The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on June 13 in the National Herald money-laundering case linked to a 2012 private complaint filed by BJP’s Subramanian Swamy in a Delhi court.Sonia Gandhi summoned for June 8 in the same case may be called later since she tested Covid-positive on Thursday and seven-day isolation […]
Harpreet Singh Sidhu, Additional Director General of Police, STF, Punjab, SAS Nagar, will also hold additional charge of ADGP, Prisons, in addition to his present assignment.He replaces ADGP Varinder Kumar, who was posted as Chief Director, Vigilance Bureau. Sidhu is also head of the State Task Force against drugs.The Bhagwant Mann government is focusing on […]
Alleged gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, who is in remand of Delhi Police, has reportedly confessed to having ordered the killing of Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu alias Sidhu Moosewala. Bishnoi has told investigators that his gang members, including Canada-based Goldy Brar, hatched a conspiracy and killed Sidhu Moosewala, officials said on Friday.The confession in front of […]
Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Thursday joined the BJP in Gujarat, two weeks after quitting the Congress.The move comes months ahead of the Gujarat Assembly election, where the BJP seeks to retain power. Polls to the 182-member House are due by the end of this year. Speaking to reporters later, Patel, once a vocal critic […]
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday tested positive for covid-19, ahead of the June 8 Enforcement Directorate summons in the National Herald money-laundering case. Gandhi, 75, developed covid symptoms on Wednesday and has isolated on medical advice, Congress general secretary Randeep Surjewala said on Thursday. Surjewala said Sonia would attend the June 8 summons and […]
Terrorists shot dead a bank employee from Rajasthan in Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday, the eighth targeted killing in the Valley since May 1 and the third of a non-Muslim government employee. Vijay Kumar, a manager with the Ellaqui Dehati Bank at Areh Mohanpora branch in the south Kashmir district, received grievous gunshot injuries on […]
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi who was seeking appropriate directions for not handing over his custody to the Punjab police in the singer Sidhu Moosewala murder case. Bishnoi, who is suspected to be involved in Moosewala’s killing, had moved this high court Wednesday after […]
Five-time Asian Championships medallist Shiva Thapa and Amit Panghal secured their places in the Indian men’s boxing team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games alongside six other pugilists after registering victories in the finals of the trials at the Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports in Patiala on Thursday. While the seasoned boxer Thapa outpunched 2018 […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Punjab government on Thursday informed the Punjab and Haryana high court that the earlier withdrawn security of 400-odd protectees will be restored on June 7. The development comes days after singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moose Wala, whose security cover was downgraded, was shot dead. The state government told the […]