Hausabai Gaikwad carries a plough on her shoulder; image enhanced with AI CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: In a dust-choked field in Bombali, about 63km from Latur, landless farmer Kashinath Gaikwad watched helplessly as lightning struck one of his two bulls, taking away his only means to plough eight acres before the monsoon. With debt mounting and nowhere…

NEW DELHI: A day after leading a massive Rajya Sabha exodus to BJP, AAP Supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s blue eyed boy, Raghav Chadha on Saturday took a jab at the party leadership, saying he and several colleagues did not “quit out of fear, but out of disappointment and disgust.”Chadha, who had earlier been removed as AAP’s…

Congess leader Rahul Gandhi NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday led the opposition charge and uproar over the tabling of the Women’s Reservation Bill. During his speech in the lower house, he repeatedly referred to the “number 16” in a cryptic manner, without clearly explaining its meaning.Amid frequent interruptions from…

Banerjee, in a 28-minute address on Facebook, accused BJP of engineering desertions and defections through pressure and intimidation and dared the deserters to join BJP directly if they had the guts. KOLKATA: Former CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday formally took over the presidentship of the beleaguered party after one-time confidante Chandrima Bhattacharya, whom she appointed…

NEW DELHI: A Puducherry consumer commission has held a restaurant liable for serving contaminated food and directed it to compensate the customer along with providing 10 free plates of biriyani after a dead insect was found in a plate of biriyani.The District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Puducherry, comprising S. Mouttouvel (President), A.S. Suvitha (Member) and…