Chandigarh (April 30): Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana and All India Federation of Women Lawyers (AIFWL) jointly launched the northern chapter including Punjab and Haryana Federation of Women Lawyers with Mrs Ritu Punj Advocate as President and Dr. Kanu Sharma as Secretary. All India Federation of Women Lawyers is the largest association of Indian […]
Senior Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday said that he will join the wrestlers in their protest against Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh who is booked for alleged sexual exploitation of 9 women wrestlers, including a minor.Calling the protest a ‘Satyagraha’, Sidhu said in a tweet that he will join […]
Commercial LPG prices on Monday were cut by Rs 171.50 in line with softening international trend.A 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder now costs Rs 1,856.50 in Delhi, according to state-owned oil companies. This is the second straight reduction in rates.Prices were cut by Rs 91.50 per 19-kg cylinder on April 1.
In a major crackdown the government has blocked 14 messenger mobile applications that were largely used in Jammu and Kashmir for spreading terror, sources said, adding that the decision has been taken by the Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology following intelligence inputs in this regard.The sources said as per the input received by the […]
A day after the Delhi Police registered two FIRs against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for allegedly sexually harassing women wrestlers, the Wrestlers Federation of India (WFI) chief on Saturday claimed that he is innocent and won’t resign from his post. “I am innocent and ready to face the investigation. I am ready to cooperate with […]
The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday carried out searches at the three premises of Byju Raveendran, the founder and chief executive officer of ‘Think and Learn Private Ltd’ that runs edtech platform under the name of Byju’s. The probe agency carried out searches under the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), having seized various incriminating […]
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressed solidarity with protesting wrestlers after meeting them at Jantar Mantar here on Saturday and called for the removal of WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment levelled by women grapplers. The Congress general secretary accused the government of “protecting” Bhushan. Priyanka, who is […]
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is the latest politician to express his disappointment a day after Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha claimed that the wrestlers lacked discipline as they hit the streets to resume their protest against Wrestling Federation of Indian (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh instead of approaching them. “Our feeling is […]
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday once again called upon Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member states to unitedly fight terrorism and eliminate the menace in all its forms. Pakistani defence minister Khawaja Asif was scheduled to participate in the meeting through virtual mode. “We should unitedly fight terrorism. If the SCO has to emerge stronger, […]
Iran’s navy seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker with 24 Indian crew members in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday heading to the US amid wider tensions over Tehran’s nuclear programme, the latest-such capture in a waterway crucial for global energy supplies. The US Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet identified the vessel as the Advantage Sweet. […]