THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The records of the Pookode Veterinary College student Siddharth’s death case have been handed over to the Union Ministry of Personnel to be handed over to the CBI. The documents were submitted along with the government’s notification 18 days before the CBI probe. Special Cell DySP Srikanth reached Delhi and handed over the documents. […]
NEW DELHI: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has rejected the party leadership’s request to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The party’s national president JP Nadda had earlier demanded the present union finance minister to choose any seat from Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu which she deemed winnable. However, Nirmala Sitharaman curtly denied the request […]
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that the gunmen who carried out the concert hall attack that killed over 130 people in a Moscow suburb last week were “radical Islamists.”Speaking in a meeting with government officials, Putin said the killings were carried out by extremists “whose ideology the Islamic world has been fighting for […]
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal moved the high court on Saturday challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money-laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam but the court is unlikely to grant an urgent hearing. According to highly-placed sources in the court, the plea is unlikely to be […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Veteran CPM leader and former state minister A.K. Balan known for speaking his mind on Saturday expressed concern that if the party does not fare well in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls then it will lose its national status. “The problem of losing the national status is, then the famed symbol of the CPM […]
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to punish those behind a “barbaric terrorist attack” on a Moscow concert hall that killed more than 130, saying Russia had arrested four gunmen who were trying to flee to Ukraine. Kyiv has strongly denied any connection, and Putin made no reference to claims of responsibility by […]
CHENNAI: Veerappan’s daughter Vidyarani who has left BJP and joined actor-director Seeman’s Naam Tamilar Katchi will contest the parliamentary elections from Krishnagiri. Vidyarani joined the BJP four years ago. Naam Tamilar Katchi, which is a Tamil nationalist party, is contesting without joining any front this time as well. The names of Seeman candidates have been […]
NEW DELHI: The Kerala government on Saturday, in one unusual move, approached the Supreme Court against President Droupadi Murmu’s indecision regarding the bills passed by the Assembly. Earlier, from the seven bills sent by Kerala governor Arif Mohammad Khan to the president, only Lokayukta Bill was approved. Meanwhile, the bill to remove the governor from […]
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Vijayan on Thursday denounced the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, alleging that it was a deliberate move aimed at quelling dissenting voices, particularly as the electoral process gains momentum. “Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s arrest is highly objectionable. The move is part of a deliberate attempt to silence opposition […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday night in an excise policy-linked money laundering case, officials said. The arrest came hours after the Delhi High Court refused to grant protection to the AAP national convenor from any coercive action by the agency. The 55-year-old leader’s arrest, amid campaign […]