The CBI on Tuesday launched searches at 30 locations in Punjab as part of its probe into allegations of corruption against Food Corporation of India (FCI) officials who procured inferior grains to benefit merchants and rice millers, officials said. The CBI teams started coordinated raids on the premises of grain merchants, rice mill owners, and […]
The Union Government has announced the release of the entire pending GST compensation of Rs 16,982 crore for June 2022 to states. The Centre will release the amount from its own resources and it will be recouped from future compensation cess collections, said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman while briefing the media after the 49th […]
External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday tore into billionaire investor George Soros for his remarks on India’s democracy, saying he is “old, rich, opinionated and dangerous.” Jaishankar said that people like Soros start questioning the democratic setup when the electoral outcomes are not according to their liking. “Few years ago, he actually accused us […]
The Income Tax department’s ‘survey’ at the BBC office here continued for the third straight day on Thursday as officials gathered financial data from select staffers and made copies of electronic and paper data of the news organisation. The operation that began at the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) offices in Delhi and Mumbai at around […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to take up on Friday Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Jaya Thakur’s petition seeking prosecution of Adani group of companies under various laws in the wake of a report by US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research that levelled certain allegations against the group. A Bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud will hear […]
Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday questioned the relationship between billionaire Gautam Adani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi while showing a photograph of the two in Lok Sabha. Speaking on motion of thanks to the President’s address, Rahul Gandhi said he heard only one businessman’s name during his foot march from Kanyakumari to Kashmir […]
A powerful explosion took place on Saturday near the venue of a fashion show event in Imphal which actress Sunny Leone is scheduled to attend on Sunday, an official said.However, no injuries were reported in the incident that took place in Hatta Kangjeibung area of Manipur’s capital. The blast took place 100 metres from the […]
The Pentagon on Friday night said that another Chinese surveillance is transiting Latin America.“We are seeing reports of a balloon transiting Latin America. We now assess it is another Chinese surveillance balloon. We have no further information to provide at this time,” Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said. The detection of the Chinese […]
Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned till 2pm on Thursday amid disruptions over the Opposition’s demand for debate on public sector investments in “companies losing market value”, an apparent reference to beleaguered Adani Group. Congress president and leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge had sent a formal letter to the chairman of upper […]
Late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had “allowed” militant leader Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale to grow into a sort of Frankenstein monster and decided to “finish him off” when he reached the pinnacle, claims Lt Gen (retd) Kuldeep Singh Brar who led the 1984 Operation Bluestar to flush out extremists from the Golden Temple. In the recent […]