BJP leader on the mat in harassment case

BJP leader on the mat in harassment case

Saturday, 11 May 2024 | Saumya Shukla | New Delhi

A city court on Friday ordered the framing of charges against the BJP MP and former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, in a sexual harassment case lodged by six female wrestlers. The court said there is sufficient evidence against him to frame charges while discharging...

JJP favours toppling BJP Govt

JJP favours toppling BJP Govt

Thursday, 09 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | Chandigarh/New Delhi

The BJP's former ally Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) on Wednesday said it is ready to help the Congress bring down the BJP Government in Haryana, a day after three Independent MLAs withdrew support to the ruling party. Claiming that the BJP Government is reduced to a minority, the Congress, on its...

Staff woes ground Air India Express flights

Staff woes ground Air India Express flights

Thursday, 09 May 2024 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

Hundreds of passengers, including political leaders and workers, were left stranded and staged protests at various airports across the nation after Air India Express cancelled over 86 flights due to the cabin crew going on a "mass sick leave" on Tuesday night. The major airports — Kochi, Calicut, Delhi and Bengaluru...

Modi questions Rahul’s silence on Ambani, Adani

Modi questions Rahul’s silence on Ambani, Adani

Thursday, 09 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi/Hyderabad

Following the trend of low voter turnout continuing in the Lok Sabha elections, even in the third phase, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a frontal attack on the Opposition led by Congress, claiming their campaign was funded by black money. This prompted a terse response from the Congress, which said the...

PM schools Sam on Indianness

PM schools Sam on Indianness

Thursday, 09 May 2024 | Pioneer News Service | New Delhi

PITRODA SAYS SOUTH INDIANS LOOK LIKE AFRICANS, QUITS AFTER OUTRAGE In the midst of a high-voltage Lok Sabha poll campaign, Congress leader Sam Pitroda once again handed enough ammunition to the BJP with his analogy depicting India's diversity. Slamming his comments as "racist", Prime Minister Narendra Modi pounced on Pitroda's comment...

Unholy Dip: Hindu numbers shrink by eight per cent

Unholy Dip: Hindu numbers shrink by eight per cent

Thursday, 09 May 2024 | Rajesh Kumar | New Delhi

A study  titled "Share of Religious Minorities - A Cross Country Analysis ( 1950-2015)  by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) has revealed that the population share of the majority religion in India (Hindus) declined sharply by 7.8 per cent between 1950 and 2015, while a number...

Top LeT commander among  2 terrorists killed in Kashmir

Top LeT commander among 2 terrorists killed in Kashmir

Wednesday, 08 May 2024 | Mohit Kandhari | Jammu

A top commander of the Resistance Front (TRF), responsible for targeting members of the minority community, police personnel, and others, was killed, along with one accomplice in an overnight encounter with the joint team of security forces in the South Kashmir district of Kulgam on Tuesday. The TRF is an an...

The Pioneer reports from Ground Zero | West Bengal

Wednesday, 08 May 2024 | Saugar Senguptga | Kolkata

Bengal continued to reverse its poll-day trends as Tuesday's third phase polling passed off without reporting a single electoral violence related death. Notwithstanding, reports of sporadic and stray violence filtered in from different parts of four constituencies of Murshidabad, Jangipur, Malda South and Malda North. Amid all these voters polled...

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