Day: May 30, 2019

FIR against director Anurag Kashyap after actress alleges rape

Don’t like invasion of privacy: Kashyap on paparazzi row

8:57 pm May 30, 2019

Mumbai: Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap on Thursday said he doesn’t like invasion of his privacy weeks after he blasted photographers for clicking him outside a clinic. In a video which surfaced online earlier this month, Kashyap was seen slamming photographers for clicking him while he was entering a clinic by saying, “Don’t you have work in […]

Modi takes oath as PM for second term

8:51 pm May 30, 2019

New Delhi: Narendra Modi was on Thursday sworn in as country’s Prime Minister for a second term, heading the National Democratic Alliance government in the presence of a large gathering of national and international dignitaries. Modi, 68, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by President Ram Nath Kovind at a glittering ceremony at […]

BJP's 'Aar Noi Annay' campaign marred by sporadic violence, party demands President's Rule

BJP worker stabbed to death in Bengal

8:50 pm May 30, 2019

Burdwan (WB): A BJP worker was stabbed to death in West Bengal’s West Burdwan district on Thursday, police said. Sushil Mondal, 49, was killed allegedly by a Trinamool Congress activist following an altercation over putting up BJP flags at Panduk village under Ketugram police station limits. Local TMC leaders, however, claimed Mondal was a victim […]

Newly elected Odisha MLAs take oath

8:42 pm May 30, 2019

Bhubaneswar: A day after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and 20 ministers were sworn-in, the newly elected legislators Thursday took oath as members of Odisha Legislative Assembly. The chief minister, who has been elected from Hinjili and Bijepur constituencies, was the first to be sworn in as a member of the 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly. Pro-tem […]

JD(U) not joining Modi government

8:26 pm May 30, 2019

New Delhi: BJP ally JD(U) will not join the new Narendra Modi government, its spokesperson Pavan Varma said on Thursday, in what appears to be a sign of differences with the saffron party over the number of ministerial berths offered to it. “We are not joining the government. This is our decision,” Varma, who is […]