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Navjot Sidhu attends Rahul Gandhi-led tractor rally in Pb’s Moga, slams Centre over farm laws

10:51 pm October 4, 2020

Moga: Punjab MLA and former state cabinet minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Sunday attended a tractor rally led by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi here to protest the Centre’s new farm laws. Gandhi arrived here on Sunday for holding tractor rallies across Punjab from October 4 to 6. The rallies, named ‘Kheti Bachao Yatra’, would cover more than 50 km in various districts and […]

Hathras case: Accused defended at meeting held at former BJP MLA’s residence

10:51 pm October 4, 2020

Lucknow: Scores of people held a meeting Sunday outside the house of a former BJP MLA in Hathras where they defended the accused in the alleged gangrape of a Dalit woman who later died, and demanded registration of an FIR against her family members. Heavy police force was deployed in the vicinity of the residence of former BJP MLA Rajvir Singh Pehalvan, located […]

Chhattisgarh minister terms rape of minor ‘small’ incident, BJP demands his removal

10:37 pm October 4, 2020

Raipur: Chhattisgarh minister and Congress leader Shivkumar Dahariya has termed the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl in the state’s Balrampur district as a “small” incident while talking about the Hathras case. After the BJP criticised Dahariya and the Congress for the comments, the minister said that his remarks were “misconstrued”. “(Former Chhattisgarh chief minister) Raman Singh is unaware that the big (rape) incident has occurred in Balrampur of […]

IRS officer Pradeep Singh tops civil services exam 2019

7:40 pm August 4, 2020

New Delhi: IRS officer Pradeep Singh tops the list of 829 candidates who have qualified for the prestigious civil services, including the IAS, the IPS and the IFS, the Union Public Service Commission announced on Tuesday. The top three rank holders — Singh, Jatin Kishore and Pratibha Verma — are serving officers. Singh is a […]

S Tikendra Singh appointed BJP’s Manipur unit chief

11:15 pm June 2, 2020

Imphal: The BJP on Tuesday appointed its spokesperson Saikhom Tikendra Singh as the new president of the party’s Manipur unit. He replaces Kshetrimayum Bhabananda Singh. The appointment comes into immediate effect, said a letter by BJP’s national general secretary Arun Singh. Born in 1952 in a political family in Bishnupur, Singh completed his MA in […]