A Delhi court on Tuesday sent Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain to ED custody till June 9. Special Judge Geetanjli Goel remanded Jain in ED’s custody, noting that his custodial interrogation was required to unearth the larger conspiracy. Jain was arrested on Monday under criminal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in […]
Jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, named as a suspect in the murder of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, on Tuesday approached the Delhi High Court following the denial of his plea by an NIA court where he pleaded not to give his custody to Punjab Police, expressing fears of a ‘fake encounter’.Bishnoi has alleged that due to […]
India’s GDP grew at 8.7 pc in 2021-22 as against contraction of 6.6 pc in previous fiscal, as per government data released on Tuesday.The GDP growth was 4.1 pc in January-March 2021-22. India’s GDP growth fell to 4.1% in the fourth quarter of the last fiscal year, its slowest pace in a year. The economic […]
A sea of mourners bid a tearful farewell to popular Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala, who was cremated at his native village in Mansa district on Tuesday afternoon. The body of the 28-year-old singer-politician, who was shot dead on Sunday, was brought to his home in Moosa village amid tight security on Tuesday morning from Mansa […]
A fresh round of protests by Kashmiri Pandits erupted in Srinagar on Tuesday after a school teacher was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The woman, identified as Rajini Bala, was a resident of Samba district in Jammu division. She used to teach at a government school in Gopalpora, Kulgam, the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Shimla on Tuesday to participate in the ‘Garib Kalyan Sammelan’ at the Ridge.The rally is being held to mark the eighth anniversary of the BJP-led Union government. Prime minister Narendra Modi received a grand welcome in Himachal Pradesh as a huge number of supporters gathered to witness a roadshow in […]
The aviation regulator DGCA has imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on SpiceJet for training its Boeing 737 Max aircraft’s pilots on a faulty simulator as it could have adversely impacted flight safety, sources said on Monday.The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) had last month barred 90 SpiceJet pilots from operating the Max […]
Apprehending a fake encounter, jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi—accused in the Punjabi singer and Congress leader Sidhu Moosewala murder case—on Monday moved a Delhi court seeking increased security. Bishnoi – who is facing a trial under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act in the national capital—sought a direction to Tihar Jail authorities not to […]
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday arrested Delhi Health Minister and senior Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Satyendar Jain under criminal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with his alleged involvement in a ‘hawala transactions’ case, officials said.Incidentally, Jain, who is the party in-charge for upcoming Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, […]