Punjab AG on Tuesday said the state was close to arresting fugitive Amritpal, even as habeas corpus petition seeking his release says he was in ‘illegal’ custody at Shahkot Police Station in Jalandhar.AG submitted in Punjab and Haryana High Court that Khalistan sympathiser was not arrested and state was trying its best to nab him. […]
An MP/MLA court in Prayagraj has pronounced gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and three others guilty in the 2006 kidnapping of lawyer Umesh Pal, the main witness in the killing of Bahujan Samaj Party lawmaker Raju Pal. Umesh Pal was shot dead in Prayagraj on February 24. Atiq and former corporator Dinesh Pasi have been convicted of […]
Congress MPs wore black clothes to Parliament on Monday in protest against Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the Lok Sabha.Besides the Congress MPs, there were some other opposition leaders who also chose to wear black. Meanwhile, opposition members attended a meeting called by Rajya Sabha Leader of opposition Mallikarjun Kharge in his chamber earlier in the […]
The Indian Space Research Organisation on Sunday scripted yet another history after its LVM3 rocket successfully placed 36 satellites of UK-based OneWeb group company into intended orbits.The 43.5-metre tall rocket blasted off at prefixed time at 9 am today, from the second launch pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre here, about 135 km from Chennai, […]
After a wait of over two years, India will have a full-fledged Ambassador from the US. US Vice President on Friday swore in her fellow Californian, Eric Garcetti, to be the next US Ambassador to India. “Ambassador Garcetti is a committed public servant and will play a critical role in strengthening our partnership with the […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday stood formally notified as a disqualified Member of Parliament from Kerala’s Wayanad segment with Lok Sabha secretariat issuing a notification to this effect. By law Gandhi faced instant disqualification the moment he stood convicted by a Surat Court yesterday in a 2019 defamation case over his comments “How come […]
The Congress has decided to take to the streets to protest against Rahul Gandhi’s conviction and, along with other parties, will meet President Droupadi Murmu.The main opposition party announced a mass agitation on Thursday immediately after Rahul was convicted by a Surat court in a defamation case and said it would not just fight the […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was found guilty and sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday in a 2019 criminal defamation case over his remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surname by a court in Gujarat’s Surat. He was also granted bail for 30 days and allowed to appeal the decision. Gandhi arrived in Surat […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to constitute a special bench to hear a plea by Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped during the 2002 Gujarat riots, against the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the case.A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and justices PS Narasimha and JB Pardiwala assured Bano, represented through her […]
Strong earthquake tremors were felt in northern India including the Delhi-NCR region. Panic-stricken people rushed out of buildings as the earthquake struck around 10.20 pm and was also felt in Haryana, Punjab and Rajasthan. People in Delhi-NCR, Chandigarh and towns across Punjab moved out of buildings after they felt tremors. According to reports, the earthquake […]