Sanjeev Arora (File photo) NEW DELHI: A court on Sunday sent Punjab industries minister Sanjeev Arora to seven-day custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), a day after the central agency arrested him in an alleged Rs 100-crore GST fraud-linked money laundering case.Judge Narender Sura of the Sessions-cum-special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in…
M Veerapandiyan and Vijay NEW DELHI: CPI state secretary M Veerapandiyan on Sunday said that the ‘Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu’ (state song of Tamil Nadu) must be accorded the foremost place in the protocol of government ceremonies.In a letter issued after the swearing-in ceremony of Tamil Nadu chief minister Vijay, Veerapandiyan objected to the order in…
AYODHYA: An 11-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped during a village function Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, police said on Sunday.Police have detained two men in their mid-20s in connection with the incident that took place on Thursday.According to a complaint lodged by the survivor’s father, the girl had gone to a water counter outside the…
BENGALURU: A major security alert was triggered hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Art of Living on Sunday. According to the police, two gelatin sticks were found about 25 feet away from the main road near Vaderahalli Gate. A police constable deployed on special duty found the gelatin sticks, following which the…
Tamil Nadu chief minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay resigned from the Tiruchirappalli East assembly constituency on Sunday. TRICHY: Tamil Nadu chief minister and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) chief Vijay resigned from the Tiruchirappalli East assembly constituency on Sunday. Vijay, who was sworn in earlier in the day as the 13th chief minister…
Youth jumps into ‘Badi Deg’ at Ajmer Sharif Dargah, beaten up by crowd NEW DELHI: A youth allegedly jumped into the giant cauldron, known as the ‘Badi Deg’, inside the premises of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah on Sunday, prompting intervention by shrine staff and an investigation by authorities.According to eyewitnesses, the youth suddenly ran towards…
SRINAGAR: The Blackberry Messenger (BBM) application has once again surfaced in terror-related networks in Jammu and Kashmir, with the interrogation of a key Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative revealing the use of multiple communication apps, including some banned platforms, to coordinate with other members, officials said on Sunday.An LeT module tasked with establishing bases outside Jammu and…
Rajasthan Royals’ Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (ANI Photo) Fifteen-year-old Vaibhav Sooryavanshi once again showed why he is considered one of the most exciting young talents in the IPL, but Matthew Hayden believes the Rajasthan Royals opener still has an important lesson to learn in T20 cricket.During Rajasthan’s massive chase of 230 against the Gujarat Titans at the…
London-based restaurateur Harman Singh Kapoor has announced plans to take legal action against the Metropolitan Police and London Mayor Sadiq Khan after being released from custody following his arrest linked to ongoing tensions surrounding his non-halal restaurant.Kapoor, a Sikh businessman who runs Rangrez, a restaurant in London’s Hammersmith area, wrote in a post on X…
Pakistan suicide attack: Death toll rises to 14 as rescuers pull bodies from rubble (Image credit: AP) The death toll from a suicide attack on a security post in northwest Pakistan has risen to 14 police officers, authorities have reported. A self-proclaimed breakaway group of the Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility for the blast.A suicide bomber…