A district court in Udaipur has transferred the murder case of tailor Kanhaiya Lal to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as the latter had applied for it earlier.Following the transfer, the NIA will get custody of the killers, Ghaus Mohammad and Riyaz Jabbar, and start their interrogation. Meanwhile, the accused have been shifted from Udaipur […]
The death toll in the Manipur landslide has gone up to 24. Among the deceased 18 are Army personnel and six civilians.On Friday, 12 bodies were recovered from the rubble of the landslide that occurred in Noney district of Manipur on Wednesday night. Forty-four people — 15 soldiers and 29 civilians — are still missing.Search […]
The Supreme Court on Friday declined a plea by the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction for an urgent hearing to restrain rebel party leader Eknath Shinde from functioning as the Maharashtra chief minister. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal mentioned Thackeray loyalist Sunil Prabhu’s application before a vacation bench of justices Surya Kant and JB Pardiwala. He […]
Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut described himself as a ‘fearless’ person as he appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with an alleged money laundering case. “I’m a fearless person because I’ve never done anything wrong in my life. If at all this is political, we’ll get to know that later. Right now, […]
Two more bodies of Army troopers were recovered on Friday morning from the rubble of the landslide in Noney district of Manipur, taking the death toll to 10.Eight people — seven Army soldiers and a civilian — were killed after an Army post was hit by a landslide on the night intervening June 29 and […]
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain Nupur Sharma’s plea to club all FIRs for her remarks against the Prophet, saying her “loose tongue” has ignited the country, and led to the unfortunate incident in Udaipur.The SC castigated suspended BJP leader for comments on Prophet Mohammad, and said “her remarks were disturbing and smacked […]
Ten days after he led a group of supporters to help the BJP bring down the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Agadi curated by none other than NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena rebel Eknath Shinde was on Thursday appointed the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra. If that wasn’t surprising enough, anticipated Chief Minister, BJP’s Devendra […]
India’s urban population is estimated to stand at 675 million in 2035, the second highest behind China’s one billion, the UN has said in a report, noting that after the covid-19 pandemic, the global urban population is back on track to grow by another 2.2 billion by 2050.The United Nations-Habitat’s World Cities Report 2022, released […]
Already reeling under high inflation, the common man is likely to suffer more with the GST Council deciding to increase rates on some products and services, besides bringing more items under its ambit.Come July 18, 18 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be applicable on bank cheque book/loose leaf cheques and 12 per […]
Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday resigned as the chief minister of Maharashtra soon after the Supreme Court cleared the deck for a trust vote in the Assembly on Thursday. Addressing the state virtually, Thackeray said he will also resign as the member of legislative council. “In a democracy, heads are counted to show numbers. I am […]