Delhi

Follow ‘Raj Dharma’, reduce fuel prices: Sonia Gandhi to PM Modi

10:21 pm February 21, 2021

New Delhi : Accusing the government of ”profiteering” off ”people’s misery”, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over ”spiralling” fuel prices, urging him to follow ‘Raj Dharma’ and reduce the prices by partially rolling back excise duty. In a three-page letter to Modi, she said the government has been ”unreasonably overzealous” in levying excessive excise duty on […]

Classroom shootout: Injured student dies at Delhi hospital

11:57 pm February 20, 2021

Jhansi: A final-year postgraduate student who was injured in a Bundelkhand college classroom shootout succumbed to his injuries at a Delhi hospital on Saturday. Manthan Singh Sengar had on Friday shot at his classmate Hukmendra Gurjar (22), injuring him critically, before killing another classmate, Kritika Tripathi (20), SSP Jhansi Dinesh Kumar said. Gurjar was sent […]

MP: Kangana, Congress leaders exchange barbs

11:52 pm February 20, 2021

Bhopal: A war of words erupted between Congress leaders in Madhya Pradesh and Kangana Ranaut after a party MLA called the Bollywood actor ”Nachane-Ganewali” woman. The actor hit back, calling him a ”fool” and saying she is someone who refuses to do item numbers unlike some other mainstream heroines. ASTRO ACCENT Congress workers had recently […]

Delhi: FIR filed against two NGOs over financial irregularities

8:43 pm February 20, 2021

New Delhi: The Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police has registered a case against two NGOs in connection with financial irregularities, an official said on Saturday. The case was registered on Thursday, the official said. ASTRO ACCENT Earlier this month, the Delhi Police had filed a case against the two NGOs in south Delhi under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of […]

Priyanka attacks Modi on lack of empathy for Assam

Modi like ‘ahankari raja’ from old stories, Priyanka tells farmers at ‘mahapanchayat’

8:39 pm February 20, 2021

Lucknow: Likening Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the character of an arrogant king, ahankari raja, from stories of yore, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said he is unable to understand that the ‘jawan’ who has kept the country safe is also the son of a farmer. Addressing a ”kisan mahapanchayat” attended by thousands of people in Muzaffarnagar, the Congress leader attacked the […]