Ban on PFI imminent after countrywide NIA, ED raids against

New Delhi, 22/9: A possible ban stares the Popular Front of India (PFI) in the face for its alleged involvement in terror activities after law-enforcement agencies Thursday conducted searches against it at 93 locations across 15 states in what officials described as the “largest-ever investigation process till date”. The PFI has been under the radar…

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Gyanvapi case: Varanasi court rejects Muslim plea seeking time, Hindu side demand carbon dating

Varanasi, 22/9: A Varanasi court, on Thursday, rejected the Muslim side’s plea for allowing 8 weeks’ time before going ahead with the hearing in the Gyanvapi Shrinagar Gauri dispute case. The next hearing in the matter is scheduled for September 29.   The court also issued a notice to the Muslim side to file their…

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Ashok Gehlot ready to quit Rajasthan CM post for Congress chief post

Jaipur, 22/9: Ashok Gehlot will not occupy the posts of Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress president simultaneously. The development comes after Rahul Gandhi on Thursday made it clear that the ‘one person, one post’ norm formulated during Udaipur conclave is expected to be honoured, as the party set the ball rolling for the first election…

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Bengaluru police detain three Congress workers in PayCM row

The Bengaluru Police have detained three persons in connection with the ‘PayCM posters’ row that caused severe embarrassment to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai and the ruling BJP.  A senior officer told DH that a team headed by the police inspector C B Shivaswamy detained three persons for interrogation on Thursday morning, however, no one has…

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Crackdown on PFI: NIA, ED raid offices across states, 100 cadres held

Mumbai, 22/9: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths on Thursday morning launched a massive nationwide search operation against groups, including PFI, and individuals allegedly supporting terrorists, officials said. The agencies are conducting raids at the house of PFI chairman OMA Salam in Malappuram’s Manjeri in Kerala, and PFI offices across 10…

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Missiles hit apartments in Ukraine city as Putin mobilises

Kyiv, 21/9: Residents of Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv found themselves under bombardment again Wednesday after Russian missiles struck apartment blocks wounding at least one civilian just as Moscow announced an escalation in its war. Our area was relatively quiet, and now you see what happened,” Lybov Grygorivna, 65, told AFP outside a badly damaged housing…

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CBI arrests ABG founder-chairman Rishi Agarwal in Rs 22,842-crore bank fraud case

Mumbai, 21/9: The CBI arrested the founder-chairman of ABG Shipyard Limited, Rishi Kamlesh Agarwal, on Wednesday in connection with an alleged bank fraud of more than Rs 22,842 crore, officials said. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had booked Agarwal, a former chairman of the company, and others for the alleged offences of criminal conspiracy,…

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