NEW DELHI: Atiq Ahmed, the gangster-turned-politician who has nearly 100 criminal cases lodged against him in Uttar Pradesh, today seems scared for his life.Atiq, who is an accused in an old kidnapping case, is being taken to Prayagraj from Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat to be produced before a court on March 28 when it […]
WASHINGTON: Washington-based Indian journalist Lalit Jha was physically attacked and verbally abused by pro-Khalistan supporters in Washington while he was covering a pro-Khalistan protest outside the Indian Embassy on Saturday afternoon.Jha on Sunday thanked US Secret Service for protecting him, and helping him do his job. He said he was hit on his left ear […]
NEW DELHI: Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the land-for-job scam on Saturday. Meanwhile, RJD MP and Tejashwi’s sister Misa Bharti has joined ED investigations.“We have always cooperated with the agencies but the situation in the country is that it has become very difficult […]
NEW DELHI: The government is examining the Supreme Court‘s verdict on the appointment of chief election commissioner (CEC) and election commissioners and it will take “appropriate action” on it, Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. In a written reply, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said the Supreme Court in its judgment of March 2 held that […]
NEW DELHI: With the logjam in Parliament showing no signs of ending , Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is set to order a guillotine on Thursday, a procedure that allows the budget to be put to vote without discussion, following which the lower house is likely to take up the finance bill.Lok Sabha will take […]
NEW DELHI: The barricades from outside British High Commission in New Delhi were removed on Wednesday.The barricades were put up after widespread protests were launched against the vandalisation of the Indian High Commission in the UK by extremist and separatist elements on Sunday. However, they are now nowhere to be seen outside the British High […]
NEW DELHI: The Unique Identification Authority of India on Tuesday said that it has taken a series of measures to secure Aadhaar, by initating a biometrics based de-duplication exercise, as well as tightening the enrolment and updating the ecosystem.“As part of Aadhaar 2.O, a roadmap has been drawn covering areas like continued focus on resident […]
NEW DELHI: Several opposition party leaders on Tuesday held a protest in the corridors of Parliament and raised slogans demanding a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe into the Adani issue, even as the BJP accused the opposition MPs of repeatedly insulting Rajya Sabha Chairperson Jagdeep Dhankhar and stalling the parliamentary process.Both houses of Parliament adjourned […]
NEW DELHI: Isro will launch the second batch of 36 satellites belonging to OneWeb with its rocket LVM3 from Sriharikota on Sunday. If the launch is successful, the Bharti Enterprise-backed UK-based company will complete its constellation of over 600 low-earth-orbit satellites in space, paving the way to offer space-based broadband internet services to every corner […]
NEW DELHI: Popular Front of India (PFI) was aiming to associate at least 10% of the country’s Muslim population with itself ”to subjugate the majority community and bring back the glory of Islam,” according to the chargesheet filed by NIA on Saturday against PFI and its 19 office-bearers led by chairman O M A Salam.NIA […]
