New Delhi, 4/10: The Supreme Court on Friday directed the formation of an independent special investigation team (SIT) to look into the alleged use of animal fat for preparing Laddus at Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, “only to assuage feelings of crores of devotees across the world. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V…
Bengaluru, 23/6: Income Tax officials on Thursday raided two educational institutions in the city, suspected to have evaded taxes. Sources in the I-T Department said two institutions were on the I-T radar for quite some time. Separate teams raided various locations of the two prominent educational institutions from early in the morning, sources…
New Delhi, 5/5: Congress on Tuesday appeared strongly inclined to back Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) to form a government in Tamil Nadu following a formal request from its leader Vijay but did not rush to announce support, even as it directed its state unit to take a call “keeping in mind” the sentiments “reflected in…
Uttarakhand, 25/9: The family of a 19-year-old woman receptionist who was killed in Uttarakhand allegedly by her employer refused on Sunday to conduct her last rites until they get the final postmortem details, even as a preliminary report said she died due to drowning. The draft report released by the All India Institute of Medical…
New Delhi, 1/5: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be on a four-day visit to South Korea starting Tuesday to attend Asian Development Bank’s annual meeting. Besides attending the 56th Annual General Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) here, she will address investors and hold bilateral meetings. Her packed…
Bhubaneswar: Acting on reliable intelligence input, the Airport Police Station conducted a raid in the Pokhariput area and apprehended five accused persons and seized illegal firearms and other incriminating materials. During the operation, police intercepted a suspicious vehicle and detained five individuals, including four interstate arms traffickers from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, who were found…
Srinagar, 24/10: In a closely watched Rajya Sabha election in Jammu and Kashmir, the I.N.D.I.A bloc secured three of the four vacant Upper House seats on Friday, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) captured the remaining seat, amid reports of cross-voting. The election, held for the first time in over a decade since the abrogation…
New Delhi 2/4: In a shocking development, Prabhakar Sail, a panch witness in the drugs-on-cruise case involving the Narcotics Control Bureau raid on Cordelia cruise liner, died of a suspected heart attack on Friday evening. The case pertains to a drug bust in which a total of 20 persons were arrested in the intervening…
Bengaluru, 3/6: Congress veteran D K Shivakumar took oath as the 24th chief minister of Karnataka on Wednesday at a ceremony held at the Lok Bhavan in Bengaluru. He was admitted the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot. Senior Congress leader G Parameshwara also took oath as a minister in the D…
Dhaka,19/12: Amid unrest in Bangladesh following the death of youth leader Sharif Osman Hadi, videos show mobs vandalising offices of news organisations including Prothom Alo and Daily Star. The protests began late on Thursday in many cities after Hadi, a spokesperson for Inquilab Mancha platform and a candidate in general elections, was shot in the…
