The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Irfan Mehraj from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir in the NGO Terror funding case registered in October 2020, the agency said on Tuesday. The anti-terror agency arrested Mehraj on Monday. He was a close associate of Khurram Parvez and was working with his […]
SC upholds abolition of Orissa Administrative Tribunal
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the Centre’s decision to demolish the Odisha Administrative Tribunal as it held it constitutionally valid. A bench headed by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud rejected the plea by Orissa Administrative Tribunal Bar Association. Orissa Administrative Tribunal Bar Association has challenged the Orissa High Court’s decision which upheld the abolition of OAT. The […]
Interpol revoking Red Corner list against Mehul Choksi won’t have bearing in PNB bank scam case: Sources
The removal of Mehul Chinubhai Choksi’s name from the Interpol database of Red Notices will make the fugitive diamantaire eligible to travel at will to any other country, apart from India, where he faces multiple cases, according to government sources. The sources said that the removal of the Red Corner […]
Rare and elusive duck species visit Kashmir after 116 years
Wular Conservation and Management Authority (WUCMA) employee Showkat Ahmad first reported and captured the duck species on camera at the iconic Wular lake on January 22, 2023, which were later identified as long-tailed ducks (globally vulnerable) and were five in number. These ducks were spotted in Kashmir after 84 years, […]
BRS MLC K Kavitha arrives at ED office for questioning in Delhi liquor policy case
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha on Tuesday arrived at the Enforcement Drectorate’s office for questioning in the Delhi liquor policy case. ED yesterday questioned her for over 10 hours regarding her alleged role in the Delhi liquor policy case. On Monday, Kavitha appeared before ED after the federal […]
DMK MP gives Suspension of Business notice in RS to “discuss govt’s failure to constitute JPC…”
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Tiruchi Siva on Tuesday gave suspension of Business Notice in Rajya Sabha under rule 267 to discuss “the Government’s failure to constitute a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) to investigate the charges of corporate fraud in the country”. In a notice addressed to the Rajya Sabha chairman, MP Siva said, “I […]
PM Modi holds meeting with top ministers
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held a meeting with his top ministers to discuss Parliamentary strategy for the second part of the Budget session. The PM arrived in Parliament to conduct the meeting before proceedings of both Houses resumed on the seventh day of the second leg of the Budget Session. Leaders from like-minded opposition […]
SGPC leader condemns attacks by extremists worldwide, says Sikhs have contributed to India’s freedom movement
Reacting to the recent incidents of violence by extremist and separatist elements worldwide, Baljit Singh Daduwal, the Former President of the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee said that such incidents affecting the Sikh community should not take place. The former president of the SGPC, Baljit Singh Daduwal said, “It has […]
CM Mann to take action against ex-Punjab DGP, other cops over PM’s security breach
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has decided to initiate disciplinary proceedings against several police officers including the state’s top cop over security breach of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Punjab in January 2022. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has decided to initiate disciplinary proceedings for the major penalty against Sidharth Chattopadhyay, […]
Congress MP Manish Tewari gives Adjournment Motion notice in LS over issue of “freedom of speech”
Congress MP Manish Tewari on Tuesday gave an Adjournment motion notice in Lok Sabha to discuss the matter concerning the issue of “freedom of speech” in Parliament. The notice said, “I hereby give notice of my intention to ask for leave to move a motion for the adjournment of the business of the […]
Mobile Internet services to be restored in parts of Punjab
The mobile internet services will be operational in many cities of Punjab after 12 noon on Tuesday, the Punjab government informed. “It is made clear that mobile internet services in all the remaining areas of the State (except Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Moga, Sangrur, Subdivision Ajnala, YPS Nagar of Mohali and […]
Crackdown on Amritpal: Uttarakhand police keeping strict vigil against fugitive Khalistani leader
Amid the ongoing crackdown against ‘Wris Punjab De’ chief Amritpal Singh is being carried out by the Punjab Police, the police in the nearby state of Uttarakhand is also on full alert mode. Uttarakhand Police Headquarters told that the state police is also on full alert mode regarding absconding pro-Khalistani […]
“Rahul Gandhi is present-day Mir Jafar”, Sambit Patra over Cambridge row
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Sambit Patra on Tuesday hit out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and compared him as the present-day Mir Jafar of Indian Polity and said that he has to apologize for his remarks in the UK. “Rahul Gandhi will have to apologize in Parliament. He always defames the nation. He is the […]