EC should consider non-BJP parties’ plea: CPI (M)
New Delhi: The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Monday urged the Election Commission to “seriously” consider all the non-BJP parties’ plea in Jammu and Kashmir to hold the assembly elections in the state simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls. In a press statement, the politburo of CPI(M) said, “All the non-BJP political parties in J-K, […]
NIA files charge sheet against three youth
Says they acted as OGW’s of JeM
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency has filed charge sheet against three Kashmiris for their alleged involvement in Jhajjar Kotli, Jammu, encounter in which three militants were killed in September last. Giving details, a spokesman of the agency said that on 12 September 2018 early morning while checking of a Kashmir bound truck, the flying squad […]
PNB scam: ED files fresh chargesheet against Nirav Modi, others
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has filed a fresh chargesheet against diamantaire Nirav Modi, an accused in the USD 2-billion PNB scam, and others under the anti-money laundering law, officials said Monday. They said the chargesheet or the prosecution complaint has been filed before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Mumbai […]
Six year-old drowns in water tank in Rajouri
Jammu: A six-year-old boy drowned in a water tank inside the premises of a government school in Rajouri district, police said on Monday. Aahil Mirza, a resident of Ujjan village, accidentally fell into the water tank while playing on Sunday evening, they said. His body was recovered from the underground tank and handed over to […]
‘Exposed’ Modi won’t be PM again, predicts Cong’s Digvijay
Indore: Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh Monday said Narendra Modi would not become prime minister again as he stands “exposed” after failing to fulfil promises during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. He also predicted that the Congress, which was routed in the 2014 Modi wave, would do well this time around. “Modi stands exposed as […]
Modi becoming PM once again ‘inevitable’: S M Krishna
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka Chief Minister S M Krishna Monday said he believes that Narendra Modi becoming the Prime Minister once again was “inevitable”. The former External Affairs Minister also said he would campaign for the BJP in Karnataka in the Lok Sabha polls to ensure that more number of party candidates win from the state […]
ED attaches Rs 8.4-cr assets of choppers scam-accused Gautam Khaitan in black money case
New Delhi: Assets worth Rs 8.46 crore of Delhi-based lawyer Gautam Khaitan, an accused in the Rs 3,600 crore VVIP choppers scam case, have been attached by the ED as part of a second criminal probe against him for allegedly possessing undisclosed foreign accounts, the agency said Monday. Properties of Khaitan located in Delhi, Haryana […]
12kg gold bars recovered from toilet of Bangladeshi passenger plane in Dhaka
Dhaka: A total of 106 gold bars, weighing nearly 12kg, have been seized from the toilet of a Bangladesh Biman Airlines aircraft which arrived here from the UAE, authorities said on Monday. The gold bars were recovered with the support from National Security Intelligence early on Monday after the plane arrived at the Hazrat Shahjalal […]
UN environment talks open under shadow of Ethiopian plane crash
Nairobi: A world forum on addressing the planet’s environmental crisis opened in Nairobi on Monday, the mood darkened by the Ethiopian Airlines tragedy that killed 157 people a day earlier, including at least 22 UN staff, many headed for the event. Delegates arrived at the sprawling compound to see the UN flag flying at half-mast […]