The first phase of Aditya Thackeray’s yatra will start from Jalgaon and cover four districts of North Maharashtra — Jalgaon, Dhule, Nashik, Ahmednagar- in the next five days. Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray’s son Aaditya will start his mass public contact programme from Jalgaon on Thursday afternoon. This is for the first time that someone from Sena’s first family is undertaking a political yatra to reach out to the voters — both to consolidate and seek new constituency. The yatra assumes significance in the wake of state assembly polls thatRead More

The provisional order for the attachment of the seven-acre plot, ‘beneficially owned’ by Anand Kumar and his wife Vichiter Lata, was issued on July 16 by the Delhi-based Benami Prohibition Unit (BPU) of the department. Lucknow:The Income-Tax Department has attached a ‘benami’ plot worth more than Rs 400 crore in Noida, which reportedly belongs to BSP supremo Mayawati’s brother Anand Kumar and his wife. Kumar has been under IT lens for last few years for allegedly acquiring benami properties through shell companies. BSP chief’s brother is also the National ViceRead More

Sushma Swaraj thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking the case to the ICJ and senior advocate Harish Salve for arguing the matter very effectively and successfully. New Delhi:Leaders across the political spectrum Wednesday hailed the International Court of Justice verdict in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserting that “truth and justice” have prevailed and expressed confidence that the death row convict will get justice. The opposition Congress also welcomed the verdict, saying justice has prevailed but pointed out that Jadhav’s safety is unaddressed and heRead More

Minister Arif Aqueel advised the saffron camp to focus on keeping its own house in order. Bhopal:A senior Congress minister in Madhya Pradesh has said that no one would dare bring down the Kamal Nath-led government and warned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against making any such attempts. Arif Aqueel, who represents the Bhopal-North Assembly constituency, said, “Kamal Nath Sarkar ko hatanewala koi paida nahin hua. Agar vo hatane ki koshish karenge to BJP ko teen hisson me batwa denge(No one can dare bring down the Kamal Nath government. IfRead More

Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy is due to face a trust vote on Thursday and his government could collapse ahead of it if Speaker KR Ramesh Kumar was to accept the resignations of the rebel MLAs. New Delhi:The Supreme Court will deliver on Wednesday its crucial order on the pleas of 15 rebel Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) MLAs seeking a direction to the Karnataka Assembly Speaker to accept their resignations even as suspense mounted over the fate of the 14-month-old HD Kumaraswamy government in the state. The court decision capped intense argumentsRead More