New Delhi, 10/11: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two company executives linked to liquor trade in the money laundering investigation being conducted by it into the now scrapped Delhi Excise policy case, official sources said Thursday. Benoy Babu of Pernod Ricard and Sharath Reddy of Aurobindo Pharma have been arrested under sections…
Ahmedabad, 9/11: Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and ex-deputy chief minister part of his government, Nitin Patel, on Wednesday announced that they won’t be contesting upcoming Assembly elections. The BJP leadership had removed the two senior BJP leaders from their posts along with entire cabinet last year in an unprecedented move and current chief…
New Delhi, 9/11: In a setback for Nirav Modi, UK High Court ordered on Wednesday that he be extradited to India to face fraud and money laundering charges. Nirav Modi is an accused in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case. Modi is the subject of two sets of criminal proceedings, with…
Shimla, 9/11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday trained guns at the Congress in poll-bound Himachal Pradesh saying that the party has now become synonymous with corruption, scams and instability. “In my experience, Congress means guarantee of instability, corruption and scams,” he said while addressing a rally in Kangra. He added that…
New Delhi, ,8/11: India’s upcoming presidency of the G20 grouping is a matter of pride and a great opportunity for the country in its 75th year of Independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. Modi made the remarks after unveiling the logo, theme and website of India’s G20 presidency during an online…
Shimla, 8/11: Days ahead of polling in Himachal Pradesh, BJP president J P Nadda on Tuesday said a uniform civil code will be implemented through the state level and asserted that the party makes election promises after due diligence, unlike its rivals. In an extensive interview with PTI, he said it is the…
New Delhi, 8/11: Education is not a business to earn profit and tuition fees shall always be affordable, the Supreme Court has said while upholding the Andhra Pradesh High Court order quashing the state government’s decision to enhance the tuition fee in medical colleges to Rs 24 lakh per annum. A bench of Justices M…
Bangalore, ,8/11: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee Working President Satish Jarkiholi on Tuesday defended his statement that the word ‘Hindu’ had a dirty meaning and said that he would resign as MLA if his words were proven to be wrong. The MLA’s remarks stirred controversy across party lines and Opposition with both sides condeming…
Ahmedabad, 8/11: Ahead of the upcoming Gujarat Assembly polls, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday hit out at the BJP over its “arrogance”, saying no one so far has apologised or resigned for the Morbi bridge collapse tragedy which claimed 135 lives. Chidambaram, who was here to campaign for his party, also…
New Delhi, 8/11: The Supreme Court on Monday said that the 50 per cent ceiling for reservation, fixed by the nine-judge bench in 1992 in Mandal Commission case, is applicable only to the SC/ST and OBC categories while the 10 per cent EWS quota was over and above the limit. Justice Dinesh Maheshwari,…
