“Mahatma Gandhi’s ideas are rising day by day, brother”
NEW DELHI: “Mahatma Gandhi mein aag lag rahi hai bhai” (Mahatma Gandhi is on fire) – the frantic shouting of a fireman captured on video has become the focus of an investigation into the fire that broke out at Justice Yashwant…
Judge resigns after a year after huge amount of cash found in home
NEW DELHI: Justice Yashwant Varma, who has resigned as a judge of the Allahabad High Court, has spent more than 13 months at the eye of the storm ever since a stack of burnt notes was accidentally discovered in his official bungalow in New Delhi. In a…
Cooch Behar workers’ slogans of “vote first, work later” hit restaurants, homes and eateries in Jaipur. Business
JAIPUR: With two weeks to go before the Bengal polls, households and restaurants across Jaipur are facing staff shortages as migrant workers in Cooch Behar return to their hometowns to cast their votes, leaving kitchens short-staffed and businesses…
Varma went downstairs to protest: “Being asked to answer unanswerable questions”
New Delhi: Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma may have submitted his resignation to the President Draupadi Murmu Friday, but he fell to the ground crying. In a letter written simultaneously to Supreme Court Justice Aravind Kumar, chairman of the…
Women voter turnout hits record high in Kerala, Assam and Puducherry
NEW DELHI: Women voter turnout remained high in Assam, Kerala and Puducherry on Thursday, not only recording the highest ever turnout but also surpassing the male voter turnout in the two states and the Union Territory. The female voter turnout was as…
After AFT relief, acquittal in Malegaon case, Army promotes Colonel Purohit to Brigadier General
New Delhi: The Indian Army has approved the promotion of Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit to Brigadier General after he was acquitted in the Malegaon blast case and requested the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) that he should not retire until his promotion…
Supreme Court: Staff and pensioners cannot have different DA pay hikes
New Delhi: Observing that there is no difference between inflationary pressure on active employees and pensioners and the impact is equal on both, Supreme Court Friday held that determining the differential rate of increase in these two categories of…
Political parties lure women voters with cash transfer promises
In a bid to woo women voters in Assam, the BJP and Congress have proposed competing cash transfer packages. In Assam, the BJP sankalp patra has promised that direct bank transfers to women will be increased to Rs 3,000 per month against a target of Rs 40…
Sharing the burden of war costs: Government to share with Indian companies
NEW DELHI: “When things go well, you pocket all the profits, but when things go south, you immediately pass on the costs. Sharing a little burden may not be a bad thing for you” – the purported remarks of a senior government official…
EC rejects TMC nomination to renew contract with government
Krishna Nagar (Nadia): The Election Commission has canceled the nomination of Abhinav Bhattacharya, the Trinamool Congress candidate for Krishna Nagar North in Nadia district, citing conflict of interest, the first such rejection involving a recognized…