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: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has expressed deep sorrow over the demise of Mohsina Kidwai, a distinguished alumna of Women's College and a senior parliamentarian who served the nation for several decades. She passed away on Wednesday, April 8, at the age of 94. Born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, Kidwai (1932-2026) rose from the classrooms of AMU to hold key positions in public life. She served as a union minister under former prime ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. During her career, ...Read More >
MUMBAI: Venu Srinivasan has backed the idea of a public listing of Tata Sons, the first time that a Tata Trusts trustee has publicly supported such a move, saying that the step would be inevitable if the Reserve Bank of India classifies the group holding company as an upper layer non-banking finance company (NBFC), appearing to reflect a widening divergence of opinion at the group's top echelons. Tata Trusts vice chairman Srinivasan told ET that such a move would allow Shapoorji Pallonji (SP) G ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Apr 8 (PTI) The Odisha Police have invoked the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against a suspected cattle smuggler currently in judicial custody, officials said on Wednesday. The accused, Sakil Khan of Tigiria police station area in Cuttack district, was arrested in February, they said. At least 10 cases are pending against him, including charges of illegal cattle transportation and assault on public servants, they added. Cuttack (Rural) SP Vinit Agrawal said the proposal t ...Read More >
Morena (Madhya Pradesh): An on-duty forest guard was run over and killed after a tractor-trolley driver, allegedly transporting sand illegally, hit him and fled the scene in Morena. The incident took place at 6 am on Wednesday near the Ranpur village intersection under Dimni police station limits. A six-member Forest Department team was on routine patrol when they spotted a sand-laden tractor-trolley approaching from the opposite direction. When the team signalled the driver to stop, he attempt ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid his last respects to veteran Congress leader Mohsina Kidwai, who passed away on Wednesday morning. Rahul Gandhi attended the last rites of the veteran leader. Samajwadi Party leader Mohibbullah Nadvi and Congress leader Anand Sharma arrived at Mohsina Kidwai's residence in Noida to pay their last respects. Also Read | IMT Manesar Strike: Authorities Impose Section 163 As 7,000 Co ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) Maharashtra Deputy CM and NCP president Sunetra Pawar on Wednesday spoke to state Congress head Harshwardhan Sapkal and requested him to ensure that his party's candidate withdraws his nomination against her in the Baramati assembly bypoll, sources said. The phone conversation comes on the eve of the last day for withdrawal of forms for the April 23 bypoll in which Congress has fielded Akash More against Sunetra Pawar, wife of then Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, who represented the B ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday paid his last respects to veteran Congress leader Mohsina Kidwai, who passed away on Wednesday morning. Rahul Gandhi attended the last rites of the veteran leader. Samajwadi Party leader Mohibbullah Nadvi and Congress leader Anand Sharma arrived at Mohsina Kidwai's residence in Noida to pay their last respects. Rahul Gandhi, earlier in the day, expressed deep sorrow over the passing o ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The 'poisonous snake' jibe against RSS/BJP in Assam by AICC President M Mallikarjun Kharge has landed him in trouble in his own home state of Karnataka, with RSS lodging a complaint against him in Mandya. Meanwhile, Kharge himself has expressed regret over his remarks in Kerala against Gujaratis but contended that he was quoted out of context. A day after Kharge's 'poisonous snake' jibe, the Mandya RSS has lodged a complaint with the police saying that the AICC President was instiga ...Read More >
Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], April 8 (ANI): Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over Pakistan's role in the US-Iran ceasefire, saying that it "ruined our foreign policy." "The BJP has ruined our foreign policy. There was a time when it seemed like India would become the world guru, but Pakistan is strengthening its foreign policy at the international level. India appears weak in foreign policy. The dream of becoming the world guru is an opportunity that ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday to discuss the strategy and campaign for the April 23 Baramati assembly bypoll she is contesting. Sources said Fadnavis assured Sunetra Pawar of full support from the BJP as an "elder brother". Sunetra Pawar was accompanied by her son Parth Pawar and other NCP leaders, sources said. The meeting discussed campaigning and strategy for the bypoll, which became n ...Read More >
Amethi/Sambhal (UP), Apr 8 (PTI) Samajwadi Party (SP) leaders and workers on Wednesday submitted a memorandum to police authorities in Amethi, demanding action against those responsible for putting up posters and hoardings targeting party chief Akhilesh Yadav. They also warned of major agitation if no action is taken. In Sambhal, SP MP Zia-ur-Rahman Barq termed the incident a "well-planned conspiracy" and demanded strict legal action against those behind it. In Amethi, led by district preside ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) The Maharashtra Congress on Wednesday said no leader from the BJP has approached it to seek withdrawal of its candidate's nomination for the Baramati assembly bypoll, terming the claims as "false, misleading and baseless". The party said in a statement that reports suggesting any communication between the BJP and the Congress on the issue were "incorrect and devoid of facts". Alleging a deliberate attempt to create confusion, the Congress claimed that such misinformation wa ...Read More >
Mumbai, Apr 8 (PTI) The Bombay High Court on Wednesday passed an interim order restraining filmmaker Santosh Kumar from repeating his allegation that director Aditya Dhar stole the script of his blockbuster film "Dhurandhar" from him. Dhar has moved the HC claiming that Kumar's repeated allegations are defamatory and damage his reputation. Justice Arif Doctor, while passing an interim order, noted that Dhar made a prima facie case for the grant of such relief. "Until the next date, the defend ...Read More >
Mumbai, April 8 (UNI) Following the death of former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in a plane accident on January 28, the Baramati byelection has become a focal point of statewide interest. Wife of Ajit Pawar, Sunetra Pawar, is the candidate for the NCP faction. Facing her is the main Opposition Congress' Akash More. Karuna Munde (Swarajya Shakti Sena) and Abhijit Bichukle as an independent have added a layer of unpredictability to the contest. There were efforts to keep the election unoppose ...Read More >
NAVI MUMBAI: The Divisional Chairman of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE), Mumbai Division, Rajendra Ahire (55), was arrested by the Navi Mumbai Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) after being caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 22,000 at the board office in Vashi on Tuesday. ACB Deputy SP Dharmaraj Sonake said the complainant had been allotted an electrical contract for maintenance and repair of the state board office building in Vashi for one year ...Read More >
Mumbai: On superstar Allu Arjun's 44th birthday on Wednesday, the makers of his next, which was tentatively titled as #AA22xA6, revealed that the film has been christened "Raaka" and even shared the first look of the actor from the upcoming movie. Production banner Sun Pictures, along with Arjun and director Atlee, took to Instagram in a collaborative post to unveil the first look and the title of the upcoming film, which also stars Deepika Padukone. The first look featured an intense close-up ...Read More >
JAISALMER: In a major breakthrough against narcotics trafficking, Barmer Police in Rajasthan, with the support of ATS Rajasthan and ATS Gujarat, has busted an international drug smuggling network operating on a "location-based model." For the first time, nearly 5 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine smuggled across the international border adjoining Barmer has been seized, and two accused have been arrested.The arrested accused were transporting the consignment to Gujarat for further supply. The ...Read More >
The Uttar Pradesh government has launched a Rs 403-crore "Dr B R Ambedkar Murti Vikas Yojana" to beautify, develop and maintain statues of Ambedkar in all 403 Assembly constituencies. Cleared by the Cabinet Tuesday, each constituency will get Rs 1 crore for 10 statues under the scheme. This comes a day after Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announced that 'protective umbrellas' will be installed over statues of Ambedkar and other such icons across the state Instructions have also been given to p ...Read More >
Addressing a gathering at the 452nd birth anniversary celebrations of Malook Das in Mathura-Vrindavan, Adityanath said, "India has only one king, that eternal king is Lord Ram, and there is no one else," asserting that this idea has been rooted in the country's civilisational consciousness for centuries. He said that around 450 years ago, when Sanatan Dharma was facing challenges during the period of foreign invasions, saints like Malook Das emerged as a "divine light" to awaken society and res ...Read More >
The ED registered its money laundering case on the basis of an August 2019 FIR filed by the Mumbai Police's Economic Offences Wing . The First Information Report alleged fraudulent sale of SSKs by the then officers and directors of the MSCB at throwaway prices to their relatives/private persons without following due procedure. But the EOW later filed a closure report in the alleged ₹25,000 crore scam citing a lack of evidence, which a special court for MPs/MLAs cases recently accepted. Rohit ...Read More >
Lucknow/Amethi (UP), Apr 7 (PTI) Posters and hoardings inspired by Bollywood movie 'Dhurandhar' targeting Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav have surfaced at several locations in Lucknow and Amethi, triggering a political row months ahead of the 2027 assembly elections. Yadav said if doesn't matter what Samajwadi Party says or BJP does but if the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data is put out honestly by media, people can decide for themselves. The posters, put up outside the Amethi ra ...Read More >
An all-party consensus marked the passage of the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam in Parliament in 2023. The Act reserves 33% of seats in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies for women. A special sitting of Parliament is due this month to fast-track its implementation. But the candidates' lists of major political parties in the four states and one Union territory going to the polls this month tell a different story: None of the main parties in the fray -- the BJP, Congress, Trinamool Congr ...Read More >
Lucknow, Apr 7 (PTI) Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday asserted that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would win the upcoming elections despite what he alleged were attempts by the BJP to manipulate the process. He also questioned the basis of the proposed women's reservation exercise in Parliament during an interaction with reporters here. Responding to reports of the alleged deletion of voters' names in West Bengal, Yadav said Banerjee would emerge victorious, and ...Read More >
Vrindavan, Apr 7 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath participated in the festival organized in Vrindavan on the occasion of the 452nd birth anniversary of Saint Malukdas Maharaj today. Addressing the saints at this grand event held at Maluk Peeth, CM Yogi not only extolled the virtues of the path of devotion but also criticized opponents on the issues of heritage and development. He bluntly stated that the eternal king of India is only Lord Shri Ram and there can be no one else. ...Read More >
Around 40 police personnel were injured on Tuesday after violent clashes broke out between tribals and security forces protesting a road project linked to the proposed Sijimali bauxite mine in Odisha's Rayagada district, officials said. The violence erupted in Sagabari village under Kashipur block, where residents opposing the mining-linked infrastructure project allegedly attacked police with stones, axes and other sharp weapons, escalating a long-running conflict over land, forest rights and ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar/Rayagada: More than 100 people, including 58 police men, were injured Tuesday after violent clashes broke out between tribals and security forces protesting a road project linked to the Sijimali bauxite mine allotted to Vedanta in Rayagada district, officials said. According to officials, the local tribals strongly opposed the road construction at Shagabari village under Kashipur block of the district. The protesters allegedly hurled stones and attacked police and officials of the d ...Read More >
Alappuzha (Kerala), April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) With Kerala Assembly elections nearing, political temperatures in Ambalappuzha have spiked sharply, with UDF-backed independent candidate G. Sudhakaran levelling serious allegations of a possible law-and-order breakdown. A four-time legislator of the CPI-M and a two-time Cabinet Minister, Sudhakaran's political journey has taken a dramatic turn in recent years. He was left out of the party's candidate list in 2021 following an internal norm barring ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar, Apr 7 (PTI) At least 70 people, including 58 security personnel, were injured on Tuesday in a clash with local tribals over the construction of a road to the Sijimali bauxite mine in Odisha's Rayagada district, officials said. The tribals, who have been strongly opposing the road project at Shagabari village under Kashipur block of the district, allegedly attacked the police personnel and district administration officials with swords, axes, and stones. ADG (Law and Order) Sanjay K ...Read More >
Navi Mumbai, April 7: A GST officer and a private woman agent were caught red-handed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) while accepting a Rs 10,000 bribe to settle a pending notice file, officials said. The duo was apprehended during a trap operation at the GST office in Konkan Bhavan on Monday. GST officer, agent caught in trap operation The accused have been identified as Amit Bhanudas Giri (45), a sales tax officer, and Vaishali Vasant Kadam (39), a private agent. Giri was caught accepting ...Read More >
Jaipur, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a major crackdown on cross-border narcotics trafficking, the Rajasthan Police, in a joint operation with Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and Barmer Police, seized nearly five kg of methamphetamine smuggled from Pakistan and arrested two accused on Tuesday. The consignment, valued at nearly Rs 25 crore in the international market (Rs 5 crore per kg), was being transported for delivery when intercepted. The operation was carried out based on intelligence in ...Read More >
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