The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has decided to project its party chief Mayawati as the Prime Ministerial candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. BSP sources said that the party would not join any opposition alliance but would go it alone in the Lok Sabha elections.
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Kharge, Rahul to attend Oppn meeting in Patna on June 23
Even as the first meeting of the like-minded opposition parties scheduled for June 12 got cancelled, the Congress on Friday said its president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi will attend the meeting on June 23 in Patna.
UP cops seek psychological profiling of Jeeva's murder accused
The Lucknow police wants Vijay Yadav, the main accused in the murder of gangster Sanjeev Maheshwari Jeeva, to be psychologically profiled by forensic and medical experts.
Flutter as top MVA leaders Sharad Pawar, Sanjay Raut get death threats
Two top opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders, Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Spokesperson Sanjay Raut, have received fresh death threats from unknown persons, here on Friday.
SC refuses urgent listing of plea challenging Internet shutdown in Manipur
A vacation bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Rajesh Bindal noted that the Manipur High Court is already hearing the matter, therefore there is no need to duplicate the proceedings.
SC declines to list plea during vacation against RBI decision on Rs 2K note exchange
The Supreme Court on Friday declined to list a petition by advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, during the court's summer vacation, challenging the Delhi High Court's May 29 judgment allowing exchange of Rs 2,000 currency notes without any identification.
ED arrests M3M director Roop Kumar Bansal in PMLA case
According to the ED, the owners, controllers and promoters of M3M Group, namely Basant Bansal, Roop Kumar Bansal, Pankaj Bansal, and other key individuals deliberately avoided investigations.
60 rescued, one injured in Mumbai building blaze
At least 60 residents were rescued and one was injured in a major fire that broke out in a residential building in the congested Zaveri Nazar area of South Mumbai early on Friday, the BMC Disaster Control said.
J&K Police rescue 250 tourists stuck in Kashmir's Affarwat
The Jammu and Kashmir Police have rescued at least 250 tourists, who were stuck in the Affarwat mountains after the Gulmarg Gondola car operations in North Kashmir's Baramulla district developed a technical fault, officials said on Friday.
Dalit family beaten by upper caste men for bathing at tubewell in UP's Khurja
Four members of a Dalit family, including two minors and a former village head, were allegedly thrashed by upper caste men for bathing in a tubewell reservoir in Khurja city of Bulandshahr district, the police said on Friday.
'Double engine' govt will throw every Bangladeshi out of Bihar: State BJP chief
BJP's Bihar unit President Samrat Chaudhary on Thursday said that if his party comes to power in Bihar, Bangladeshi intruders would be thrown out of the state and if anybody plays any tricks, they would either be sent to jail or "buried".
Conversion via app case shows how children get swayed by virtual world
Anuneet Sabharwal, a psychiatrist and founder-director at The Happy Tree De-addiction and Mental Health Hospital, told IANS that children's screen time (on TV or cellphones) increases mainly due to the ambience at home, loneliness, and a feeling of being neglected.
'India, Serbia have huge potential for trade & investment': President Murmu
Addressing the India-Serbia business forum in Belgrade, President Murmu said that both nations have had friendly relations since the days of the Non-Aligned Movement, and therefore, it is now time to build and strengthen the economic partnership as well as trade ties.
School recruitment scam: Now ED summons Abhishek Banerjee for questioning on June 13
After the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has now summoned Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for questioning in connection with the alleged multi-crore school recruitment scam in West Bengal.
Conversion through gaming app: 'Tech-savvy accused changing locations frequently'
The Ghaziabad Police, Lucknow Police and several other agencies are looking for Khan, who allegedly targeted minor children to convert them through the online gaming application at many places, including Maharashtra.
Diabolic act: Thane man chopped, minced and cooked live-in partner's body pieces, find police
The prime accused in the Thane murder case allegedly stooped to unimaginably gory levels to disguise his live-in partner's killing, stunning even the police investigators, officials said on Thursday.
Odisha train tragedy: Only small number of passengers opted for insurance cover
As per the initial indications, only a small number of passengers of the two passenger trains have opted for the travel accident insurance cover while booking through the IRCTC portal.
Robotic experts, Army join rescue operation to save girl stuck in MP borewll
"We have lowered a robot into the borewell to collect information and we are processing the data by scanning to know about the child's health condition," Mahesh Arya, the robotic team in-charge told the media.
Mother alone does not have right over child: Delhi court in Shikhar Dhawan's case
A Delhi court has ordered Aesha Mukerji, the estranged wife of cricketer Shikhar Dhawan, to bring their nine-year-old son to India for a family gathering observing that a mother alone does not possess exclusive rights over a child.
'Agni Prime' ballistic missile successfully flight-tested by DRDO
The Ballistic missile 'Agni Prime' was tested from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. During the flight test, all objectives were successfully demonstrated, a defence ministry official said on Thursday.
Patna woman stabs husband's private parts 2 days after marriage
The victim, Surya Bhushan Kumar, a CRPF jawan from Sitamarhi, and the accused Neha Kumari, had been in a relationship. When she came to know that his parents were arranging his marriage with another women, she coaxed him to come to Patna.
Trinamool MLA's video threatening to restrict movement of central agencies in Bengal goes viral
Meanwhile, another video has gone viral where veteran Trinamool Congress leader Seagate Roy was seen and heard abusing the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari.
Leave fascination for chair: Randhawa to senior Raj Cong leaders
"Elderly people themselves should give up the fascination of power. This needs not to be mentioned, but milestones should be created automatically," said Randhawa while talking to the media in the Congress war room on Wednesday.
Banks to issue Rupay prepaid forex cards: RBI
The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to permit banks to issue Rupay prepaid foreign exchange (forex) cards for Indians travelling abroad, said RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das.
RBI MPC retains repo rate at 6.5%, projects 6.5% GDP & 5.1% inflation for FY24
Not belying the expectations, the Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) did not change the repo rate from 6.50 per cent while projecting gross domestic product (GDP) and inflation at 6.5 per cent and 5.1 per cent respectively.