For 1st time since Mahua row, Mamata backs MP

Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee broke her silence on the cash-for-query controversy involving Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday, rallying behind her and declaring BJP's alleged attempt to oust her from Parliament "a foolish thing to do". "This way, they will end up making her more popular," Mamata said at a party convention in Kolkata, echoing Moitra's claim that the parliamentary ethics committee's report recommending her expulsion had turned her into "Jhansi ki Rani". TMC reinstated Moitra as the party's Krishnanagar district president recently, with Mamata endorsing the appointment.

November 24, 2023 at 02:00AM

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Hear review plea on gay marriage in open court, petitioners to SC

LGBTQIA+ community members on Thursday requested an open court hearing on their petitions seeking review of the Supreme Court’s October 17 judgment rejecting marriage rights for same-sex couples, and tactically based their demand on CJI D Y Chandrachud’s minority opinion – “when there is discrimination, it must be remedied by the courts”. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi told a bench led by the CJI that the review petitions, listed for consideration in chambers before a five-judge bench on November 28, must be heard in the open court.

November 24, 2023 at 01:28AM

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1st T20I: '3 wickets and an unaccounted six' in thrilling last-over

Young left-handed batter Rinku Singh held his nerves despite losing three wickets in three balls, guiding India to a thrilling last-ball two-wicket win over Australia in the first T20I of the five-match series in Visakhapatnam on Thursday. Needing 7 runs off 6 balls, Rinku started off with a four off the first ball followed with a single bringing the equation down to 2 off 4 balls. But fate had different plans as India lost three wickets in the form of Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi and Arshdeep Singh in the next three successive deliveries.

November 23, 2023 at 11:42PM

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Trapped brothers clueless about death of kin

They grew up in the same sleepy hamlet, playing, cracking jokes and waking up together. But fate played a cruel joke and life changed completely for the Bediya family of Khairabera in 11 days. First, news that 22-year-old Rajendra Bediya and his two brothers, Anil Bediya (22) and Sukhram Bediya (23), were trapped in the Uttarkashi tunnel shocked the family on November 12. Late on Tuesday, news of the accidental death of Dinesh Bediya and Shankar Bediya, also in their twenties, left everyone in the household shattered.

November 23, 2023 at 03:02AM

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ED attaches ₹750 cr AJL assets, including Herald House in city

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday attached properties worth over Rs 750 crore, including the well-known Herald House near ITO, belonging to Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), the publisher of National Herald and other party mouthpieces of the Congress, in a money laundering case against party leaders Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul, and Young Indian, which now controls AJL. Congress slammed the ED's action as “shameful vendetta politics in a frivolous case” and dubbed BJP the “murderer” of democracy.

November 22, 2023 at 01:21AM

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Courts can give pre-arrest bail outside jurisdiction: SC

The Supreme Court has ruled that high courts and session courts are not prohibited from considering anticipatory bail pleas. The court introduced the concept of transit anticipatory bail in which the accused can be protected from arrest until they reach a court with territorial jurisdiction for the alleged offense. The court stated that a restrictive interpretation of the law would undermine the constitutional rights of a personal liberty and access to justice for the individual.

November 21, 2023 at 01:23AM

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Bigg Boss 17: Naved Sole gets eliminated from the first ever ‘mid-week eviction’; contestants get emotional

Bigg Boss 17 had its first mid-week eviction, with Naved getting eliminated. The housemates had to collectively choose three contestants they thought were least deserving. Naved's name came up, leaving many shocked and emotional. Rinku Dhawan and Jigna Vora, who were close to Naved, were particularly emotional. There was also a fight between Mannara Chopra and Abhishek Kumar, and Ankita Lokhande got emotional while talking about her ex-boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput. Khanzaadi got into a fight with Rinku Dhawan, leading to criticism from other contestants.

November 20, 2023 at 11:46PM

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Uttarkashi: 'Rescue a challenge, might take 2-3 days more'

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and CM Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the site of the tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand. He reviewed the rescue operation and assured that everything necessary would be done. Gadkari mentioned that the geological survey would use technology in the operation. He also stated that a thorough inquiry would be conducted after the rescue operation. The main priority is to save lives and at the same time, several options are being explored.

November 20, 2023 at 01:27AM

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'Cong batters spent 5 years trying to run out each other in Raj'

During a political rally in Rajasthan, PM Narendra Modi used cricketing metaphors to attack the Congress party. He referred to the tussle between Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot by saying that Congress leaders "forget to make runs and try to run out each other." The PM also accused some Congress leaders of making derogatory statements about match-fixing. He urged the crowd to vote for the BJP and promised that the "crooked squad will be bowled out."

November 20, 2023 at 01:14AM

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Tesla, auto MNCs likely to get relief on local value addition

In what can be a major relief for Tesla and other multi-national car companies looking to import electrics in India at a specially-crafted and subsidised 15% duty regime that is being proposed, the government may exclude cost-heavy batteries, semiconductors, and magnetic parts from the committed localisation norms for global companies. The relaxation will be a significant reprieve for global companies that would need to fulfil domestic value addition conditions to avail the lower duty regime.

November 20, 2023 at 01:27AM

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