebuttal of Congress leader Pawan Khera's allegations ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 6 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday exuded confidence that Edappadi K Palaniswami will be elected as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu if the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led (AIADMK) alliance comes to power. While adressing a press conference here, he urged the people to support the AIADMK-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance. Also Read | Sikkim State Lottery Result Today 6 PM Live: Dear Legend Monday Lottery Result of April 6, 2026 D ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], April 6 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday exuded confidence that Edappadi K Palaniswami will be elected as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu if the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led (AIADMK) alliance comes to power. While adressing a press conference here, he urged the people to support the AIADMK-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance. "All the BJP candidates across Tamil Nadu have today filed their nominations. And I seek the support of the p ...Read More >
Guwahati, Apr 6: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Monday, alleged that the Congress could be preparing to distance itself from its leader Pawan Khera as the controversy over alleged fabricated documents intensifies ahead of the Assembly polls. Addressing the press at Vajpayee Bhawan, Sarma suggested that the Opposition party may attempt to shift responsibility internally in the coming days. "There are two possible narratives they may push - either they are already trying to sidelin ...Read More >
Guwahati, Apr 6 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday claimed the Congress has concocted the charge that his wife has multiple passports and owns properties in Dubai, using false information from a Pakistani social media group. He also alleged that Pakistan was trying to influence the outcome of the Assam elections. At a press conference here, a day after Congress leaders Pawan Khera and Gaurav Gogoi sought to know whether his wife or family owns property in Dubai, has compa ...Read More >
Guwahati, Apr 6: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Monday, claimed the Congress has concocted the charge that his wife has multiple passports and owns properties in Dubai, using false information from a Pakistani social media group. Addressing a press conference at Vajpayee Bhawan, a day after Congress leaders Pawan Khera and Gaurav Gogoi sought to know whether his wife or family owns property in Dubai, has companies in the USA, or has placed their assets in shell companies, Sarma sa ...Read More >
Guwahati, Apr 6 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday claimed the Congress has concocted the charge that his wife has multiple passports and owns properties in Dubai, using false information from a Pakistani social media group. He also alleged that Pakistan was trying to influence the outcome of the Assam elections. At a press conference here, a day after Congress leaders Pawan Khera and Gaurav Gogoi sought to know whether his wife or family owns property in Dubai, has compa ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 6 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that confirmation has been received that the Dubai passport mentioned in allegations made by Congress leader Pawan Khera is "fake", as he informed about an ongoing inquiry into claims regarding multiple passports linked to his wife. Speaking to the media on Sunday, Sarma said that the Dubai government has confirmed and the Indian government has reconfirmed that the passport in question is "fake," dismissing t ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 6 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that confirmation has been received that the Dubai passport mentioned in allegations made by Congress leader Pawan Khera is "fake", as he informed about an ongoing inquiry into claims regarding multiple passports linked to his wife. Speaking to the media on Sunday, Sarma said that the Dubai government has confirmed and the Indian government has reconfirmed that the passport in question is "fake," dismissing t ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi Police crime branch has busted an online investment fraud syndicate involving over 2,567 complaints across the country and an estimated fraud exceeding Rs 300 crore, with the arrest of its alleged mastermind, who had links to Cambodia.The case originated from a complaint by a man who was duped of Rs 31.4 lakh after being lured through a social media group promising high investment returns. He was persuaded to download a trading application and transfer money into multiple bank a ...Read More >
BHOPAL: Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti's disqualification from the Madhya Pradesh Assembly following his conviction in a cheating case by a Delhi court, has triggered a row with Bharti calling it 'unfair'. The state Assembly secretariat issued a notification around midnight on Thursday, stripping Bharti of his membership in the House, hours after the Rouse Avenue court in Delhi sentenced him to three years' imprisonment in a 28-year-old cooperative bank fraud case. The court, incidentally, has g ...Read More >
Dehradun, April 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uttarakhand has recorded a landmark surge in mining revenue, crossing the Rs 1,200 crore-mark for the first time, as the state government under Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami attributes the growth to a mix of transparency, technological innovation and strict enforcement against illegal activities. According to official data, the state's mining department generated Rs 1,217 crore in the financial year 2025-26, significantly surpassing the target of Rs 950 c ...Read More >
Punjab State Lottery SAMBAD SUNDAY (April 05, 2026) LIVE: The Punjab government launched the Punjab State Lottery as part of a larger national effort to control lottery operations in India. Lotteries were frequently operated privately prior to regulation, which resulted in fraud and a lack of transparency. The Indian government passed the Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998 in order to address this. This law gave state governments the authority to legally hold lotteries under stringent guidelines. ...Read More >
Sambalpur: Two persons were arrested for allegedly siphoning off nearly Rs 3.67 crore of govt funds after a major financial scam was unearthed in the excise department of Sambalpur district, said SP (Sambalpur) Mukesh Bhamu on Friday.The accused have been identified as Sandeep Kumar Pattnaik, a suspended junior assistant posted in the Sambalpur excise office, and Sarat Chandra Behera, a retired assistant sub-inspector (ASI). Police said another accused, Achyut Dehuri, also a retired ASI, is unde ...Read More >
PM Modi said that Kerala has great potential, yet continues to lag behind other states. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the countdown for removal of the LDF government in Kerala has started, and a BJP-led NDA will come to power in the state. Speaking at a BJP-led NDA rally here in Pathanamthitta district, Modi said that the saffron party workers in the state have signalled a strong mood to bid farewell to the Left rule. Elections to 140 Assembly seats will be held on April ...Read More >
Three days after the arrest of CREST project director Sukhwinder Singh Abrol in the ₹83-crore fraud case, the Chandigarh Police on Wednesday arrested an accountant, Sahil Kukkar, as the probe into the alleged siphoning of funds gained pace. A resident of Sector 78, Mohali, and originally hailing from Fazilka, Punjab, Kukkar joined the investigation on Tuesday. But during interrogation, he failed to clarify or justify multiple transactions amounting to crores that were funnelled into shell fi ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Self-styled godman and fraud astrologer Ashok Kharat was allegedly running money-laundering rackets from Dubai to Australia through his temple trust, adding to the list of crimes he has been accused of. Ashok Kharat has been in police custody for sexually exploiting more than 150 women followers. The state government-appointed special investigation team has retrieved 200 videos from Ashok Kharat's laptops and mobiles. Kharat had been in close association with top Maharashtra politician ...Read More >
New Delhi: Days after Aam Aadmi Party ousts its deputy leader from Rajya Sabha Raghav ChadhaAccusing him of shying away from speaking out against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and engaging in "soft PR", the onlooker MP on Saturday hit back again, quoting a popular dialogue from the film Durandhar 2 and said: "ghayal hoon isiliye ghatak hoon".One of the nation's youngest members of Congress, once considered a close confidant of the president Arvind Kejriwal Raghav Chadha, the key strategist behind ...Read More >
Hyderabad: The cybercrime police of Malkajgiri Commissionerate detected six cases between March 29 and April 4 and made 13 arrests from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as part of their crackdown on cybercrime networks. The police also refunded Rs 15,61,728 to the victims. The cases include five investment fraud cases and one digital arrest case. While 12 people were arrested for investment fraud, one person has been arrested in connection with the digital arrest case. All the accused are mule acc ...Read More >
Ahmedabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said the Uniform Civil Code Bill and the amendment to the Disturbed Areas Act passed recently by the Gujarat assembly are unconstitutional. After a marathon debate of more than seven hours, the Gujarat assembly last week passed the UCC Bill that seeks to put in place a common legal framework to govern marriage, divorce, succession and live-in relationships irrespective of religion. It stipulates a seve ...Read More >
Punjab State Lottery SAMBAD SATURDAY (April 04, 2026) LIVE: The Punjab government launched the Punjab State Lottery as part of a larger national effort to control lottery operations in India. Lotteries were frequently operated privately prior to regulation, which resulted in fraud and a lack of transparency. The Indian government passed the Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998 in order to address this. This law gave state governments the authority to legally hold lotteries under stringent guideline ...Read More >
Ahmedabad, Apr 4 (PTI) All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said the Uniform Civil Code Bill and the amendment to the Disturbed Areas Act passed recently by the Gujarat assembly are unconstitutional. After a marathon debate of more than seven hours, the Gujarat assembly last week passed the UCC Bill that seeks to put in place a common legal framework to govern marriage, divorce, succession and live-in relationships irrespective of religion. It stipu ...Read More >
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