Chandigarh : A day after a security breach inside the Delhi secretariat where a man threw chilli powder at him, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Wednesday that his political rivals had hatched a conspiracy to eliminate him. Kejriwal, who visited a village in Haryana’s Sonepat district, around 60 km from Delhi, on Wednesday […]
Day: November 21, 2018
Celebs flock to Deepika, Ranveer’s gala reception in Bengaluru
Bengaluru : It was a night to remember for the newly-wed Bollywood couple Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh as celebrities, and sports stars gathered at a star hotel here to wish them. Software major’s philanthropic arm Infosys Foundation chairperson Sudha Murty, city-based biotech major Biocon’s chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw were among the first ones to arrive […]
J&K Assembly dissolved amid drama
Jammu : In a dramatic development, the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly was dissolved on Wednesday night after three mainstream parties came together to stake claim to form a government that was countered by Peoples Conference leader Sajad Lone with the BJP’s backing. Governor Satya Pal Malik made a terse announcement saying he was exercising powers conferred […]
American tourist killed by tribals in Andaman island
Kolkata/New Delhi : An American tourist who tried to reach out to the pre-neolithic and isolated Sentinelese tribe in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands was killed by a single arrow shot by a tribal, authorities said. John Allen Chau is believed to have died around November 17. He arranged his trip to the restricted island […]
AAP legislator Somnath Bharti booked for abusing woman scribe on live show
New Delhi : The Noida Police on Wednesday booked AAP legislator and former Delhi Law minister Somnath Bharti for insulting and outraging the modesty of a woman journalist during a live debate, an officer said. The incident occurred on Tuesday during a live broadcast show on a news channel, when the woman journalist anchoring the […]
SIT questions actor Akshay Kumar; says satisfied with answers
Chandigarh : Superstar Akshay Kumar was questioned by a Punjab Police Special Investigation Team on Wednesday in an alleged deal mediated by him between jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim and former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, police sources said. Inspector General (IG) Kunwar Vijay Pratap, who questioned the actor at […]
WhatsApp appoints Ezetap Co-founder Abhijit Bose as India head
New Delhi : Under pressure from the government to build a separate corporate entity in the country, instant messaging service WhatsApp on Wednesday named Ezetap Co-founder Abhijit Bose as its India head. Bose will join WhatsApp in early 2019, the company said. He will build WhatsApp’s first full country team outside of California and will […]
Rahul Johri set to resume as BCCI CEO after getting clean chit
New Delhi : An independent three-member committee that went into sexual harassment allegations against BCCI CEO Rahul Johri has given him a clean chit on the issue but the Committee of Administrators in the board is divided over the clean chit with CoA Chairman Vinod Rai saying Johri can resume office. The three-member independent panel, […]
Kamal Nath asks Muslim Congress workers for ‘90% polling’; BJP calls it ‘disgusting’
New Delhi : In a video which went viral on social media on Wednesday, Madhya Pradesh state Congress President Kamal Nath is seen asking Muslim workers of his party to ensure “90 per cent polling” in the community-dominated booths to “save” the party from a “big loss”. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was quick to […]
AAP blames BJP for chilli attack, claims conspiracy to kill Arvind Kejriwal
Sonipat/New Delhi : A day after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was attacked with chilli powder at the Delhi Secretariat, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday pointed fingers at the BJP alleging there was a “conspiracy” to eliminate the AAP chief. Without taking names, Kejriwal said the repeated attacks on him were “planned” and “they […]