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NCW moves EC over Surjewala's Hema Malini jibe

BJP MP Hema Malini
BJP MP Hema Malini
The National Commission for Women has moved the Election Commission against Congress leader Randeep Surjewala for allegedly making derogatory remarks against actor and the BJP's Mathura candidate Hema Malini. BJP IT department head Amit Malviya had shared an undated video on X in which the...
23:30

MEA steers clear of Katchatheevu row

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The ministry of external affairs on Thursday steered clear of the row surrounding Katchatheevu island. To a volley of questions on the Katchatheevu issue, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal referred to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's recent comments on the matter. I would like to...
22:52

BJP's Lok Sabha polls manifesto committee holds second meeting

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The Bharatiya Janata Party manifesto committee for the Lok Sabha polls held its second meeting on Thursday, with its members, including panel head and Union Minister Rajnath Singh, deliberating on a host of suggestions that the party has received from various quarters. BJP leaders and Union...
22:32

Delhi excise scam case: Kavitha urges court for interim bail

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Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha, arrested in the Delhi excise policy scam case, urged a court here on Thursday for interim bail, claiming that her 16-year-old son has exams and needs his mother's moral and emotional support.The court of Special Judge Kaveri Baweja heard the submissions...
22:23

5.3-magnitude earthquake hits Himachal near Chamba

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Tremors were felt in parts of north India as a 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh on Thursday. The earthquake struck at 9.34 pm, the National Center for Seismology said. Mild tremors were also felt in Chandigarh and parts of Punjab and Haryana. The...
22:12

9 districts in Bihar sizzle in over 40 degrees C heat

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Bihar sizzled in intense heat as the temperature soared above the 40 degrees Celsius mark in nine districts of the state on Thursday, the India meteorological department (IMD) said. Buxar district recorded the highest temperature of 42.2 degrees Celsius, followed by Sheikhpura (42.1),...
21:40

Congress to release manifesto for Lok Sabha polls tomorrow

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Top Congress leaders will release the party's manifesto for the Lok Sabha elections on Friday with its focus on the five 'pillars of justice'. The manifesto would be released by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and former party presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. A day after the...
21:22

Mining resumes in Goa after 6 years with Vedanta

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Mining in Goa resumed after a gap of six years, with mining major Vedanta on Thursday announcing that it has commenced operations at Bicholim Mineral Block in the state. Bicholim Mineral Block is the first auctioned mine to become operational since 2018 when the Supreme Court imposed a...
20:59

Have established contact with two nationals in Taiwan, says MEA

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India has established contact with two of its nationals reported to be missing following an earthquake in Taiwan and they are safe, the ministry of external affairs said on Thursday. Randhir Jaiswal, the minister spokesperson, said this in his weekly briefing in response to a...
20:54

Mumbai Coastal Road witnesses first accident; none hurt

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The newly-inaugurated coastal road in Mumbai recorded its first-ever accident on Thursday afternoon when a speeding car hit the wall of a tunnel. The accident took place around 2.30 pm in the south-bound tunnel near its Marine Drive exit, the police said. A car hit the wall and spun...
20:35

Will Congress field Robert Vadra from Amethi?

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Robert Vadra/File image
Indicating his keenness to contest the Lok Sabha elections from Amethi, Robert Vadra, businessman and husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has said that the people of Amethi expect him to represent their constituency if he thinks of becoming a member of Parliament. In an...
20:17

Jaishankar dismisses UN official's remark on elections in India

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External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday dismissed a senior UN official's recent remark on elections in India, saying that he does not need the global body to tell that the elections in the country should be free & fair. His comments came in response to a query regarding a...
19:51

Websites of Delhi police, traffic police hacked

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The Delhi police started a probe into a suspected data breach after a hackers' group claimed to have gained access to the traffic police website, it said on Thursday. According to information, a hackers' group called KillSec posted messages on its Telegram channel, claiming to have gained...
19:38

Kejriwal urges court to allow more time with lawyer

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Jailed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday moved a city court urging it to allow him to spend more time with his lawyer in order to prepare for cases pending against him in several parts of the country. Kejriwal moved the application claiming that two meetings every week with...
19:26

BSE Sensex top gainers today

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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded sharply to hit record fresh highs on Thursday, propped up by buying in IT, consumer durables and financial stocks amid expectations of a robust corporate performance. Besides, investors lapped up select banking stocks expecting a status quo...
19:18

China entered Indian territory when....: Kharge

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge/File image
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling him a sardar of liars and accusing him of sleeping after taking opium while China entered Indian territory. Addressing an election rally in Rajasthan's Chittorgarh, he said...
19:02

TDP has no representation in RS after lone member retires

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TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu/File image
For the first time in its over four decades of existence, Telugu Desam Party finds itself without any representation in the Rajya Sabha as its lone member, K Ravindra Kumar retired on Wednesday. The vacuum may continue until 2026, when three of the incumbent members in the upper house retire...
18:51

Cong's Pappu Yadav files nomination from Purnea LS seat as independent

Pappu Yadav (left)
Pappu Yadav (left)
After being denied a ticket by the Congress, former MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav on Thursday filed his nomination papers from the Purnea Lok Sabha seat in Bihar as an independent candidate. As per the seat-sharing arrangement for Bihar, the RJD, the Congress' senior ally in the state,...
18:14

Man shoots couple, kills self in love affair gone wrong

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A pistol-wielding man shot dead a woman and her male friend after having a tiff with them and then took his own life with the same firearm on Thursday in Madha Pradesh's Indore city, in what police suspect to be a fallout of a triangular love affair, an official said. The man, Abhishek Yadav...
18:03

WhatsApp, Instagram suffer midnight outage; services back on afterwards

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Popular Meta-owned platforms WhatsApp and Instagram suffered outage close to midnight but the services were back after an hour. User reports on Downdetector spiked as thousands across the globe faced problems in sending and receiving messages on WhatsApp. Downdetector tracks and...
17:49

Senior official of Brazilian Federal Police visits CBI HQ

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A view of CBI headquarters in New Delhi/File image
A high-level meeting between the Brazilian Federal Police's director of international cooperation Valdecy Urquiza and CBI director Praveen Sood took place in Delhi, with both sides agreeing to enhance collaborative initiatives to deepen cooperation, officials said on Thursday. Urquiza, one...
17:12

'Modi ka guarantee' to give citizenship: PM in WB

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday slammed opposition bloc INDIA for spreading canards about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and said it is Modi ki guarantee to provide citizenship to those who have faith in Maa Bharati (Mother India).  Addressing a mega rally at Rash Mela...
17:02

Sensex, Nifty hit record highs as HDFC, TCS rise

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Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded sharply to hit record fresh highs on Thursday, propped up by buying in IT, consumer durables and financial stocks amid expectations of a robust corporate performance. Besides, investors lapped up select banking stocks expecting a status quo...
16:49

If you vote for me it will go to PM Modi: Kangana

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Bharatiya Janata Party nominee from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi seat Kangana Ranaut on Thursday said that this is the election of PM Narendra Modi and if people vote for her, it will go to the Prime Minister.Addressing a public meeting in the Sundernagar area of Mandi district today, Kangana said...
16:35

Think, understand, decide, Rahul tells India

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Amid the Lok Sabha polls, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said India is currently standing at a crucial juncture and urged people to recognise the difference between those who build the country and those who destroy it.  In a post in Hindi on X, Gandhi conveyed to the people...
16:22

The Congressi who gave Fadnavis a booster dose...

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The induction of former chief minister Ashok Chavan has given a booster dose to the BJP in Nanded, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday.  Fadnavis was addressing a BJP rally in Nanded, some 270 kilometres from here, after party colleague and sitting MP...
15:51

Helping Modi return for 3rd term your national responsibility: Nadda to voters in Uttarakhand

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BJP president J P Nadda Thursday asked the people of Uttarakhand to give all the five Lok Sabha seats in the state to the BJP again to help Narendra Modi return as prime minister for a third term and make India the third biggest economy in the world. It is your national responsibility, Nadda...
15:50

Rahul Gandhi declares assets worth Rs 20 crore

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The affidavit filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as part of his nomination papers for the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat showed that he has assets of over Rs 20 crore.Gandhi filed the papers before the returning office on Wednesday. He has declared movable assets to the tune of Rs 9,24,59,264 and...
15:32

President Murmu launches India's 1st home-grown gene therapy for cancer

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President Droupadi Murmu speaks at IIT Bombay at the launch ceremony of India's first gene therapy for cancer.The president said, As this line of treatment, named CAR-T cell therapy', is accessible and affordable, it provides a new hope for the whole of humankind. I am sure it will be successful...
15:23

TN: 8, T'gana: 8, AP: 4, Kerala: few: BJP forecast

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The Lok Sabha elections are a contest between brand Modi and brand virodhi, making it virtually a presidential contest that leaves no doubt about who will win given the emotional connect people have with Narendra Modi, BJP national spokesperson Ajay Alok has said.  The prime minister's...
14:57

What we did in last 10 years is just a trailer: PM

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Hailing the governance of the BJP-led NDA at the Centre over the last 10 years under his leadership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said all that happened over the decade gone by was just a 'trailer' as a lot more would follow if he is elected for a third, straight term in...
14:51

COVID-19 second-leading cause of death globally in 2021: Lancet

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COVID-19 replaced stroke to become the second-leading cause of death globally in 2021, causing 94 deaths per one lakh population and slashing life expectancy by 1.6 years, an international research published in The Lancet journal has found.  Disrupting more than three decades of...
14:33

Mamata's advice to India: Trust a snake, not BJP

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the BJP of not following the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) for the Lok Sabha polls and asserted that a poisonous snake can be trusted but not the saffron camp. Addressing a rally in Cooch Behar, Banerjee alleged that the central...
14:05

Boy trapped in borewell rescued after 20-hour operation

After a nearly 20-hour-long rescue operation, the two-year-old boy who fell into a borewell in Lachyana village of Indi Taluk in this district was safely rescued on Thursday afternoon, police said. The boy was heard crying inconsolably as the rescue operation was underway. Celebrations broke...
13:59

Cong brought disrepute to India during its rule: PM

PM in Jamui
PM in Jamui
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday lambasted the Congress for having brought disrepute to the country, while lauding Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for maintaining an unblemished record.  Addressing an election rally at Jamui, Modi refrained from mentioning Pakistan by name, but said...
13:35

Tremendous arrogance in Cong leadership: Nirupam

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A day after being expelled from the Congress, former MP Sanjay Nirupam hit out at the grand old party on Thursday and claimed there is 'tremendous arrogance' in the party leadership.Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Nirupam further claimed the Congress is history and has no future and that...
13:13

Vallabh joins BJP soon after quitting Congress

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Gourav Vallabh joined the BJP on Thursday hours after he quit the Congress, saying he can neither raise anti-Sanatan slogans, nor abuse wealth creators day in and day out. Former Bihar Congress president Anil Sharma also joined the BJP in the presence of its national general secretary Vinod...
13:04

No faith in Rahul making Cong leaders defect: BJP

Rahul Gandhi filing his nomination from the Wayanad seat yesterday
Rahul Gandhi filing his nomination from the Wayanad seat yesterday
Congress leaders are getting disillusioned due to Rahul Gandhi's failure in convincing them with his political thoughts, the BJP said on Thursday, after Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh quit the party, saying he was not willing to either raise anti-Sanatan slogans or abuse wealth creators day...
12:44

Visit constituencies daily: Kejriwal sends message

The Delhi CM sent the message via his wife to AAP MLAs
The Delhi CM sent the message via his wife to AAP MLAs
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has sent a message from Tihar jail asking all AAP MLAs to visit their constituencies daily and ensure that people do not face any problems, his wife Sunita Kejriwal said on Thursday.  In a digital briefing, she said Arvind Kejriwal, in his message,...
12:25

Delhi HC throws out PIL on sacking Kejriwal as CM

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The Delhi High Court on Thursday refuses to entertain a PIL seeking the removal of Arvind Kejriwal as chief minister following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. The high court said at times, personal interest has to be subordinate to...
12:09

After release from jail, Sanjay Singh visits temple

Sanjay Singh walked out of jail yesterday
Sanjay Singh walked out of jail yesterday
A day after being released from Tihar Jail where he was lodged for six months, AAP MP Sanjay Singh along with his wife offered prayers at the Hanuman temple in Connaught Place here. Singh was granted bail by the Supreme Court in the now-scrapped liquor policy-linked money laundering case on...
11:52

Sonia Gandhi, Ashwini Vaishnaw, among 14 sworn in as RS members

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Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw were among the 14 who took oath as members of the Rajya Sabha on Thursday. Vice-president and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar administered the oath to them in the new Parliament house...
11:44

BJP's 'chanda do, dhando lo' cost India: Congress

PM Modi with Gautam Adani
PM Modi with Gautam Adani
The Congress on Thursday alleged that the BJP's compulsion to get donations at all costs saw it go ahead with the electoral bonds scheme without heeding RBI's astute advice, as it claimed that over Rs 430 crore was donated to the ruling party by 33 companies that had negative or near zero...
11:20

How Kejriwal keeps calm in Tihar: Yoga for 3 hours!

Arvind Kejriwal doing yoga at an institute in Bengaluru in 2015
Arvind Kejriwal doing yoga at an institute in Bengaluru in 2015
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was sent to Tihar Jail after a court remanded him in judicial custody in the excise policy case, is spending most of his time meditating, reading books and doing yoga in his cell, sources said on Thursday. Kejriwal, the first sitting chief minister...
11:02

Surjewala: Listen to full video on Hema Malini

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After facing a backlash from the leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party over his alleged objectionable statement against BJP MP Hema Malini, Congress leader Randeep Surjewala on Thursday clarified that he never intended to insult or hurt the actor-politician. Surjewala's clarification comes...
11:01

Former Bihar Congress president likely to join BJP today

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Former Bihar Congress president Anil Sharma who resigned from the party last month, is likely to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday, sources said. In a setback to the Congress in Bihar ahead of Lok Sabha polls, former state president Anil Sharma on March 31 quit the party,...
10:41

Couldn't raise anti-Sanatan slogans: Cong leader

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Update: Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh resigned from all posts and membership of the party on Thursday, saying that neither can he raise anti-Sanatan slogans nor abuse 'wealth creators' day in and day out.  Vallabh shared his resignation letter written to Congress president...
10:06

Modi to kick off NDA's poll campaign in Bihar today

The 'Modi guarantee' is the BJP's poll card
The 'Modi guarantee' is the BJP's poll card
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick off the NDA's Lok Sabha poll campaign in Bihar on Thursday with a rally, his first in the state since the announcement of the elections. Modi, who is running for a third consecutive term in office, is scheduled to address the rally at Jamui around...
10:01

Muslim community decline White House Iftar dinner invite

There is widespread famine in Gaza now. Pic: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters
There is widespread famine in Gaza now. Pic: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters
Members of the Muslim community in the US have declined the White House's iftar dinner invitation this week, protesting the Biden administration's continued support for Israel amid humanitarian concerns in Palestine, according to multiple media reports.  Many of the invitees, distressed...
09:51

YouTube approved ads promoting disinformation on Indias election

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YouTube approved dozens of ads promoting voter suppression and incitement to violence ahead of the upcoming election in India, according to a new investigation by the rights groups Global Witness and Access Now, shared exclusively with TIME. Read the report here. 
09:47

Centre hands over 62% of new Sainik Schools to Sangh Parivar, BJP politicians, allies

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Sainik Schools, run under the Defence Ministry's guidance, send cadets to India's armed forces. The new initiative however relies on ideologically slanted organisations to train future cadets. Read the report here. 
09:41

'My opponents are like braying asses'

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Neither did I approach the BJP nor did they ask me to join them. It was a natural choice for both of us to make. It was never for me to ask or for them to give, says Navneet Kaur Rana, the BJP's candidate from Amravati, in conversation with Prasanna D Zore. Read the interview here. 
09:39

I resigned first, expelled later, clarifies Nirupam

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Former MP Sanjay Nirupam on Thursday took a swipe at the Congress leadership over his expulsion, claiming it was done after he sent his resignation letter to the party.  Taking note of complaints of indiscipline and anti-party statements, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge late...
09:23

Mamata, Modi to hold rallies in Bengal 3 hrs apart

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West Bengal's Cooch Behar is set to witness Lok Sabha poll campaigning by both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee are set to hold their rallies in the constituency.This is the first rally of PM Modi in both Bengal and Bihar after the Election Commission of India...
08:59

30 flyers held for questioning at Lucknow airport manage to flee

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Thirty people who were detained at Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport for allegedly smuggling gold managed to escape after one of them pretended to be sick and created chaos, officials said on Wednesday.Custom and police officials have started searching for the accused, they said.Additional...
08:49

Cong leader Gourav Vallabh quits party

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Congress leader Gourav Vallabh has tendered his resignation from all posts of the party.He tweeted a copy of his resignation, saying, I do not feel comfortable with the way in which the Congress party is moving forward today. I can neither raise anti-Sanatan slogans nor abuse the wealth creators...
01:33

Modi an 'ansh' of lords Ram and Vishnu: Kangana

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Actor Kangana Ranaut, who is the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, on Wednesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is an 'ansh' (part) of Lord Ram and Lord Vishnu. Addressing a gathering in Karsog assembly constituency falling under the Mandi Parliament seat,...
01:09

Two-year-old boy falls into borewell in Karnataka, rescue ops on in full swing

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A two-year-old boy fell into a borewell in Lachayan village of Indi taluk in this district of Karnataka on Wednesday evening, the police said. Rescue operations are underway to rescue the boy who is estimated to have fallen, head first, into a depth of around 16 feet, they...
00:52

Sajad Lone demands FIR against Farooq Abdullah, Cong for 'rigging' 1987 J-K polls

People's Conference chief Sajad Gani Lone
People's Conference chief Sajad Gani Lone
People's Conference chief Sajad Gani Lone on Wednesday said a case against National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and others for their role in the alleged rigging of the 1987 Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls will be the biggest confidence-building measure towards Kashmiris. As far as...
00:28

NBW issued against Chouhan in defamation case

Madhya Pradesh ex-chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan/File image
Madhya Pradesh ex-chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan/File image
A court in Jabalpur on Tuesday issued a bailable warrant against former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, state Bharatiya Janata Party chief VD Sharma, and former state minister Bhupendra Singh for not furnishing undertakings in a criminal defamation case. The case is...