Govt to seek Parliament's nod on finance bill today

New Delhi (IANS) The government will try and get the Finance Bill 2023 passed in Lok Sabha on Friday, even as the lower house is expected to witness disruptions over Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remarks on democracy and Adani issue.

The…

Infiltration bid foiled in J&K, one terrorist killed

Srinagar (IANS) One terrorist was killed after an infiltration bid was foiled at the Line of Control (LoC) in the Tangdhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, sources said on Friday.

Army sources said that a search operation…

K'taka BJP upbeat with victory in mayoral elections in Kharge's home turf

Bengaluru (IANS) The Karnataka BJP unit is upbeat about wresting the posts of mayor and deputy mayor in the Kalaburagi City Corporation from the Congress.

The victory in the home turf of Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has come as a much…

'Misuse of central agencies', 14 political parties move SC seeking guidelines on arrest

New Delhi (IANS) Fourteen political parties led by the Congress on Friday moved the Supreme Court against the alleged misuse of investigative agencies in arresting opposition leaders, and sought guidelines on arrest.

Senior advocate A.M. Singhvi…

Stranded in Iran for four years, 5 Indian sailors to return home today

Mumbai, (IANS) Five Indian sailors who went to join a merchant navy ship in June 2019 and got stranded in Iran later, will finally return home on Friday afternoon after surviving a nightmarish ordeal of nearly four years, a family member said here.

Rahul must get conviction stayed, challenge LS notification, say experts after disqualification

New Delhi (IANS) Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, post his conviction by a Surat court, is facing a peculiar situation after the Lok Sabha Secretariat announced his disqualification as member from Kerala's Wayanad constituency - first, the disqualification,…

Mumbai man goes berserk, stabs 5, kills 2 in residential building

Mumbai (IANS) In a shocker, a middle-aged man went on a stabbing spree in a Mumbai residential building on Friday, attacking five persons, of which two have reportedly succumbed to their injuries, before he was overpowered, police said.

The…

BJP appoints new party presidents in Raj, Bihar, Odisha, Delhi

New Delhi (IANS) BJP has appointed new party state presidents in Rajasthan, Bihar, Odisha and Delhi.

Virender Sachdeva, who was the working state president in Delhi, has now been given full time responsibility by party National President J.P.…

Rahul faces disqualification if higher court does not suspend sentence

New Delhi (IANS) Congress MP Rahul Gandhi after being convicted by Surat court faces disqualification as an MP and may not be able to contest elections if the sentence is not suspended by higher courts.

The Representation of the People Act,…

SC to set up fresh bench to hear pleas against polygamy, nikah halala

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it will constitute a fresh five-judge constitution bench at an "appropriate stage" to take up petitions challenging the constitutional validity of polygamy and 'nikah halala' among Muslims.