Rahul Gandhi on Friday morning met Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot as he reached the Congress-ruled state after a train ride with other party colleagues. Ahead of a three-day ‘Chintan Shivir’ (brainstorming conclave) in Rajasthan, he received a warm welcome at 5 am at the Chittorgarh railway station where a large group of partymen amid […]
A Varanasi court on Thursday ordered the completion of the Gyanvapi mosque survey and the presentation of report by May 17. The order comes a day after the hearing in the petition seeking the removal of court-appointed advocate commissioner entrusted with carrying out the survey had concluded. “The court has ordered complete survey and present a […]
Indian rupee tumbled to a new low, while bonds and stocks retreated amid growing worries that accelerating inflation may force the central bank to tighten rates more aggressively. The rupee dropped as much as 0.5% to 77.6313 per dollar on Thursday, hitting a record low for the second time this week. The benchmark Sensex Index […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre and states not to register any cases of sedition under Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code pending an exercise to review the colonial law. “It will be appropriate not to use this provision of law till further reexamination is over. We hope Centre and States will […]
Nishan Singh, a 26-year-old man with the alleged role behind the Mohali grenade attack, has been detained by the police as the cops are probing the unprecedented rocket attack on the third floor at the office of the state’s intelligence wing. Police said Nishan Singh belongs to Tarn Taran district and has five cases including […]
In a major breakthrough in the blast at the Punjab Police Intelligence HQ office in Mohali, the launcher of the Rocket-Propelled Grenade (RPG) was recovered on Tuesday. As per a release by the Mohali Police, all the suspects were rounded up and questioned, leading to the recovery of the launcher used in the blast in […]
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday morning said that the probe was on in the Mohali blast case as several leaders of the opposition condemned the suspected rocket attack on the Punjab Police headquarters a day before in strong reactions. “Police are investigating the blast in Mohali. Whoever tried to spoil the atmosphere of […]
A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) was thrown at the third floor of Punjab Police’s intelligence office in Mohali on Monday night, causing an explosion.As per sources, a rocket launcher was used to fire the RPG.The police have cordoned off the area around the office and the Senior Superintendent of Police has reached the spot. A rocket-propelled […]
The rupee extended its losses and touched an all-time low of 77.42 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday, weighed down by the strength of the American currency in the overseas market and unabated foreign fund outflows.At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 77.17 against the American dollar, then lost ground […]
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday conducted raids at several locations in Mumbai against associates of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim. According to ANI inputs, the raids also included a few hawala operators. The news agency further reported the raids by the counter-terror agewere underway on premises of Ibrahim’s aides in Nagpada, Goregaon, Borivali, Santacruz, […]