SC imposes 4-month sentence, Rs 2K fine on Vijay Mallya for contempt of court

New Delhi, 11/7:The Supreme Court on Monday pronounced a four-month sentence against fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya in a contempt case, according to PTI. In 2017, the top court had held Mallya guilty of contempt of court for withholding information from the court about transferring $40 million to his children in violation of the court’s order….

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It’s money power, not democracy: Digvijaya on speculation about some Goa Cong MLAs joining BJP

Goa, 11/7: Amid speculation that some Congress MLAs may cross over to the ruling BJP in Goa, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Sunday alleged that it is not democracy, but “money power” of the saffron party.     He was speaking to reporters in Pune after offering his prayers to Lord Vitthal in the…

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PM Modi writes to Islamic nations on Eid weeks after Nupur Sharma controversy

New Delhi, 10/7:Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written to his counterparts in several nations in South, South-East and West Asia, greeting them on the occasion of the Eid-al-Adha and personally reached out to them weeks after comments made by two BJP leaders on Prophet Mohammed, which triggered international outrage. Modi mentioned in his letters to…

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NIA arrests seventh person in connection with Udaipur tailor’s killing

Udaipur, 10/7: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a seventh person in connection with the brutal killing of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan’s Udaipur last month, a spokesperson said on Sunday.     The spokesperson said Farhad Mohammad Sheikh, alias Babla, was arrested on Saturday evening.   He was a “close criminal associate” of…

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Trouble in Congress as Goa MLAs rumoured to move to BJP; Deputy Speaker poll cancelled

Goa, 10/7:Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Sunday cancelled the notification for election to the post of deputy speaker, which was scheduled for July 12.     The move comes amid speculation that some Congress MLAs in the 40-member House may cross over to the ruling BJP. The order, issued by Legislature Secretary Namrata Ulman,…

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Rishi Sunak early frontrunner in race for new UK PM

UK, 10/7:Rishi Sunak, the British Indian former minister who has now formally launched his campaign to be elected the new Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister, emerged as an early frontrunner in the leadership race on Saturday, even as more candidates joined the fray.   The 42-year-old son-in-law of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy has…

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Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa’s whereabouts still not known as protesters continue to occupy his residence

Colombo, 10/7::The anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka on Sunday continued to occupy the residences of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, a day after they stormed into the premises and set on fire one of the buildings protesting over the nation’s severe economic crisis even as the island nation is still in the dark…

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