New Delhi, Jul 22 (PTI) The Congress on Tuesday, 22 July, claimed that there are far deeper reasons for Jagdeep Dhankhars resignation as the vice-president than the health reasons cited by him, and said his resignation speaks highly of him but poorly of those who got him elected to the post. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said Dhankhar chaired the Business Advisory Committee of the Rajya Sabha at 12.30 pm on Monday. It was attended by most members, including le

Mumbai, Jul 9 (PTI) Amid the language controversy, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray has prohibited his party members from interacting with media or posting personal reactions on social media platforms. Even the partys official spokespersons should not speak to the media without his prior approval, Thackeray said on Tuesday. His instructions came days after he shared the stage with his cousin Uddhav Thackeray in Mumbai at a victory gathering, titled Awaj Marathicha, to celebra

AHMEDABAD, India, June 13 (Reuters) The investigation into the Air India plane crash that killed more than 240 people is focusing on the engine, flaps and landing gear, a source said on Friday, as the aviation regulator ordered safety checks on the airlines entire Boeing-787 fleet. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board bound for Gatwick Airport south of London began losing height moments after take-off over a residential area of the western city of Ahmedabad and erupted in a huge

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 20 (ANI): The Madhya Pradesh government has constituted a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the controversial remarks against Col Sofiya Qureshi made by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kunwar Vijay Shah, who serves as the Tribal Affairs minister in the state cabinet. This development comes after the Supreme Court directed the Madhya Pradesh government to form an SIT, comprising three IPS officers, including a lady officer, while

New Delhi, May 19 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Monday pulled up Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah for his remarks on Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and constituted a three-member special investigation team to probe the FIR lodged against him. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh told the minister that it had seen his videos where he made the remarks and his apology and wondered if they were crocodile tears or an attempt to wriggle out of the legal proceedings. The entire nation was in sham

New Delhi, Apr 8 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside part of the Calcutta High Court judgement ordering a CBI probe into the West Bengal cabinets decision to create supernumerary posts in state-run and aided schools. The top court, however, made it clear the CBI probe as directed by the Calcutta High Court into other aspects related to the appointment of 25,753 teachers and staffers in West Bengals state-run and aided school would continue. A supernumerary post refers to a temporary pos

New Delhi, Mar 26 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea for a CBI probe into an alleged honey-trap attempt involving a minister and other politicians in Karnataka. A three-judge bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta dismissed the PIL filed by social activist Binay Kumar Singh. The plea had also sought the probe to be either monitored by the top court or by a committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge. Advocate Barun Kumar Sinha, appearing for the pe