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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Gehlot meets Sonia after hinting he could enter Cong presidential poll fray

New Delhi, 21/9: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot met Congress chief Sonia Gandhi here on Wednesday, hours after he indicated that he may enter the AICC presidential poll fray.     Sources said the Congress presidential poll was on the agenda during the discussions between Gehlot and Sonia Gandhi.   The Rajasthan chief minister met…

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Putin announces partial mobilization for Russian citizens

Moscow, 21/9;Putin’s address to the nation comes a day after Russian-controlled regions in eastern and southern Ukraine announced plans to hold votes on becoming integral parts of Russia. As the war between Ukraine and Russia reaches around seven months, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization in the country with Moscow losing ground on…

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Hijab movement started with design to create unrest, Karnataka govt tells SC

Bangalore, 20/9: The Karnataka government on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that till 2021, no girl student was wearing hijab in Pre-University Colleges, but a movement was started on social media by the Popular Front of India as part of larger design to create unrest, forcing the state as custodian of constitutional rights to intervene…

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