NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed the pleas seeking Special Investigation Team probe into the alleged instances of quid pro quo arrangements between corporates and political parties through electoral bonds donations.The PILs had demanded an SIT probe led by a retired judge into the alleged money trail and quid pro quo in award…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted first ever raids in the Union Territory of Ladakh as part of its money laundering probe linked to a cryptocurrency fraud case in which it is alleged that 2,508 investors lost more than Rs 7 crore worth of deposits, officials said.The searches, carried out by the agency’s…
NEW DELHI: The Press Club of India wrote to Om Birla and Jagdeep Dhankar seeking meeting with Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha speaker Jagdeep Dhankar to discuss “full access to all accredited journalists and photojournalists” to Parliament like pre-Covid era.The letter followed a previous demand by the Press Club which asked for…
NEW DELHI: Nearly 300 families were evacuated in Sikkim‘s Mangan district after a few buildings collapsed in the border region, PTI reported on Friday. The land in the village is gradually subsiding towards the Teesta River, which has raised concerns and fear among the local residents.Urging the Indian government for immediate attention, Nim Tshering Lepcha,…
NEW DELHI: A supporter of Andhra Pradesh deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan was taken into custody by the Visakhapatnam police on Thursday after he threatened to set himself ablaze at a petrol pump.The fan, named Simha Chalam, aimed to bring attention to his personal problems and requested a meeting with Pawan Kalyan to address them.As…
NEW DELHI: The United States on Friday said that it continues to expect accountability from India regarding the alleged involvement of an Indian government employee in an attempted assassination of a US citizen on American soil last summer, according to a US official.“We continue to expect accountability from the Government of India, in relation to…
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that the government is planning an Enforcement Directorate raid on him following his recent ‘Chakravyuh speech’ in the Parliament during the discussion on the Union Budget. The Congress MP said he will wait for the central probing agency with open arms after ED ‘insiders’ informed…
NEW DELHI: Hours after the government of Kerala imposed a gag order on scientific community in the state barring them from visiting the landslide zone in Wayanad and sharing their views with the media, the Pinarayi Vijayan government decided to withdraw the order with “immediate effect”.The government clarified that the notification issued was not meant…
NEW DELHI: Rainfall in the second half of monsoon season (August-September) is most likely to be ‘above normal’ as there is strong possibility of formation of La Nina conditions by the end of this month, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.Though Aug may see a short break in the monsoon phase towards the middle…
GUWAHATI: Several displaced Meitei people living in a relief camp in the valley region of Manipur were wounded in a clash with police during a rally, organised in Imphal Thursday to demand their right to return home in the India-Myanmar border town of Moreh in Tengnoupal district.These people were displaced 15 months ago due to…
