‘Terror funding’: ED attaches businessman Watali’s assets
New Delhi: The ED has attached assets worth Rs 1.03 crore belonging to businessman Zahoor Ahmmad Watali in a money laundering case related to funding of terror organisations in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. They said the agency has issued a provisional order for attachment of assets of Watali under the Prevention of […]
‘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 […]
Ethiopia mourns crash victims as plane’s ‘black box’ found
Ejere: Ethiopian Airlines has grounded all of its Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft as “an extra safety precaution” following the crash of one of its planes in which 157 people were killed, a spokesman said Monday, as Ethiopia marked a day of mourning and the plane’s damaged “black box” of data was found. Although it […]
Bilawal Bhutto meets ailing Sharif in jail; demands best treatment for 3-time PM
Lahore: In a significant development in Pakistan’s political scene, Opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto Zardari met Nawaz Sharif at the Kot Lakhpat jail here on Monday and asked the Imran Khan-led government to provide the best medical treatment to the ailing former prime minister. Sharif, 69, has been imprisoned at the high security Kot Lakhpat jail […]
