A dramatic and unprecedented escalation in the year-long rift between India and Canada over the killing of pro-Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in British Columbia in 2023 saw the former recalling high commissioner Sanjay Verma from Ottawa Monday after Canada alleged he and some other Indian diplomats were “persons of interest” in the murder.Several other…
RANCHI: Enforcement Directorate on Monday carried out raids at 23 locations across Ranchi and Chaibasa districts of poll-bound Jharkhand, targeting the relatives of a minister in the Hemant Soren cabinet and an IAS officer, among several others.ED did not issue any official statement on the raids, but sources in the agency said the searches were…
NEW DELHI: Yearly, up to 1,000 Indians in the age group of 18-30 years will now be able to work and holiday for a year in Australia. Matt Thistlethwaite, MP and Australian assistant minister for immigration, launched the Australian Working Holiday Maker programme here on Monday. India had officially joined this programme on Sept 16,…
MUMBAI: Earlier in June this year, Mumbai police crime branch had sent a request to Union home ministry seeking exemption in the Criminal Conspiracy Code (CrPC) 268 (1) case, seeking the custody of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi who has been threatening actor Salman Khan for a while. Bishnoi has been lodged in Sabarmati Jail for the…
MUMBAI/NAGPUR: The killing of Baba Siddique could potentially have been prevented if Mumbai police crime branch had investigated key suspect Shubham Lonkar and not let him go in the case of firing on Salman Khan’s flat, sources in the police said.In June, crime branch had questioned Shubham from Pune for providing shelter to suspects in…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a plea challenging the power of LG of J&K to nominate five members to assembly of J&K and asked the petitioner to approach HC to raise the issue.“We are not inclined to entertain the present petition under Article 32 of the Constitution and give liberty to the…
HYDERABAD: Trouble erupted outside a temple of a local deity in Muthyalamma area in Secunderabad early on Monday morning after a man from the minority community barged into the temple premises and damaged the idol. Locals caught hold of the man and assaulted him before handing him over to the police. He is undergoing treatment…
Mallikarjun Kharge (File photo) NEW DELHI: Encouraged by the decision of the family of Mallikarjun Kharge to return five acres of state-owned land in Bengaluru allotted to it, BJP on Monday went on the offensive against the Congress chief by demanding his resignation, while also alleging that the controversial deal is yet another confirmation of…
NEW DELHI: The Centre on Monday assured the Punjab govt that it would procure the entire approved 184 lakh tonne of paddy, equivalent to 124 lakh tonne of rice, this year without any restrictions.Hours after meeting Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, Union food minister Pralhad Joshi, in a social media post, said he had extended…
NEW DELHI: Prices of several essential drugs used to treat conditions such as asthma, glaucoma, thalassaemia, tuberculosis and mental health disorders, are expected to rise, as govt has approved a 50% increase in their ceiling price.Regarding the reason behind the decision, the govt, in a statement on Monday, said, “The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)…
