NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Monday said it has arrested Alt News Co-founder Mohammad Zubair, who has been accused multiple times in the past by many in India of hurting religious sentiments on social media, after a long investigation. Zubair has been arrested by special cell for allegedly promoting enmity groups by posting hateful comments […]
NEW DELHI: Two persons, suspected to have shot Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala dead along with an associate have been arrested, the Delhi Police said on Monday. A large number of arms and explosives has also been recovered. The police will disclose more details in this case at a press conference later today. The two […]
NEW DELHI: The Modi government on Tuesday unveiled a “historic” recruitment scheme, ‘Agnipath’, for youths to serve in the armed forces for a period of four years. As many as 46,000 ‘Agniveers’ will be inducted into the three services this year. In another significant decision to provide jobs to the youths of the country, Prime […]
NEW DELHI: Days after their remarks against Prophet Muhammed stirred a political and diplomatic storm, now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and expelled Delhi BJP media cell head Naveen Jindal have been booked by the Delhi Police for “inflammatory speech”. Delhi Police’s Intelligence Fusion & Strategic Operations (IFSO) has registered two FIRs against 31 people […]
NEW DELHI/CHANDIGARH: Even as the autopsy report of Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moosewala revealed that he got 19 bullet injury marks leading to his death, the police have now found the role of two Sonipat based sharpshooters behind his killing. According to Punjab Police sources, during the probe of the Moosewala murder case, […]
DELHI/CHANDIGARH: Investigation into the sensational daylight killing of Punjabi actor and singer Sidhu Moosewala has revealed the use of highly sophisticated guns. Gangsters who murdered Moosewala in Mansa district on Sunday were armed with lethal AN (Avtomat Nikonova) 94 assault rifles used by Russian forces for over two decades. This gun has the capacity […]
NEW DELHI: Lawrence Bishnoi, the leader of the gang that claimed responsibility for the murder of Punjabi singer and Congressman Sidhu Moosewala, has approached a Delhi court in a bid to stop the Punjab Police from taking him with them fearing an “encounter”. Bishnoi has been serving time in Delhi’s Tihar Jail in an organised […]
LUCKNOW: With an aim to promote the handloom industry, the Yogi government has announced a slew of initiatives worth Rs 268 crore in the state budget for the financial year 2022-23. In the Rs 6.15 lakh crore “largest-ever” state budget presented on Thursday, the government has earmarked Rs 250 crore to continue providing subsidised electricity […]
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh finance minister Suresh Khanna on Thursday presented the state’s largest-ever budget of Rs 6.15 lakh crore, with a major thrust on employment, skill development and start-ups. In his 90-minute budget speech that was interspersed with chants of ‘Har Har Mahadev’, Khanna said that the unemployment rate had fallen to 2.9 per […]
NEW DELHI: In an ironical twist, bordering fallacy, Yasin Malik had tried to invoke the principles of non-violence espoused by Mahatma Gandhi. Even as a Special Court in Delhi announced life imprisonment with a fine of Rs 10.75 lakh on the separatist leader in the 2017 terror funding case, it said that though he gave […]