People will give reply to defectors: KTR
Hyderabad, March 29 (IANS) With several key leaders deserting Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), its working president K. T. Rama Rao said on Friday that people of Telangana will give a reply to those who want to deal a blow to BRS chief K. Chandrasekhar Rao. Reacting to the latest developments through a post on ‘X’, […]
Saudi Arabia to be guest of honor at Beijing Book Fair
BEIJINGi, March 29: The Saudi Literature, Publishing and Translation Commission and the China National Publications Import and Export Group Corporation have signed a contract to host Saudi Arabia as the guest of honor at the Beijing International Book Fair, to be held this year between June 19 and 23 in the Chinese capital. The signing […]
Judicial probe ordered in Mukhtar Ansari’s death
Lucknow, March 29 (IANS) Hours after the Uttar Pradesh government ordered a magisterial probe into the death of Mukhtar Ansari, the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) in Banda has ordered a judicial probe into the matter. Garima Singh, Additional CJM, has been asked to carry out the probe and submit her report within one month. Mukhtar […]
ED to approach Bengal court for permission to question Sheikh Shahjahan
Kolkata, March 29 (IANS) Enforcement Directorate (ED) will approach the district court in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district for seeking permission to question Sheikh Shahjahan, the accused mastermind of the January 5 attack on ED and CAPF personnel in Sandeshkhali. Shahjahan, after the completion of his custody with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) […]
NCP (SP)’s Satara MP Shriniwas Patil is out of LS race due to ill-health
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (SP)’s sitting MP from Satara, Shriniwas D. Patil has decided to bow out of the Lok Sabha 2024 race owing to ill health, party supremo Sharad Pawar announced here on Friday. Patil (83) won in the 2019 LS by-polls, trouncing the royal contender Chhatrapati Udayanraje Bhonsle, in the […]
Magisterial probe ordered into Mukhtar Ansari’s death
Lucknow, March 29 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a magisterial investigation into the death of Mukhtar Ansari. The inquiry will be conducted by a three-member team, said a government spokesman. Mukhtar Ansari’s son Umar Ansari claimed that the gangster-turned-politician was subjected to “slow poisoning” in prison. A similar claim was also made by Ansari’s […]
Centre issues advisory against mobile calls impersonating DoT
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Friday issued an advisory to citizens about calls impersonating DoT, threatening people to disconnect mobile numbers. Calls are being received by the citizens wherein callers, in the name of DoT, are threatening that all of their mobile numbers would be disconnected or their mobile […]
Pak Foreign Office endorses Foreign Minister’s proposal on resuming trade with India
Islamabad, March 29 (IANS) In quick succession, official voices are emerging from Pakistan on resumption of trade with India. Within a week, first Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar and now the Pakistan Foreign Office have talked about a proposal for resuming trade with India. Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch confirmed that the Foreign […]
Guterres hopes ‘everyone’s rights protected’ in India’s elections: Spokesperson
United Nations, March 29 (IANS) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hopes that in India’s elections, “everyone’s rights are protected”, his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has said. “What we very much hope that in India, as in any country that is having elections, that everyone’s rights are protected, including political and civil rights, and everyone is able to vote […]
UN court orders Israel to allow unhindered aid to Gaza
The Hague, March 29 (IANS) The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has ordered Israel to do whatever is necessary to ensure that basic aid reaches the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip. “Israel should take all necessary and effective measures to ensure, without delay, in full cooperation with the United Nations, the […]
