PK meeting Congress leaders even as induction undecided

New Delhi (IANS) Poll strategist Prashant Kishor has been meeting the Congress leaders informally in poll bound states as his induction in the party is still under consideration by Sonia Gandhi.

Sources have confirmed that he has met a couple…

Rs 10 lakh reward for info on accused in 6-year-old's rape, murder case

Hyderabad (IANS) Hyderabad police on Tuesday announced a Rs 10 lakh reward for any information leading to arrest of the accused in rape and murder of a six-year-old girl.

Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar announced the reward as Pallakonda…

Modi to visit US on Sep 24 to participate in QUAD Leaders summit

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be participating in person in the Leaders' Summit of the Quadrilateral Framework in Washington DC on September 24, 2021, being organised by the US.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison,…

Bengal Speaker Biman Banerjee summons ED, CBI officers

Kolkata (IANS) Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, Biman Banerjee has summoned two senior officers - one each from Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and asked them to appear before him on September 22 with…

Bengal Law Minister refuses to appear before ED in coal scam case

Kolkata (IANS) After Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira Banerjee, West Bengal Law Minister Moloy Ghatak also informed the enforcement directorate that it is not possible for him to go to ED office in New Delhi on Tuesday and…

Mamata suppressed facts in her affidavit, BJP complains to EC

Kolkata (IANS) Fresh controversy has erupted after BJP complained to the Election Commission of India objecting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's candidature from Bhabanipur Assembly constituency as she has suppressed facts in her affidavit…

India moving away from coal slowly, considerable progress by states: Study

New Delhi (IANS) India alone is home to 7 per cent (21GW) of the global coal project pipeline, which is 56 per cent of South Asia's total, a study showed on Tuesday, with the country moving slowly away from coal at a national level, however considerable…

Young woman abused, assaulted in public place in Bengaluru

Bengaluru (IANS) Karnataka Police have launched a hunt for an accused for sexually abusing a 22-year-old BPO woman employee at the upscale Langford road in Ashoknagar police station limits in Bengaluru in broad daylight.

According to police,…

Partha Chatterjee interrogated by CBI in I-Core chit fund case

Kolkata (IANS) After West Bengal Commerce and Industry Minister Partha Chatterjee said that he would not be able to go to the CBI office, the officers came to his South Kolkata office and interrogated him for two hours. Chatterjee was interrogated…

Beating around the bush: SC on Centre's denial on detailed affidavit in Pegasus row

New Delhi (IANS) After the Centre's denial to file a detailed affidavit clarifying whether Pegasus spyware was used or not, the Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on a batch of petitions seeking an independent probe into the alleged Pegasus…