NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday staged a protest at LNJP Hospital, alleging a Rs 650 crore scam in the Delhi government’s health department.AAP Delhi president Saurabh Bharadwaj questioned chief minister Rekha Gupta over why the main accused was allegedly allowed to flee to Germany.“There was a health scam worth Rs 650 crore…
Prashant Kishor (File photo) – Prashant Kishor says he chose BJP bastion Bankipur to send message beyond caste politics NEW DELHI: Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor on Monday said he deliberately chose to contest the Bankipur Assembly by-election from the BJP’s long-time stronghold instead of opting for a politically “safe seat”. He said the move…
Congress targets PM Modi after passport rank slips to 125th NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday criticised PM Modi’s government over India’s recent passport rankings, alleging that its policies had hurt the country’s global reputation. He also questioned the recent increase in passport fees, saying citizens were paying more despite what he described…
Nritya Gopal Das on Monday said he was deeply pained by the alleged theft of offerings at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya Ram Mandir Trust president Nritya Gopal Das on Monday said he was deeply pained by the alleged theft of offerings at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, while expressing confidence that Prime Minister Narendra…
NEW DELHI: Infighting within the Punjab Congress intensified after representatives of the faction backing former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi over Amrinder Singh Raja Warring departed for Delhi on Monday to seek a meeting with the party high command, news agency ANI reported, citing sources.Sources told ANI that the faction headed to Delhi even as…
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti and others attend the funeral ceremony of Ayatollah Khamenei (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: The Embassy of Iran in India expressed gratitude to the government and people of India for participating in the funeral ceremonies of former Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, saying the gesture reflected the ‘deep…
Delhi high court closes Vinesh Phogat petition as infructuous NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday disposed of wrestler and three-time Olympian Vinesh Phogat’s petition challenging her initial exclusion from selection trials for the Asian Games, observing that the matter had become “infructuous”, even as it directed the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) to…
Indian-origin businessman ‘poses’ as CIA agent, woos Indonesian president to secure fighter gets deal, says report NEW DELHI: Indian-origin businessman Gaurav Srivastava allegedly posed as a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operative and established ties with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in an attempt to secure a multibillion-dollar defence deal involving fighter jets and other military equipment,…
File photo of KC Venugopal NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday hit out at the Vishva Hindu Parishad after the organisation wrote to the Ayodhya police over remarks made by opposition leaders on the alleged theft of donations at the Ram temple.The VHP has urged police to examine the claims made by several opposition leaders,…
Saeed has also been charged with waging war against India and hatching a conspiracy from across the border (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary chargesheet against Pakistan-based terrorist Hafiz Saeed in the Pahalgam terror attack case, formally naming him as an accused for allegedly orchestrating the cross-border…