- India
Mehul Choksi’s name removed from Interpol’s ‘red’ notice list
New Delhi: In a major setback to Indian probe agencies, the Interpol removed fugitive Mehul Choksi, accused of committing a Rs 11,356.84 crore loan fraud case with the Punjab National Bank (PNB),…
- India
Home Ministry has ‘stopped’ Delhi’s budget: Finance Minister
New Delhi: Delhi Finance Minister Kailash Gahlot on Monday alleged that the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has halted Delhi’s annual budget which was scheduled to be presented in Assembly on Tuesday.…
- India
Set up online RTI portal within 3 months, SC tells HCs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed all high courts to set up RTI websites within three months, adding that online facilities will considerably facilitate the fulfilment of the objects of…
- Delhi
After ‘bad’ exam, Delhi teenager cooks up story of molestation
New Delhi: A 14-year-old girl injured herself with a blade and then cooked up a story that she was injured during a scuffle and also molested by three boys in east Delhi’s…
- Delhi
Delhi riots: HC seeks status report on disbursal of compensation to victims
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday sought a status report, within four weeks, from the North-East Delhi Riots Claims Commission (NEDRCC) on the claims received by it from the victims…
- India
Mumbai woman who chopped mom into pieces made neighbours believe she was ‘alive’ in Kanpur
Mumbai: The Mumbai woman, Rimple Jain – who was arrested for chopping her widowed mother Veena Jain’s body into pieces – created an impression for nearly three months that she was ‘alive’…
- India
UK govt failed miserably in its basic responsibility: Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi: As the Punjab government cracks down on self-styled radical preacher Amritpal Singh, the tricolour flying atop the Indian High Commission in London was grabbed at by a group of protesters…
- India
Teachers’ scam: CBI files fresh FIR against anonymous beneficiaries
Kolkata: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a fresh FIR in West Bengal’s multi-crore recruitment scam of teaching and non-teaching staff against anonymous beneficiaries of the proceeds of the scam.…
- Mumbai
Maha govt agreeable to OPS, employees call off weeklong strike
Mumbai: Following a successful round of negotiations with the Maharashtra government, around 18 lakh government employees in the state called off their weeklong indefinite strike to press for the contentious issue of…
- Hyderabad
US Consulate in Hyderabad moves to own facility built at cost of $340 million
Hyderabad: The US Consulate General in Hyderabad on Monday opened operations at its new facility at Nanakramguda. Fifteen years after commencing the operations from historic Paigah Palace in Begumpet, the Consulate has…
- World
Moscow opens criminal case against ICC over Putin warrant
Moscow: The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor and judges, who issued an arrest warrant against Russian President Vladimir Putin, have become the targets of a criminal case, Russias Investigative Committee announced on…
- India
Gold chains worth Rs 4.90 lakh stolen in Bageshwar Dham godman’s congregation
Thane: In a bizarre crime spree, thieves apparently lurked freely among thousands of devotees, including women, at a 2-day spiritual congregation addressed by self-styled ‘guru’, Dhirendra Krishna Shastri at Mira Road town…
- India
Child marriages will be eliminated in Assam by 2026: Himanta
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma stated on Monday that his government is determined to eliminating the child marriage menace by 2026 from the state. Samra, while replying to a question…
- India
Sukhbir slams AAP for ‘undeclared emergency’, ‘reign of repression’ in Punjab
Chandigarh: Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Badal on Monday came down heavily against “the puppet AAP regime in Punjab for the undeclared emergency and reign of repression and terror let loose in…
- India
K’taka elections will send out a message to the nation: Kharge
Belagavi: Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said on Monday that the upcoming Assembly elections in Karnataka is very crucial as it will send out a message to the entire nation. Addressing the ‘Yuva…
