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A case has been registered against former Karnataka Chief Minister and senior BJP leader BS Yediyurappa for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl. It has been filed based on a complaint by the mother of the girl. Yediyurappa has been charged under the POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) Act and 354(A) (sexual harassment) […]
A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Friday ordered the State Bank of India (SBI) to provide electoral bond data linking parties and donors. The apex court also issued a notice to the bank for providing incomplete details. It criticised SBI for not disclosing electoral bond numbers which link donor and recipient. The matter […]
The details of electoral bonds revealed on the website of the Election Commission of India (ECI) are throwing up some surprises. One of the surprising facts is that among the top 15 electoral bond donors, three firms are registered in the same address in West Bengal. The firms, Keventer Foodpark Infra Pvt Ltd, Madanlal Ltd […]
In a surprising twist, it has been revealed that the highest amount of donations in the form of electoral bonds was made by a company called Future Gaming and Hotel Services Private Limited, run by Santiago Martin, known as “Lottery King”. The company donated Rs 1368 crore between 2019 and 2024. This revelation follows the […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah accused the opposition leaders of practicing “politics of appeasement”. Shah has questioned some Chief Ministers of non-BJP ruled states who have been opposing the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act and claiming that they would not allow its implementation in their state. The Home Minister asserted that the CAA does not […]
With Lok Sabha elections just around the corner, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led panel on Thursday picked bureaucrats Sukhbir Sandhu and Gyanesh Kumar for the posts of Election Commissioners (ECs). The appointments come after one of the EC’s Arun Goel resigned last week and while the other, Anup Pandey resigned in February. Goel’s tenure as […]
Mumbai’s mouthwatering street snack ‘vada pav’ has ranked 19 among the top 50 sandwiches worldwide. The ranking is by Taste Atlas, a well-known global food guide, which came up with a list of the ‘50 Best Sandwiches in the World’. Being recognised globally is a thumbs up for India’s street food, which is known in […]
The daughter of a cook of the Supreme Court of India has so immensely pleased the Chief Justice of India that he facilitated her for her achievement. The young achiever from a humble background has bagged multiple offers with scholarships from reputed law schools abroad for pursuing LLM coursePragya Samal has got admission offers for […]
At a recent event in Mumbai, Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani enumerated five success mantras he had learnt through his life’s experiences. Addressing young entrepreneurs, Adani also recalled the experiences of his childhood and the principles inculcated through those experiences which helped him grow his business and become successful in life. “My upbringing was spread […]
In what can be called a clampdown on AI invasion, the Centre has asked tech companies to seek its explicit nod before publicly launching “unreliable” or “under-tested” generative AI models or tools. It has also warned companies that their AI products should not generate responses that “threaten the integrity of the electoral process” as the […]
The State Bank of India (SBI) has filed a compliance affidavit with the Supreme Court in the electoral bonds case. The bank informed the court that a total number of 22,217 bonds were purchased during the period from April 1, 2019, to February 15, 2024, out of which, 22,030 electoral bonds were redeemed. The amount […]
At least six Pakistani nationals on a boat carrying drugs worth around Rs 480 crore were arrested near Gujarat’s Porbandar, officials said on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, officials of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Indian Coast Guard and Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) caught the Pakistani nationals when they were trying to enter the Indian […]
Hours after the senior BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar and his entire cabinet stepped down, Nayab Singh Saini will be the new Chief Minister of Haryana, the party said. An influential figure within the OBC, or Other Backward Classes, community, Nayab Saini is the BJP’s Lok Sabha MP from Kurukshetra and was appointed the party’s […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the re-developed Kochrab Ashram and launched the master plan of the Gandhi Ashram Memorial, at Mahatma Gandhi Ashram at Sabarmati in Ahmedabad. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said, “This Sabarmati Ashram of Bapu has always been the center of an amazing energy. Whenever we recieve […]
Continuing with its Modi ki Gurantee narrative in run-up to the Lok Sabha polls, the Centre has finally notified the rules of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, four years after it was passed. Political pundits say the Narendra Modi government wants to emphasise its message to voters that “Jo kaha, voh kiya (delivered all that we […]
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has fielded a 42-year-old Oxford University scholar Shahnawaz Ali Raihan to take on Congress’s Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury on the Malda seat in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The brother of former Union Minister ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury, Abu Hasem Khan has held the seat since 2009. Raihan, a historian pursuing […]
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar is likely to resign today (Tuesday), sources said. They said, Nayab Saini or Sanjay Bhatia may replace him as the new state CM. The Khattar-Cabinet is likely to give a collective resignation today. Sources also said that Khattar may be fielded from Karna in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. […]
In a significant development, the Supreme Court of India (SC) has asked the State Bank of India (SBI) to share details of electoral bonds by March 12. It has also directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to make the details public on its website by 5 pm on March 15. The apex court on […]
A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court to stop the Central government from appointing a new election commissioner (EC) under the Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners (Appointment Conditions of Service and Terms of Office) Act, 2023. The petition was filed by Congress leader Jaya Thakur after Arun Goel’s abrupt resignation as […]
Karan Adani announces the Airport is equipped to handle 8 million passengers annually Team Vo!: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a state of the art international airport in Lucknow. The T3 terminal that he inaugurated has been built at a cost of Rs 2400 crore and will cater to around 4000 passengers during peak hours. […]
