NEW DELHI: A total of 23 people including two juveniles have been arrested for their alleged involvement in clashes that erupted allegedly after stone-pelting on a Hanuman Jayanti Shobha Yatra in Jahangirpuri area on Saturday. One Ansar, who has emerged as the mastermind of the violence, has been taken into custody. Investigations carried out so far […]
NEW DELHI: In wake of the recent communal tensions across the country, 13 opposition parties on Saturday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his silence on the matter and appealed to maintain peace and harmony, and also demanded stringent punishment for the perpetrators. In a statement, the opposition parties said, “We are extremely anguished at […]
NEW DELHI: A special CBI court on Saturday upheld a trial court’s order directing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to withdraw the lookout circular (LOC) against former Amnesty International India chief Aakar Patel. However, the court set aside the direction issued to the CBI director to tender a written apology to Patel for […]
NEW DELHI: Eyeing a comeback in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Saturday met election strategist Prashant Kishor who gave a detailed presentation to her on the strategy the party should adopt to revive its fortunes. The meeting was held at 10 Janpath, the residence of Sonia Gandhi and was […]
NEW DELHI: A high-level meeting of senior Congress leaders was held at the residence of party’s interim chief Sonia Gandhi here to discuss its recent poll debacle and induction of election strategist Prashant Kishor among many other crucial issues. Senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Ambika Soni, Digvijiya Singh, Ajay Maken, and KC Venugopal […]
JUNAGADH: In a bid to boost the tourism sector in Gujarat’s Junagadh and surrounding districts, passenger flight operations will be flagged off from upgraded Keshod Airport on April 16 by Union Civil Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, officials said. According to district officials, the airport will provide air connectivity to tourists visiting Sasan-Gir, the last abode of […]
JALANDHAR: Former Punjab Chief Minister and Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths on Wednesday in an illegal sand mining case, sources said. According to top ED sources, Channi was quizzed by the official of the financial probe agency at its office in Jalandhar for several hours. I was […]
NEW DELHI: A special CBI court on Wednesday extended the stay on a trial court order for immediately withdrawing the Look Out Circular (LOC) against former Amnesty International India chief Aakar Patel. Special CBI Judge Santosh Snehi Mann extended the interim stay on the trial court’s order, which also asked the CBI director to apologise […]
NEW DELHI: It may be noted that ED had registered a case of money laundering against underworld don and fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and others, on the basis of FIR registered by National Investigation Agency (NIA) on February 3 this year, under section 120 B of IPC and several sections of the Unlawful Activities […]
New Delhi: Making progress in its probe against the Chinese phonemaker Xiaomi, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned its former Indian head Manu Kumar Jain for questioning in connection with an FEMA case. According to ED sources, Jain has been asked to appear before the financial probe agency sleuths at its Delhi headquarters in connection […]