- India
BSP MP Afzal Ansari sentenced to 4 yrs in jail, may lose LS membership
Ghazipur: BSP MP Afzal Ansari faces disqualification from Lok Sabha after an MP-MLA Court here on Saturday convicted and sentenced him to four years imprisonment in a Gangsters Act case. The court…
- India
Adani-Hindenburg: ‘Complex matter’, Sebi seeks more time from SC
New Delhi: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Saturday moved the Supreme Court seeking six-month extension to complete its probe into the Hindenburg allegations of “stock manipulation” by the…
- India
Wife of slain IAS officer moves SC against Anand Mohan’s release
New Delhi: The wife of IAS officer G. Krishnaiah, who was lynched in 1994 by a mob led by former Bihar MP Anand Mohan Singh, has moved the Supreme Court against the…
- India
‘Modi surname’ case: Gujarat HC to resume hearing Rahul Gandhi’s appeal
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court said on Saturday that it will resume hearing the appeal of Congress leader and former MP Rahul Gandhi against his conviction in a criminal defamation case on…
- India
FPIs bought equity worth Rs 9,752 crore in April
New Delhi: Foreign portfolio investors turned aggressive buyers in the last few days of April. FPIs have bought equity worth Rs 9,752 crore till April 29. V.K. Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at…
- India
STF arrests suspected JMB activist from Howrah station
Kolkata: The Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police on Saturday arrested a person suspected of having close links with Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen- Bangladesh (JMB) from the Howrah station in West Bengal. The…
- India
WFI sexual harassment: Kejriwal joins protest at Jantar Mantar
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday met the wrestlers protesting at the Jantar Mantar demanding the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, and…
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Delhi court extends Sisodia’s ED custody in excise policy case
New Delhi: A court here on Saturday extended former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi, Manish Sisodia’s custody till May 8 in connection with the excise policy case being investigated by the Enforcement…
- Middle East
Iran says probe shows no toxic substance in student poisoning incidents
Tehran: Iran’s Intelligence Ministry has said its probe found no actual poisoning in the mass reports of students being poisoned at schools across the country. The Ministry said on Friday in a…
- India
Air India accused of negligence after passenger’s pet cat goes missing at Delhi airport
New Delhi: An Air India passenger has accused the flag carrier of negligence after one of her pet cats went missing at the Delhi airport. The incident occurred on Wednesday and the…
- Delhi
Delhi court adjourns hearing in Shraddha Walkar murder case for May 9
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday adjourned the hearing of the Shraddha Walkar murder case to May 9. The court was to pronounce its order on framing charges against Aaftab Amin…
- Middle East
180 Palestinians evacuated from Sudan to Egypt arrive in Gaza
Gaza: Nearly 180 Palestinians, who had been evacuated from conflict-ravaged Sudan to Egypt, arrived in the coastal enclave, said the Hamas-run Interior Ministry. The batch, mostly students, arrived in the Gaza Strip…
- India
Ram Navami violence: Former BJP MLA surrenders in Sasaram
Patna: Former BJP MLA Jawahar Prasad has surrendered before a district court in Bihar’s Sasaram in connection with communal violence during Ram Navami celebrations on March 31. A Non-Bailable Warrant (NBW) was…
- Middle East
Syria intercepts Israeli missile attack
Damascus: Syrian air defences intercepted a fresh Israeli missile attack in the central province of Homs on Saturday, the state media said in a report. The air defences were responding to hostile…
- Middle East
Hamas chief accepts Iran FM’s invitation for visit
Gaza: Head of the Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh has accepted Iran’s invitation to visit the country soon, said the Palestinian faction in a statement. The invitation was made during a recent…
