US calls for text-based negotiations for UNSC reform, reaffirms backing for India’s permanent seat
United Nations, Sep 13 (IANS) While reaffirming support for a permanent seat for India, the US is calling for text-based negotiations for reform of the UN Security Council giving an impetus to the stalled process, according to Permanent Representative Linda Thomas-Greenfield. “The United States supports engaging in text-based negotiations on Council reform,” she said on […]
Middle Eastern countries condemn Israeli attack on UN-run Gaza school
Cairo, Sep 13 (IANS) Countries in the Middle East condemned on Thursday an Israeli airstrike on a school operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Gaza’s al-Nuseirat refugee camp, which occurred on Wednesday and resulted in 18 fatalities. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) asserted […]
BRS leaders placed under house arrest amid political heat over defected MLAs
Hyderabad, Sep 13 (IANS) Politics in Telangana heated up over defecting MLAs as opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders and workers were taken in preventive custody by the police on Friday to foil the planned protest at the residence of defected MLA Arekapudi Gandhi in Hyderabad. Senior BRS leader and former minister T. Harish Rao, […]
AAP welcomes bail to CM Kejriwal, says ‘Satyamev Jayate’
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Aam Aadmi Party welcomed on Friday bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a corruption case linked to the alleged excise police scam, and said ‘Satyamev Jayate’. While congratulating AAP workers, Delhi Chief Minister’s wife Sunita Kejriwal posted on the social media platform, “Congratulations to AAP family! Kudos […]
Crucial meeting of CPI-M to pick new general secretary
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 13 (IANS) For the CPI-M, Friday is crucial as the party will elect its new general secretary after the demise of Sitaram Yechury. It is the first time since the party’s inception in 1964 that a general secretary has passed away while in office. The role of the general secretary is crucial as […]
Wall collpase kills one in Delhi’s Nabi Karim area
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Amidst continuous rains in several parts of Delhi, a tragic incident occurred in the Nabi Karim area on Friday where a wall of the Khwaja Baqi Billah Dargah collapsed, leaving one person dead and five others injured. One of the victims, who was trapped under the debris, was rescued and […]
AASU leader Shankar Jyoti Baruah resigns after cheating complaint by university student
Guwahati, Sep 13 (IANS) Following the police complaint by a Law student of Gauhati University accusing the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) top leader Shankar Jyoti Baruah of cheating, blackmail and harassment, he resigned from the post of General Secretary of the students’ body. Baruah tendered his resignation and it was accepted by the leadership […]
SC gives bail to CM Kejriwal, but upholds arrest by CBI in excise policy scam case (Ld)
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) In a major relief to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Supreme Court on Friday granted him bail in the corruption case linked to the alleged liquor policy scam. Apart from allowing Kejriwal’s bail plea, Justice Surya Kant, heading a two-judge bench dismissed his distinct plea challenging the legality of […]
SC grants bail to CM Kejriwal in Delhi Excise case
New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the corruption case linked to the alleged liquor policy scam. In a crucial judgment pronounced, the Supreme Court said “conditions to be fixed by the trial court”. Two concurring judgments by two justices were pronounced. In […]
Complaint of Rs 68 crore fraud filed against CM Siddaramaiah in MLAs/MPs court
Bengaluru, Sep 13 (IANS) Adding to the woes of Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, yet another private complaint has been lodged against him and others in the Special Court for MLAs/MPs in Bengaluru, alleging a fraud of over Rs 68 crore committed against the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Senior BJP leader and RTI activist N.R. […]
