New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) As many as 459 Congress partymen, including 26 MPs and 5 legislators from different state Assemblies, were on Monday detained during Congress’ protest march in the national capital against the summon issued to Rahul Gandhi in connection with the National Herald case, a police officer said. “15 members of Lok Sabha, […]
CPI-M workers attack Congress Kerala HQs, Antony present in building
Thiruvananthapuram, June 14 (IANS) In a first of its kind incident, angry CPI-M workers barged into the Congress state party headquarters here on Monday night and smashed advertisement materials and damaged a car even as veteran Congress leader A.K. Antony was present in the premises. Hearing about the attack, both the CPI-M and the Congress workers […]
Protests against Pinarayi Vijayan during flight
Thiruvananthapuram, June 13 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who is already facing heat after gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh accused him and his family of involvement, on Monday faced slogans inside the aircraft he was travelling in from his home town Kannur to the state capital. TV visuals show two people shouting slogans demanding […]
‘I am fine’: Chidambaram after hairline fracture
New Delhi, June 13 (BPNS) Congress leader and former Union Minister P. Chidambaram suffered a fracture in his left rib after he was allegedly pushed by police during the party’s protest outside the Enforcement Directorate’s Delhi office on Monday. However, he tweeted that he was lucky to get away with only a suspected hairline crack. […]
Chhota Shakeel’s long shadow over Salman-starrer ‘Chori Chori Chupke Chupke’
Mumbai, June 13 (IANS) ‘Chori Chori Chupke Chupke’ had a stellar cast (Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee and Preity Zinta), a story centred around surrogacy (a childless couple use the services of a prostitute to become the surrogate mother of their child), and the hit-maker director duo of Abbas-Mustan, and it was a commercial success too, […]
ED to question Rahul Gandhi again on Tuesday after 10hr questioning
New Delhi, June 13 (BPNS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi left for home late on Monday after being grilled by the Enforcement Directorate in the National Herald matter for about ten hours, over two sessions. He has again been summoned for Tuesday. Gandhi reportedly corrected a few things in his statements, due to he had to […]
TN Congress conducts protest march in front of ED office, Chennai on summons to Sonia, Rahul
Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu Congress president, K.S. Alagiri led a protest march in front of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office against the summons issued by the ED to AICC president Sonia Gandhi and her son and Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi. The protest was part of a nationwide agitation against the ED move planned […]
TN forest department asks motorists not to stop at Satyamangalam forest area
Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu forest department has advised motorists traveling by Coimbatore- Bengaluru National Highway 948 not to halt their vehicles on the Dhimbam- Hasanur route of Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR). The forest department has taken this initiative as wild animals frequently cross the stretch at many points and to prevent human-animal conflict […]
AIADMK comes out against move on Kallar reclamation hostels
Chennai, June 13 (BPNS) AIADMK leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, O. Panneerselvam (OPS) has come out strongly against the reported move to transfer control over the Kallar reclamation hostels from Joint Director to District Welfare officers for the Backward Class and Minorities. The former Chief Minister in a statement on Monday said […]
Commission orders probe on lynching incident
Thiruvananthapuram, June 13, BPNS A probe has been ordered by the State Human Rights Commission on the incident in which a 50-year-old man got allegedly lynched. The man, Chandran, got attacked on May 28 on charges of stealing kitchenware from a house at Perunguzhy near Chirayinkeezhu in Thiruvananthapuram. He had breathed his last in the […]



