NEW DELHI: NIA on Wednesday pressed for enhancement of jailed Kashmiri separatist Yasin Malik’s life sentence to a death penalty in a terrorist funding case, contending before Delhi HC that naming senior politicians and bureaucrats did not absolve him or dilute his links with terrorists such as Lashkar-e-Taiba cofounder Hafiz Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief…
NEW DELHI: The shipping ministry on Wednesday dismissed online reports alleging that the captain of Indian-flagged ship, Sanmar Herald, paid cash or cryptocurrency to Iran to secure safe passagethrough Strait of Hormuz, calling it “fake news”. In an official statement, Sanmar Shipping Ltd called the reports “completely false”.Sanmar Herald was one of two Indian vessels…
NEW DELHI: ED Wednesday said it has filed a chargesheet before a PMLA court in Delhi against UK resident Sachin Dev Duggal, chairman of Swiss company nHoldings SA, alleging that Videocon Industries Ltd of V N Dhoot siphoned off over Rs 35 crore to the Swiss firm before routing the money back to Indian tech…
NEW DELHI: The discharge of four accused in the 2006 Malegaon case is a “tight slap” on the Congress leadership’s face, BJP said Wednesday, asserting this has again vindicated its stand that the opposition party during its govt invented terms like “Hindu terror” and “saffron terrorism” to defame Hindus due to its appeasement politics.At a…
NEW DELHI: India will never bow to any form of terror, and the heinous designs of terrorists will never succeed, PM Modi posted on X on the first anniversary of the Pahalgam terror attack on Wednesday. The United States and Israel, among several countries, also honoured the memory of the victims, expressing solidarity with India…
Actor Nusrat Jahan (File Photo) KOLKATA: Actress and former Trinamool Congress LS MP Nusrat Jahan on Wednesday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a case in which investors in a housing scheme were allegedly defrauded, and was questioned for about eight hours.Asked why she was called as she emerged out of the ED…
CHENNAI: With campaigning prohibited during the silence period before polls, all parties went quiet on Wednesday. However, in the absence of an effective curbing mechanism by EC, canvassing on social media continued. Digital campaigns with candidates’ visuals kept popping up on netizens’ Instagram, WhatsApp and X feeds, seeking votes.Under Sections 126, 126A and 135C of…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court‘s rebuke of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for her interference in ED raids on I-PAC, which worked for her govt and Trinamool Congress, handed BJP a useful weapon on the eve of the state polls’ first phase as the party intensified its last-minute push in its bid to end her 15-year…
NEW DELHI: As part of a comprehensive set of recommendations to the government towards creation of a “survivor-centric framework”, the National Commission for Women has flagged the need for setting up a national acid attack case tracking registry linking FIR, medical care, compensation and rehabilitation. It has also sought the integration of online FIR systems…
NEW DELHI: A quick check by railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday showed how there is a gap between what officials claim and the ground reality. At a track maintainers’ conference, he asked how many of them have got “lightweight tools” and the response was dismal.“This is wrong. There is a sharp gap between your…