UP, 21/12: Confident of his loyalist Sanjay Singh’s victory in the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections on Thursday, outgoing president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh urged the new office bearers to create a ‘conducive sports environment and compensate for any losses. UP Wrestling Association vice-president Sanjay Singh, who is a close associate of Brij Bhushan,…
Madras, 21/12: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader K Ponmudy has been sentenced to three-year imprisonment in a Disproportionate Assets (DA) case filed in 2011. Justice G Jayachandran of the Madras High Court has also imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh each on the minister and his wife. The sentence has, however, been suspended for…
New Delhi, 21/12: Responding to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said they were “politically motivated” and should be withdrawn. The ED had issued fresh summons to Kejriwal asking him to appear before its investigators on December 21 in a money laundering case linked to the case irregularities in the now-scrapped…
Mumbai, 20/12: The intersection of the entertainment industry and politics has been a longstanding phenomenon, with several celebrities trying their fortune in the politics. The latest one to take the political plunge is none other than the ‘Queen’ of Bollywood Kangana Ranaut. The Bollywood star is set to launch her political career by contesting elections…
Patna, 20/12: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav and his father Lalu Prasad, the RJD supremo, in connection with the ‘land for jobs’ money laundering case, officials said on Wednesday, a day after they attended the fourth meeting of I.N.D.I.A bloc. Tejashwi has been asked to appear before investigators…
New Delhi, 20/12: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved its judgment in a plea by expelled MP and Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra for interim injuction against BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai from making any defamatory statements against her. Both the defendants alleged that the leader accepted bribes from businessman…
New Delhi, 20/12: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning on December 21, left for an undisclosed location for a 10-day Vipassana meditation course on Wednesday, officials said. The ED on Monday issued fresh summons to the Delhi chief minister for questioning in the excise policy-linked money laundering case….
New Delhi, 20/12: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday suspended two more opposition MPs for showing placards in the House. Thomas Chazhikadan of the Kerala Congress (Mani) and A M Ariff of the CPI(M) were suspended for misconduct after a resolution moved by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi was adopted by the House.
New Delhi, 20/12: Amid an uptick in Covid-19 cases in the country, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday reviewed the preparedness of health facilities and impressed upon the states to be alert and increase surveillance. Assuring the states of receiving all support from the Centre, he said, “We need to be on the alert…
Gaza, 20/12: Israeli troops and Hamas militants fought fierce gunbattles on the streets of Gaza’s second-biggest city on Wednesday. United Nations delayed a vote on a bid to boost aid deliveries to the Palestinian enclave facing a humanitarian disaster. Israel’s campaign to eradicate Hamas militants behind an Oct. 7 massacre has left the coastal enclave…
