Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s daughter Anita Bose Pfaff on Monday called for his remains to be brought back to India on the 75th anniversary of independence, saying she is convinced the remains at Tokyo’s Renkoji Temple are her father’s. Bose Pfaff, 79, who lives in Germany, said she is ready for an attempt to extract […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to poet and activist P Varavara Rao on medical grounds in the Bhima-Koregaon case. While granting bail to the 82-year-old, a bench headed by Justice UU Lalit said he would not misuse the liberty in any manner. Rao, who had challenged the Bombay High Court’s April 13 order […]
A Delhi court on Monday awarded three-year jail term to former coal secretary HC Gupta in a coal scam case related to irregularities in allocation of a coal block in Maharashtra, a lawyer associated with the case said. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj also awarded two-year imprisonment to former joint secretary in the Ministry of Coal […]
Ahead of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the party alleged on Thursday that Delhi Police are preventing the media from entering the AICC headquarters here and said this “high-handedness” reflected the mindset of the Narendra Modi government.The opposition party is set to stage protests across the country against the questioning […]
Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) prices were reduced by 2.2 per cent Saturday, reflecting a fall in international oil prices. Oil marketing companies, or OMCs, cut ATF, or fuel used in aircraft and helicopters, prices by ₹3,084.94 per kilolitre to ₹1,38,147.93 per kl – per a notification by state-run retailers. This is only the second time […]
The Centre plans to introduce a bill to replace the 155-year-old ‘Press and Registration of Books Act’ with a simplified version that decriminalises various provisions and brings digital media under its ambit.The government plans to introduce the ‘Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill, 2022’ during the monsoon session of Parliament beginning Monday. “The Bill seeks […]
Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe has died after being shot this morning while campaigning for a parliamentary electionin the Nara region. A man opened fire on Abe, 67, from behind with an apparently homemade gun as he spoke at a drab traffic island in the western city of Nara, Japanese media showed earlier. The […]
Nine tourists from Patiala in Punjab drowned on Friday morning as their car fell into the Dhela river in Uttarakhand’s Ramnagar and was washed away by its strong current, police said.The accident occurred at 5.45 am when the tourists, all residents of Patiala, were on their way back to Punjab. While four bodies have been […]
Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair has moved a petition to seek bail days after he was arrested by the Delhi Police. While the cops on Saturday urged for his judicial custody for 14 days, they have not sought further custodial interrogation. A Delhi court is hearing both the sides as Zubair was produced at the […]
Gulabi Meenakari brooch, cufflink, Black Pottery, Platinum painted hand painted Tea Set, and Zari Zardozi box were among the few specialised items gifted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Group of Seven leaders during his two-day visit to Germany. PM Modi was the senior most global leader holding country’s top office at the G7 summit […]