Akhilesh Das offered Rs 100 crore for Rajya Sabha ticket: Mayawati
LUCKNOW: BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday alleged former Union minister Akhilesh Das, who quit the party a day earlier, had offered her Rs 100 crore for renominating him to the Rajya Sabha. Das’s term in the Upper House ends on November 25. Addressing the media at the party headquarters in... read more »
Didi demands CBI probe into ‘chit fund benefits’ to media
Giving a clean chit to her party members in the multi-crore Saradha financial scam, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday trained her guns at a certain section of “paid media” for trying to portray them as thieves. She also demanded a CBI investigation into the “financial benefits”... read more »
Shiv Sena can join government only after trust vote: Devendra Fadnavis
MUMBAI: BJP has turned the tables on Matoshree on Wednesday, making it clear that Shiv Sena can join the new government only after it backs the trust vote on November 12, which is the new regime’s top priority now. NCP’s statement last week that it will vote in favour of BJP, and not... read more »
Dhanbad: 16-year-old boy detained for wearing t-shirt with ISIS printed on ...
A teenaged boy has been detained at Jharia police station in Dhanbad after he was seen wearing a t-shirt with the words ‘ISIS’ and ‘Pakistan’ etched on it. He was carrying what resembled the Pakistani national flag. The boy, who is not being named as police suspect he is a minor aged 16,... read more »
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