Sandeshkhali video vindicates stand: TMC; BJP claims footage doctored

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Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Abhisekh Banerjee Saturday accused the BJP of orchestrating the Sandeshkhali episode and claimed a video vindicated the TMC's stand that the saffron party was behind the incidents. Allegations of sexual abuse and land grab against TMC leaders have surfaced in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district. “I never thought the politics of Bengal would stoop so low to get votes… We have been saying from day one...

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JD(S) MLA HD Revanna taken into custody by SIT

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Bengaluru: Karnataka JD(S) MLA HD Revanna was taken into custody Saturday by sleuths of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), minutes after a Court in Bengaluru rejected his anticipatory bail plea in a kidnapping case, officials said. The case was registered against Revanna, a former Minister and son of JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda and his confidant Sathish Babanna in Mysuru Thursday night for allegedly abducting a woman,...

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Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP days after quitting Congress

Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP days after quitting Congress

New Delhi: Arvinder Singh Lovely, former Delhi Congress chief and Rajkumar Chauhan, a former Congress minister, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the party headquarters in the capital Saturday. Apart from Arvinder Lovely and Rajkumar, a couple of other known faces of the Delhi Congress unit including Naseeb Singh, Neeraj Basoya and Amit Malik joined the BJP Saturday. Notably, the Delhi Congress unit has been beset with intense turmoil and...

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India attempts to influence Canadian politics due to concerns over Khalistani separatists: Official probe

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Ottawa: Indian officials, including Canada-based proxies, engage in a range of activities that seek to influence Canadian communities and politicians to ‘align’ Ottawa's position with New Delhi's interests on key issues, particularly concerns over Khalistani separatists in Canada, an official probe has found. The findings in the interim report by Commissioner Marie-Josee Hogue, who is leading the independent public inquiry, found evidence of foreign interference in Canada's last two federal elections...

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Spot-on RCB bowlers limit Gujarat Titans to below-par 147

Spot-on RCB bowlers limit Gujarat Titans to below-par 147

Bengaluru: Gujarat Titans, preyed on by a sporting pitch, accurate Royal Challengers Bengaluru bowlers and their own inhibitions, laboured to a modest 147 all out in the Indian Premier League match here Saturday. There were a couple of good partnerships – 61 between David Miller and Shahrukh Khan and 44 by Rahul Tewatia and Rashid Khan –...

Sandeshkhali

Sandeshkhali video vindicates stand: TMC; BJP claims footage doctored

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leader Abhisekh Banerjee Saturday accused the BJP of orchestrating the Sandeshkhali episode and claimed a video vindicated the TMC's stand that the saffron party was behind the incidents. Allegations of sexual abuse and land grab against TMC leaders have surfaced in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district. “I never thought the politics of Bengal...

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Terrorists attack IAF convoy in J&K’s Poonch, 5 soldiers injured

Jammu: Five security personnel were injured after terrorists opened fire on two vehicles, including one belonging to the Indian Air Force (IAF), in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district Saturday, officials said. The attack took place near Shashidhar in the evening when the vehicles were moving towards Sanai Top in the district's Surankote area, they said. Five soldiers...

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JD(S) MLA HD Revanna taken into custody by SIT

Bengaluru: Karnataka JD(S) MLA HD Revanna was taken into custody Saturday by sleuths of the Special Investigation Team (SIT), minutes after a Court in Bengaluru rejected his anticipatory bail plea in a kidnapping case, officials said. The case was registered against Revanna, a former Minister and son of JD(S) patriarch and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda...

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RCB win toss, invite GT to bat

Bengaluru: Royal Challengers Bengaluru won the toss and elected to bowl against Gujarat Titans in an Indian Premier League match here Saturday. RCB are unchanged for the match, while for GT made two changes bringing in left-arm spinner Manav Suthar, who will make his IPL debut, and left-arm pacer Joshua Little as R Sai Kishore misses out....

Won’t comment on President Biden’s remarks on xenophobia: UN spokesperson

United Nations: A UN spokesperson has declined to comment on US President Joe Biden calling India, China, Russia and Japan “xenophobic”, but stressed that all member states should continue to uphold the basic standards in the UN human rights covenants. “I wouldn't comment on what he said, but certainly...” Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres,...

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Karnataka sex scandal: Kidnapped woman traced to farmhouse of HD Revanna’s PA

Bengaluru: In a major development, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Karnataka Police Saturday tracked a kidnapped woman, who is reportedly one of the victims of the sex video scandal involving JD-S leader Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda. The woman was rescued from the farmhouse of Rajashekar, the personal assistant (PA)...

 

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