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25 May 2023 03:18 AM IST

The BJP, realising that Uttar Pradesh offers the best chances of securing maximum seats from any state in the next general election, has set in motion an exercise to win most of the 80 Lok Sabha seats. To begin with, the party’s national general secretary Sunil Bansal, in-charge of Odisha,

DU to focus on research associated with partition

25 May 2023 03:09 AM IST

The Delhi University will set up a Centre for Independence and Partition Studies to facilitate research on the “high voltage politics” accompanying Partition and how the then central leadership failed to contain the “germs of separatism”, documents show. It will also focus on the “non-insistence of central leadership on having

Delhi HC nixes former IPS officer Satish Verma’s plea

25 May 2023 03:04 AM IST

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday rejected the plea of former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Satish Chandra Verma challenging his dismissal from the service just a month before his retirement. Verma had assisted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in its probe into the Ishrat Jahan ‘fake encounter’ case.

Court sends gangster Deepak Boxer to five-day custody : New Delhi

25 May 2023 03:02 AM IST

Delhi’s Patiala House court on Wednesday granted five-day police custody of gangster Deepak Boxer to Delhi Police Special Cell in a murder case registered at Aman Vihar police station in 2020. The accused was produced before the court under heavy security of Delhi Police. He was arrested from Tihar jail

Delhi LG V. K. Saxena visits all three landfill sites, reviews progress of waste disposal

25 May 2023 02:58 AM IST

Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on Tuesday visited all three landfill sites at Ghazipur, Okhla and Bhalswa and took stock of the progress of the ongoing waste remediation and disposal works. The Lt Governor expressed satisfaction over the pace that bio-remediation and disposal of Solid Waste from the three dumping

Priyanka’s ‘soft-hindutva’ politics a big challenge for bjp

25 May 2023 02:55 AM IST

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has found in his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra a skilled and able “charioteer” who looks determined to take him to his desired political destination. Priyanka has been able to create an impact among the common people by following her granny Indira Gandhi’s ‘soft-Hindutva’ strategy. Alarm

ED raids premises of people close to AAP MP

25 May 2023 02:52 AM IST

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday conducted fresh searches, including at the premises of some people linked to AAP MP Sanjay Singh here, in connection with its ongoing probe in the money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi liquor policy, officials sources said. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

‘Delhiites have received support from Mamata’

25 May 2023 02:49 AM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that the people of Delhi have “got support” from West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress will oppose the bill that the BJP-led government will bring in Parliament to replace its ordinance on control of services in the national capital.

Haryana political leaders uncertain about future

25 May 2023 02:20 AM IST

With the Assembly polls slated to be held next year, political factions in the state are leaving no stone unturned to strengthen their positions in what is expected to be multi-cornered. All political parties, with a stake in the race, have begun formulating ever possible strategy in a bid to

Granddaughter of former Pak Army Chief arrested for instigating attack

25 May 2023 01:39 AM IST

In a significant development, Khadija Shah, the granddaughter of Pakistan’s former Army Chief Asif Nawaz Jangua, has been apprehended by the police as a “key instigator” in the attack on the Corps Commander House in Lahore. The assault took place following the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan on

Karnataka’s new Congress government to revamp previous policies

25 May 2023 01:13 AM IST

In a significant development, Karnataka Minister Priyank Kharge announced on Wednesday that the new Congress government would thoroughly review and potentially revise or withdraw the orders and legislations implemented under the previous Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regime. Kharge highlighted that certain measures such as school textbook revisions and anti-conversion laws,

Rs 703 core released under ‘Jagananna Vidya Deevena’ scheme

25 May 2023 00:16 AM IST

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday released Rs 703 crore under ‘Jagananna Vidya Deevena’ scheme to mothers of nearly 10 lakh students in Kovvuru in East Godavari district. The amount for January-March quarter, 2023 was transferred directly to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries. Jagananna