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March 18, 2024

Snake venom case: Elvish Yadav held, sent to 15-day judicial custody

THE Noida Police on Sunday arrested Youtuber Elvish Yadav in its ongoing probe into the suspected use of snake venom as a recreational drug.

1 min

Latest electoral bond data show parties love to hide than disclose

Only DMK, AIADMK, JD(S), and National Conference have revealed names of their donors

2 mins

FIR against Baghel filed in Mahadev betting case

THE Chhattisgarh police on Sunday filed a FIR against former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel in the online Mahadev App betting scam case.

1 min

DMK got ₹509 cr from lottery baron, 105 cr from MEIL

COIMBATORE-based Future Gaming and Hotel Services Limited, owned by Santiago Martin, the highest buyer of electoral bonds worth ₹1,368 crore, donated ₹509 crore to the DMK in Tamil Nadu.

1 min

Int'l students of Guj varsity attacked over prayer row

STUDENTS hailing from different foreign countries were allegedly assaulted by a mob in the Gujarat University hostel in Ahmedabad for offering namaz in the facility's building, police said on Sunday.

1 min

Rahul targets BJP at mega rally

CONGRESS leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday tore into the Bharatiya Janata Party as he addressed the closing rally of his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Mumbai.

1 min

KEJRIWAL GETS TWO SUMMONSES IN DJB, LIQUOR POLICY CASES

THE Enforcement Directorate on Sunday summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering probe linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Jal Board, and issued the 9th summons in the case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy.

1 min

BJP wants to stop Kejriwal from campaigning: Atishi

Jal Board case a back-up plan to arrest CM, alleges Delhi minister

1 min

Money laundering case: SC verdict on Jain's bail plea today

THE Supreme Court is scheduled to pronounce its verdict on Monday on the regular bail plea of AAP leader Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi excise policy alleged scam.

1 min

PROMISED LAND

CAA is hope and despair, depending on which part of the subcontinent the refugees are from. As the country goes to the polls, the citizenship issue has come to haunt those living without the tag of 'citizen' on the peripheries of the Capital. Ujwal Jalali & Prabhat Shukla look at the enduring anxieties and fleeting hopes among these refugees

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Cracks appear in INDIA over candidature of Rahul, Venu

CRACKS appeared in the opposition unity INDIA block on Sunday, as both the CPM and CPI national leadership decided to stay away from the rally organized by the block at Shivaji Park in Mumbai as a sign of protest against the Congress's alleged violation of alliance propriety.

1 min

Vote For Double-Engine Govt: Modi

Hits out at YSRC, says Andhra ministers are competing with one another in corruption

2 mins

GENERAL ELECTIONS TO TEST ECI CREDIBILITY AS A BIPARTISAN BODY

LEADER of Congress in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury rarely has anything positive to say about the Centre's policy decisions.

1 min

THE RIGHT WAY TO FLAGA WRONGDOING

CANADIAN-Indian filmmaker Nisha Pahuja's To Kill a Tiger might have missed out on an Oscar but it has certainly sparked a conversation since the documentary's release on an OTT platform this week.

2 mins

INCLUSIVE GROWTH IN INDIA KEY TO VIKSIT BHARAT

Our country has had the highest real GDP growth across all G20 nations in the first three quarters of FY2024, but does this reflect the status of our human development as well?

4 mins

NAVROZE BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OF A TRIP TO IRAN

NAVROZE falls on March 20 this year.

4 mins

Counting date for Arunachal, Sikkim changed to June 2

THE Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday announced changing the date of counting of votes in the Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim Assembly polls from June 4 to June 2.

1 min

Electoral bonds an experiment, time will tell how beneficial it was: RSS

AMID a row over the electoral bonds, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Sunday said the system was introduced as an experiment with checks and balances.

2 mins

India, Maldives hold 3rd group meeting in Male, discuss bilateral cooperation

THE third meeting of the India-Maldives high-level core group on Sunday reviewed the ongoing deputation of Indian technical personnel to enable continued operation of Indian aviation platforms in the island nation.

1 min

Draft 100-day road map for new govt, ministers told

At cabinet meet, Modi talks of making India third-largest economy

2 mins

Uproar over paper leak of J'khand civil service exams

THE candidates for Jharkhand Public Services Commission (JPSC) Civil Services (PT) Examination alleged paper leak ahead of the examination at Chatra, Dhanbad and Jamtara.

1 min

Art 370 abrogation emerges as main poll plank in J&K

THE Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir would be fought on Article 370 with both the BJP and opposition parties to focus their poll campaigning in the Union Territory on the Article 370, which granted special status to the region.

1 min

Bihar NDA, grand alliance scramble to finalise seats

BJP may repeat 2019 formula; RJD and Congress yet to begin talks

1 min

Minister among five charged by Raj anti-corruption court in 18-yr-old case

A special court dealing with anti-corruption cases in Rajasthan's Jaipur region has formally charged five individuals, including Urban Development and Housing (UDH) Minister Jhabar Singh Kharra and former development officer Ummed Singh Rao, with corruption amounting to ₹14 lakh rupees and fraud in an 18-year-old case involving the procurement of pipes within the Public Health Engineering Department.

1 min

Israeli PM says civilians can leave Rafah before invasion

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday that civilians crammed into the southern Gaza Strip would be able to leave before troops enter in pursuit of Hamas militants.

1 min

Biden roasts Trump at DC annual press dinner

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden joked about Donald Trump and his own age at an annual media dinner on Saturday before unloading deadly serious criticisms of his rival in November's election.

1 min

Russian Prez Polls End Amid Dissent, Kyiv Attacks

Navalny supporters crowd booths in 'Midday against Putin' protest

2 mins

Why Financial Planning Needs Behavioural Change

WE are near the end of the financial year.

3 mins

Takeaways from Stress Test results of mid, small-cap funds

Instead of getting panicked about the stress test and taking any steps in haste, investors should build a healthy portfolio with large- and flexi-cap funds

3 mins

Kings Enter With High Hopes

Despite injury concerns, defending champs CSK go into the season with a good all-round squad

2 mins

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