Bangalore, 28/9: In a major fraud, financial assistance worth Rs 442 crore went to four lakh ‘ineligible’ and ‘dead’ farmers in Karnataka under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN), a flagship scheme of the ruling BJP government. Authorities are going after these farmers to recover the money they received. Under PM-KISAN,…
New Delhi, 28/9: The Centre on Wednesday banned Islamist organisation Popular Front of India (PFI) and its seven affiliates for five years charging it of being involved in “several criminal and terror cases” and having links with the terror outfit Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued the…
New Delhi, 27/9: CBI arrested businessman Vijay Nair in Delhi excise policy scam case. Nair is considered to be a close aide of Manish sisodia.This is the first arrest made in the case
Jaipur, 27/9: Congress observers for Rajasthan on Tuesday recommended disciplinary action against three party leaders, including two ministers, for the crisis in the state, but did not seek any action against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. The three Gehlot loyalists against whom action has been recommended are Cabinet Minister Shanti Dhariwal, Minister and Congress Chief Whip…
Mumbai, 27/9: Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday said the Election Commission of India will apply the transparent process of the “rule of majority” after the Supreme Court allowed the EC to go ahead with the hearing of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde group’s plea for recognition as the “real” Shiv Sena and…
Mumbai, 27/9: After a day-long hearing, the Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to stop the Election Commission from deciding the claim of Eknath Shinde group to be the “real” Shiv Sena. A five-judge constitution bench, headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud, said there will be no stay on proceedings before the EC to…
Ahmedabad, 28/9: Billionaire Gautam Adani said China will feel increasingly isolated as rising nationalism, shifts in supply chains and technology curbs threaten the world’s second-biggest economy. China’s Belt and Road Initiative has run into resistance in many countries, challenging Beijing’s global ambitions, the world’s third-richest man told a conference in Singapore on Tuesday….
New Delhi, 28/9: The suspense over a Congress presidential candidate supported by the Gandhi family heightened on Tuesday, as party treasurer Pawan Bansal took two sets of nomination papers for a “potential candidate”. The development comes on the heels of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot falling out of the leadership’s favour following the Jaipur rebellion….
New Delhi, 27/9: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday restrained the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and several of its leaders from levelling “false” allegations against Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, and directed them to take down the alleged libelous posts, videos and tweets against him on social media. Justice Amit Bansal, while pronouncing the order…
Kyiv, 27/9: Ukrainians who help Russian-backed referendums to annexe large swathes of the country will face treason charges and at least five years in jail, Ukraine’s presidential adviser said, as voting in four regions entered its last day. We have lists of names of people who have been involved in some way,” presidential adviser Mikhailo…
