NEW DELHI: ED on Wednesday said it has imposed a penalty of Rs 908 crore on DMK’s Lok Sabha MP Jagathrakshakan in a case of FEMA violations, and his properties worth over Rs 89 crore, which were seized earlier, has been confiscated.The agency has accused Jagathrakshakan, a businessman from Tamil Nadu and an MP, his…
NEW DELHI: In a bid to create plug-and-play infrastructure for industry to set up factories, the cabinet committee on economic affairs Wednesday cleared 12 new industrial cities with an investment of Rs 28,600 crore, with the largest one, spread over 6,000 acre, to come up near Dighi port in poll-bound Maharashtra. At least three of…
KOLKATA: Bengal is not Bangladesh, Mamata Banerjee declared on Wednesday amid the worst spell of public unrest in her three stints as CM. She asked PM Narendra Modi “not to play with fire”, suggesting that much of what had happened since the Aug 9 rape-murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar hospital was the…
BHATPARA: Two men were wounded during BJP‘s 12-hour Bengal bandh on Wednesday as unidentified shooters fired at least six rounds at the car of a member of the party’s youth wing at Bhatpara in 24 North Parganas district, about 33km from Kolkata. The bandh was called in protest against the violence in Howrah and Kolkata…
BAREILLY: A forest officer was suspended on Wednesday for organising a controversial dance event in the Ludhori range inside Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR), which sparked public outrage when videos of the performance, deemed obscene, were circulated on social media platforms. The event, held on Monday during Krishna Janmashtami celebrations, led to protests from local residents…
NEW DELHI: Gujarat has witnessed heavy rainfall, resulting in the loss of 19 more lives due to rain-related incidents, bringing the total death toll to 26. Approximately 17,800 people have been evacuated from flood-affected areas as the state continues to experience heavy showers for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday, according to officials. Among the…
NEW DELHI: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Kupwara district on Wednesday. The operation is under way in Kupwara’s Tangdhar area.The exchange of firing began at the Khushal Post in the Tangdhar area, near the Line of Control, security forces told news agency PTI.There are no reports of…
NEW DELHI: Leader of the Opposition and congress MP Rahul Gandhi criticised the BJP government over the tragic incident involving the deaths of two Dalit girls in Farrukhabad district. The bodies of the girls, one of whom was a minor, were found hanging from a tree in the Kaimganj Kotwali police jurisdiction early Tuesday.Gandhi, in…
NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh government has proposed a new digital media policy to disseminate information about various developmental and public welfare schemes to the state’s residents through social media platforms, as per an official document.Under this policy, the state government will pay influencers and account holders on platforms such as Facebook, X, Instagram, and…
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister who often has held the opposition of admiring Jinnah, picked a similar theme on Wednesday to flay the pack coming all-out at the government on a slew of issues. Chief minister Yogi Adityanath accused the opposition of fearmongering and disturbing the “social fabric” by dividing the nation along the…
